Auction introduction: Christie’s New York is excited to present the 21st Century Evening Sale — a keystone live auction in our May 20/21 Century sale series. Tracing the historic shifts at the end of the 20th Century to the visions of today’s defining creators, no other sale more vividly captures the art of our moment: where we are, how we got here and where we’re going next. Leading the sale this season is a groundbreaking masterpiece by Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside the resonant conceptualism of Barbara Kruger and the work of contemporary pioneers like Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.