Christie’s – Diana Luna

Christie’s First Abu Dhabi Auction Totals $8.94 Million and Sets Nine Records

2. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie

Bright comic of a smiling auctioneer and young Gulf collectors raising paddles next to a colourful hexagon mirror artwork, Abu Dhabi marina at sunset

MAWASIM, Christie’s first fine-art auction in Abu Dhabi, made $8.94 million on 1 November, led by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian’s Variations on the Hexagon at $844,800.

Kandinsky’s “Betonte Ecken” Could Set a New Record as New York’s November Sales Approach

1. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie

Bright comic of a cheerful auctioneer raising a gavel next to a colourful abstract painting while happy bidders lift paddles in a New York saleroom

Christie’s offers the 1922–23 Bauhaus-era canvas at $60–80 million on 17 November, weeks after another Kandinsky made £31.56 million in London.

Christie’s Brings Its First Fine Art Auction to Abu Dhabi — and Wants to Stay

30. October 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie

Bright comic of a smiling auctioneer and Gulf collectors raising paddles in an Abu Dhabi saleroom at sunset

On 1 November the auction house stages “Mawasim”, 70 works of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art, and its CEO says the city can become a second market centre.