Bidding for Yoshitomo Nara's 'I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight' Hits $95 Million in Hong Kong

A personal favorite of the artist, Yoshitomo Nara's 'I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight' brought $95,959,000 HKD / $12,254,396 USD at auction during the Hong Kong Sales, presented in partnership with Celine. Bidding began at $65,00,000 HKD and quickly rose from there. Painted in 2017, the work was selected as the principle image of two of the artist’s most recent surveys; the first being Nara’s first international retrospective - held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, before traveling to the YUZ Museum in Shanghai, the Guggenheim Bilbao and the Kunsthall Rotterdam - and the second held at the Aomori Museum of Art in Nara’s hometown. Still haven’t subscribed to Sotheby’s on YouTube? ►►    / @sothebys   Want more info about the sales? ►► https://bit.ly/3U30eY3