Christie’s 21st-century evening sale on Wednesday set new auction records for women artists Firelei Báez, Joan Brown, and Olga de Amaral. Báez’s painting *Untitled (Colonization in America, Visual History Wall Map, Prepared by Civic Education Service)* (2021) sold for $1,111,250; Brown’s *After the Alcatraz Swim #2* achieved $596,900; and Amaral’s *Pueblo H* (2011) soared to $3,125,000—more than double her previous record. The sale also set records for a neon/sculptural work by Glenn Ligon and a three-dimensional work by Richard Prince.
The results underscore strong demand for historically under-recognized women artists, with Amaral’s work benefiting from her participation in the 2024 Venice Biennale and a traveling retrospective. The sale reflects a broader market trend of reevaluating artists who have been underrepresented at the top end of the auction market, signaling sustained collector interest in diversifying blue-chip holdings.