Art In America – As bidding hit $62 million on a blackboard-like Cy Twombly canvas at Christie’s New York on Wednesday night, the normally hushed atmosphere was disrupted. Heads turned as an auction-goer cried out, “Whoa!” The painting would go on to sell for $69.6 million to an anonymous phone bidder, setting an auction record for the artist after a five-and-a-half-minute contest. – read more
