Christie’s CEO on 2026 Art Sales Outlook

It was a strong 2025 for the big auction houses. Christie's actually reached $6.2% billion in sales, up about 6%. As for what's in store for 2026, well, we caught up with the CEO of Christie's, Bonnie Brennan.Here's what she had to say. We tried to build sales, being responsive to what we see from past seasons. But sometimes it's that incredible story that really brings people out.We are really storytellers in our business, and last year we were really lucky because of the stability in the first half and so ...