Christieโ€™s Showcases Paul Allen Collection

This week, the Beverly Hills outpost of Christieโ€™s Los Angeles is showcasing highlights from the art collection once owned by the late Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen. The collection of over 150 artworks, collectively named โ€œVisionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection,โ€ will be auctioned at Christieโ€™s in November. Poised to be the highest single owner sale ever, the auction is valued at more than $1 billion. Per Allenโ€™s wishes, the estate will donate all the proceeds to philanthropy. The pieces span 500 years of art history, with artists like Vincent van Gogh, Georgia Oโ€™Keeffe, Claude Monet, and more.

โ€œIt kind of starts with Botticelli and goes all the way through to David Hockney and the 2010โ€™s,โ€ International Director at Christieโ€™s Johanna Flaum told the Courier. โ€œWhat we brought to Los Angeles was more of the post-war and contemporary art, mostly in response to the collectors in Los Angeles.โ€

The collection will be on view from Oct. 11-15 at 336 N. Camden Drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.