Auction introduction: New York’s 21st Century Evening Sale is the most enthralling event on Christie’s global auction calendar. Reflecting seismic shifts to the artistic landscape in the late-20th and early-21st centuries, this sale presents masterworks from the past 50 years. Celebrated blue-chip artists mingle with emerging creators of today. No other auction more vividly captures the art of our generation: where we are, how we got here and where we’re going next. Among the standout works this season are a masterpiece from Jeff Koons’s ‘Made in Heaven’ series, an extremely rare David Hammons Flight Fantasy and a tour de-force of painterly talent in Cecily Brown’s The Butcher and the Policeman. These iconic artworks will be juxtaposed with the innovative contributions of contemporary trailblazers such as Sasha Gordon, Lucy Bull and Sarah Sze.