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Artists in the Whitney Biennial Are Seeing Their Values Soar
The critically praised Whitney Biennial has turned into a launchpad for artists at auction.
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In the past decade, paintings by the artist Henry Taylor have appeared at auction a total of 19 times. Over the course of two days later this month, four works by Taylor will hit the auction block at Christie's and Sotheby's—a 21 percent increase in his total auction volume in less than 48 hours.
The rapid rise of Taylor's secondary market can be attributed, in part, to the fact that Taylor's work is currently appearing in the widely acclaimed 2017 Whitney Biennial. The progressive show appears to be boosting interest in several artists at this spring's major New York auctions.