Wolfgang Tillmans: The Taschen Collection

  • Event date 12 – 21 Feb
  • Event location London

This season welcomes an exciting collection of 15 photographs by the Turner Prize-winning artist, Wolfgang Tillmans, all coming to market for the first time from a distinguished private collection.

Spanning the full scope of Tillmans’s oeuvre from the 1990s, Wolfgang Tillmans: The Way We Look captures a significant period in art and culture. Reflecting on a decade of profound cultural shifts, including the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the formation of the European Union in 1993, the collection highlights Tillmans’s deep connection to the transformative spirit of the era.

From his camera-less exploration of abstraction to his iconic portraits of Kate Moss, this collection highlights the artist’s decades-long pursuit to redefine the medium of photography. Wolfgang Tillmans: The Way We Look is offered across our Post-War and Contemporary Art Day and Online Sales. Ahead of the full pre-sale exhibition, we invite you to preview this exceptional collection at our London headquarters from 12 to 21 February.

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Isabel Bardawil

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Isabel Bardawil is a Specialist and Associate Director in Post-War and Contemporary Art in London, focusing on the 20th/21st Century Evening Sale and was previously the Head of First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online.

Isabel started at Christie’s in 2015, working closely with the Head of the Department, before becoming a cataloguer on the evening auction and then moving into a specialist role within the London day and online auctions. Isabel has a strong interest in contemporary African art, having worked closely with the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair since its initial collaboration with Christie’s in London in October 2020. Isabel also spearheaded the Bold, Black, British exhibition, curated by Aindrea Emelife at Christie’s London in October 2021.

Isabel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London in 2015.
Stephanie Rao

Stephanie Rao

Specialist, Co-head of Day Sale

Post-War & Contemporary Art

Stephanie Rao is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in London.

Since joining Christie’s in 2016 as the Cataloguer for the Chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art EMERI, Stephanie has worked on the Evening Auctions in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai and the curated Masterpieces of Design and Photography, as well as the single-owner auctions The Leslie Waddington Collection (2016) and The George Michael Collection (2019).

Stephanie holds a BA in Law and Business from the University of Warwick, an MSc in Management and Strategy from the London School of Economics and an MLitt in Art History from the University of Glasgow. Stephanie is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

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