Fast-Rising Painter Li Hei Di Smashes Auction Record at Sotheby’s Hong Kong

A new auction record for fast-rising Chinese-born painter Li Hei Di was set at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Sunday evening, with the work *There Was One Summer Returning Over and Over; There Was One Dawn I Grew Old Watching* (2023) selling for HK$2.67 million ($342,824). The price represents a 91-percent increase from the artist’s previous high, set just six months ago, and more than doubled its presale high estimate after a five-minute bidding battle. Li, born in Shenyang in 1997 and based in London, opened their first solo exhibition with Pace in Hong Kong this summer and is the youngest artist on the international gallery’s roster.