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𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲. Maria Martins’ 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 (1946), sold for $3,170,000—shattering the artist’s previous world auction record and announcing her rightful place among the great sculptors of the twentieth century. Brazilian-born sculptor Maria Martins became one of the defining voices of 1940s Surrealism, blending Amazonian mythology with biomorphic, hybrid forms. Created in 1946 during her celebrated New York period, 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 stands among her most iconic bronzes—an expressive, sensual work shaped by transformation, desire, and imagination. Believed to be the earliest of just three known examples, the sculpture remains a landmark of Surrealist art. Swipe to watch the bidding battle behind the record-breaking sale.

Lighting with main character energy. Featuring iconic designs by Poul Henningsen, Isamu Noguchi, Tom Dixon, Garry Knox Bennett, and more. 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭

• 𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 • Maria Martins’ 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 (1946), a defining work of Surrealism’s erotic imagination is set to headline 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 on May 14th. Brazilian-born sculptor Maria Martins became one of the defining voices of 1940s Surrealism, blending Amazonian mythology with biomorphic, hybrid forms. Created in 1946 during her celebrated New York period, 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 stands among her most iconic bronzes—an expressive, sensual work shaped by transformation, desire, and imagination. Believed to be the earliest of just three known examples, the sculpture remains a landmark of Surrealist art. Registration is open. Live bidding begins tomorrow at 11 AM eastern. Visit wright20.com for more information. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰

• 𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 • From the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires, one of South America’s foremost collections of American geometric abstraction, comes a rare and cohesive group of nineteen works—a focused survey of the Hard-Edge, Op, and Minimalist movements at their most assured. An exceptional opportunity to acquire historically significant pieces with outstanding institutional provenance, while proceeds benefit future acquisitions and make way for new chapters in MACBA’s collecting vision. Live bidding begins tomorrow at 11 am eastern. Register now at wright20.com 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲: 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰

𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 • Estimated at $300,000–500,000, Sam Gilliam’s 𝘚𝘶𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 (1970) leads tomorrow’s 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 auction, beginning at 11 AM ET — a landmark work from the artist’s groundbreaking drape-painting period and one of the defining highlights of the sale. Awash in cascading color and movement, 𝘚𝘶𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 captures Sam Gilliam at a pivotal moment, as he pushed beyond the conventions of the Washington Color School into a more fluid and immersive form of abstraction. Register, browse, and bid at wright20.com 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 • Be among the first to experience 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 along with 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲: 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ahead Thursday’s auctions. A selection of highlights are now on view in New York City. Discover exceptional paintings, sculpture, and more by major 20th and 21st century artists, alongside a focused survey of Hard-Edge, Op, and Minimalist works at their most refined. 📍𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗼 / 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 — 501 West 20th Street, New York 🗓 Through May 14, 2026 🕑 11am–4pm, Monday–Friday

Miyoko Ito’s oil on canvas painting, 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦 (1957), stands as a early example of her distinctive approach to abstraction, in which geometric structure and symbolic suggestion merge to create a quietly enigmatic visual language. The work reflects a pivotal moment in Ito’s development. At the time, she was moving away from direct representation toward what would later become known as “Allusive Abstractionism”—a term Ito subsequently devised with fellow Chicago artists Richard Loving, William Conger, and Frank Piatek to describe their overlapping approaches. Although the biblical title of 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦 evokes one of the most familiar narratives in Western art, Ito does not depict recognizable figures. Instead, she constructs a pair of interlocking, abstracted forms that suggest human presence without fully defining it. According to art historian and curator Jordan Stein, who wrote the prefatory essay for the illustrated exhibition volume, 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘰𝘬𝘰 𝘐𝘵𝘰: 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 (Pre-Echo Press, 2023): 𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥-1950𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘵𝘰’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘥, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦, 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸. Although Ito is now more associated with and celebrated for the dreamlike paintings of her middle and late career—in which her geometry becomes ever so subtle—her work in the 1950s presents a fascinating portal into her transition or rebirth as a primarily abstract artist. 🔗 Register to bid on Ito’s 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦 at wright20.com

Fun. Funky. Fresh. Vibrant design for interiors with personality. Now open for bidding. 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭

Hank Willis Thomas’s Resistance (Leopard Man Punctum) extends the artist’s ongoing investigation into the power of images and their use within, and in resistance to, racist colonial histories. Originating from his Punctum series—drawn from Roland Barthes’s concept of the photographic “punctum”—the work draws on archival material, in this case an article from a 1943 issue of Popular Science about West African “leopard men,” which Thomas isolates, reframes, and transforms into a three-dimensional form. By extracting and enlarging a single fragment of the original image, he invites viewers to consider what is emphasized or omitted, and how meaning shifts through acts of selection and reinterpretation. The sculpture engages the complex history of the Leopard (Anyoto) Society, a West African group active from the late 19th to early 20th century. Represented in Western culture as violent, evil, and sexually promiscuous, the “leopard men” joined together in the pursuit of political emancipation and freedom from colonial rule. “Colonial Africans suffered rape, abuse, murder and pillaging, and in reaction secret societies were formed as a type of rebellion,” says Thomas. “[Resistance (Leopard Man Punctum)] is based on a rendering of a famous work in Belgium of a leopard man preying on a person who’s a colonial collaborator. In a later movie, Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946), the actors are clearly Europeans. Most of our interpretations of African popular culture are filtered through European mythology about Africans, and it has nothing to do with Africans at all.”

Two figures. One desire. No escape. Maria Martins’ 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 (1946), a defining sculpture of Surrealism’s erotic imagination comes to auction May 14th. Now on view now in New York. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 • 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 on May 21st presents a strong selection of works by iconic 20th-century designers whose influence continues to shape the field today. Highlights include Verner Panton 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢 dining set, Sang Hoon Kim’s 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, as well as examples from Jean Prouvé, Gaetano Pesce, Shiro Kuramata, Isamu Noguchi, Charles and Ray Eames, Toini Muona, Roger Capron, Jean Gillon, Walter von Nessen, Mark Grattan, Alvar Aalto, Poul Henningsen, Poul Kjærholm, Marc Newson, and more. Now open for bidding → wright20.com 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 • 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 • Get an exclusive first look at 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦 ahead of the May 14th auction debut. 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦 brings together nineteen exceptional works of American Geometric Abstraction from the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA). Selections from the sale are now on view in New York City. Join us at 𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗼 / 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗬𝗖 for a tightly curated lineup of pivotal figures of the Hard-Edge, Op, Minimalist, and Light and Space movements. Get up close with work by Paul Feeley, John McCracken, Ilya Bolotowsky, Thomas Downing and more. 📍501 West 20th Street, New York 🗓️ Thru 14 May 2026 🕑 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Friday