The Breuer was always a radical premise: architecture as proof that ideas matter. Its bold forms, coffered ceilings, and off-kilter windows challenged the city to see differently. Now, Sotheby’s returns to Madison Avenue to place the world’s most powerful engine of cultural value — collecting, selling, and shaping art — inside this uncompromising modernist icon.
Inside, the building comes alive again, calibrated for the 21st century without losing the genius of Marcel Breuer’s design. Galleries, auction spaces, and new cultural intersections coexist within its sculptural walls, proving that architecture can do more than house art: it can amplify it. What happens here next will ripple far beyond these walls.
On November 8, 2025, we will welcome the global art community back into this glorious space at 945 Madison Avenue. It will become our new worldwide headquarters, the home to our New York galleries, and one of the world’s premier destinations to view fine art and luxury objects. As always, our galleries will be free and open to the public. On view will be the blockbuster exhibition for our marquee auctions of Modern and Contemporary Art, held the week of November 17. Luxury Week will follow December 5.
