Gerhard Richter’s “Abstraktes Bild” (estimated in excess of £20 million), one of the artist’s greatest monumental abstract masterpieces, one of the most important works by the artist ever to appear at auction, goes on view as part of an exhibition of modern and contemporary artworks at Sotheby's on February 22, 2023 in London, England. The Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction takes place at Sotheby's in London on 1 March 2023. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's)





Art installation called “Coalescence” and created by British designer Paul Cocksedge, is unveiled at Liverpool Cathedral, in Liverpool, north west England on February 8, 2023. “Coalescence” is a six metres in diameter piece of art made up of thousands of pieces of UK sourced anthracite coal, which is high-lustre and low in impurities. Prompting questions around energy consumption, the history of fossil fuels and the need to reach net zero, it features over half a tonne of coal, which represents the amount of power needed to light one 200W light bulb for a year. (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP Photo)





An employee workjs near artworks entitled “Debbie Harry” by Andy Warhol, during a photocall at Sotheby's auction house in central London on February 22, 2023. The painting is expected to realise in the region of USD 4-6 million dollars (EUR 4-7 million euros, GBP 3-5 million pounds) at auction in March. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)





“M25”, 2023, “I, Imposter (the darkroom)”, 2011, and “Triple Blue Bluff Canyon” (The Woodshed), 2004, at a preview of “Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons” at the Hayward Gallery, the first major survey of work by the internationally acclaimed British artist Mike Nelson in London on February 21, 2023. Large scale installations have been made from materials scavenged from salvage yards, junk shops, auctions and flea markets to create fully immersive, labyrinthine, eerie worlds. The exhibition runs 22 February to 7 May 2023. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News)





French artist “smoluk”, who is based in Canada, stands next to her recycled cardboard sneaker sculpture “The Super Large Superstar”, during the media preview of Sneakertopia, a sneaker and street culture exhibition, at the Art Science Museum in Singapore on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





A man looks at photographs by Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu during the first day of the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City, Mexico, 08 February 2023. The Zona Maco Mexican art fair, one of the most important in Latin America, kicked off this 08 February bringing together more than 200 gallery owners, artists and representatives of national and international museums. (Photo by Sashenka Gutierrez/EPA/EFE)





Gallery staff with Lee Krasner's “Bald Eagle” (1955) and “Feathering” (1959) in London on February 8, 2023. Whitechapel Gallery unveils its new exhibition, “Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940 – 70”, with over 150 paintings by an overlooked generation of 80 international women artists. (Photo by Imageplotter/Alamy Live News)





A gallery assistant poses for a photograph with an artwork entitled “John Perreault, 1972” by US artist Alice Neel during a press preview of “Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle” at the Barbican Art Gallery in London on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)





A polar bear and its cub on the lake at Sheffield Park and Garden, in East Sussex on February 1, 2023, are part of a new family trail called Nellie’s Arctic Adventure to highlight sustainability and the preservation of places of natural beauty. It includes an ice cave, polar bear and mammoth skeleton created by the artist Roy Kelf, with the help of local community groups, and runs until February 26. (Photo by David McHugh/Brighton Pictures)





View of the installation “Studio Apparatus for Kunsthalle Munster” by British artist Mike Nelson on show at the Hayward Gallery in London, Britain on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Will Russell/Reuters)





A general view of the installation entitled âOra tocca a voiâ by participatory art project Inside Out by French artist JR in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy on January 30, 2023. The installation depicts the faces of elderly guests in 40 Italian retirement homes, created in the second half of 2022 by students of the Brera Academy. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People take photos of artist Michael Murphy's recycled cardboard Air Jordan 1 Chicago sculpture “Air” during the media preview of Sneakertopia, a sneaker and street culture exhibition, at the Art Science Museum in Singapore on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





The sunrises through the sea mist over the sculpture “The Couple” by Sean Henry at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on the Northumberland coast on Monday, February 13, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





Groups of people view works during the first day of the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City, Mexico, 08 February 2023. The Zona Maco Mexican art fair, one of the most important in Latin America, kicked off this 08 February bringing together more than 200 gallery owners, artists and representatives of national and international museums. (Photo by Sashenka Gutierrez/EPA)





Visitors walk around Whorled (Here After Here After Here), an outdoor installation by Jitish Kallat in Somerset House, London, Britain on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Anna Gordon/Reuters)