Christie's: Frieze week highlights

This week auction houses are showing off their top lots for the coming Contemporary and Impressionist and Modern sales, so it is worth popping into their public views this week to catch a glimpse of great works before they vanish into private collections.

Andy Warhol, 'Big Campbell's Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable)', 1962. Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale Christie’s, New York 10 Nov Sale 2355 Signed and dated "Andy Warhol/62" top stretcher right, and "Andy Warhol 62" top left canvas, verso casein and pencil on linen 72 x 52 inches (182.9 x 132.1 cm.) Estimate on Request Christie’s highlights include Warhol’s ‘Big Campbell’s Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable); Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Ohhh Alright…’ and Damien Hirst’s ‘I am become death, shatterer of worlds’, the largest sized butterfly painting made by the artist.

Royal Academicians including Tracey Emin and David Hockney are donating work to a charity auction to benefit a new campus for the Royal College of Art.

Highlights from the November Auctions in New York

Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction

The Italian Sale

Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Auction

Exhibition 10 - 14 October
Viewing times here

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More Frieze week highlights

• Royal Academy of Arts