Plus, play the Art Market Picture of the Month yourself, by sending images and reasons to our expert Colin Gleadell Among all the devastation wreaked by coronavirus in the physical world, activity online – where sales focus on the lower and mid levels of the market (£1,000 up to, very rarely, £1 million) – is offering glimmers of hope.
My list of highlights of the past month starts with a sale of modern Middle Eastern art at Sotheby’s on March 24, which took place just hours after the lockdown, and switched from live to online-only at the last moment.
Bidding was active, with the King of Morocco, market sources suggest, buying two of the top lots. The King supports the Mohamed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary art in Rabat, which he