Anna Karina Hofbauer

Across evening sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the appearance of a tightly curated group of major works—from Pollock’s monumental drip canvas to Richter’s luminous 'Kerze'—signals both market confidence and scarcity at the highest level of collecting.

A new exhibition at the Brant Foundation focuses on the three years in which the artist went from graffiti prankster to one of the most consequential artists of his generation.