Sotheby’s had significantly fewer lots at its mid-season Contemporary Curated sale this year, but the live auction in New York on February 26 still yielded $19.88 million including fees.

George Condo’s double opening at the uptown Sprüth Magers Gallery and the SoHo location of Hauser & Wirth establishes him as a known, if not always celebrated, quantity in the contemporary art world.