Victoria Beckham’s Contemporary Picks Are on View at Her London Boutique
The designer plays host to some of her favorite artworks before they head to Sotheby’s New York and London auctions.
Designer, entrepreneur and art collector Victoria Beckham is teaming up with Sotheby’s to showcase a selection of contemporary artworks at her boutique in Mayfair, London before they go under the hammer in London and New York.
The exhibition follows Beckham’s 2018 project with the auction house, which centered around old masters’ portraits. This time, the collaboration shifts focus to some of her favorite names in contemporary art – including Yoshitomo Nara, George Condo, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Joan Mitchell, Gerhard Richter, Yves Klein and Richard Prince – displayed across the three-story Georgian townhouse.
The curation revolves around works with commanding uses of color, texture and scale. Standouts include Nara’s cute and cunning “Cosmic Eyes (in the Milky Lake)”; “Red Joy,” a jazzy composition by Basquiat; and Prince’s untitled 2020 work from his High Times series, which Beckham serves as a muse.
Her journey into collecting began when she and her husband David visited Elton John at his home in Nice, France. There, she was captivated by a painting by Julian Schnabel, making her first purchase soon after. The piece – a painting from Schnabel’s Sonanbul series – would later inspire the color palette for her Fall 2024 collection.
“For David and I, collecting is about more than just investing or acquiring beautiful objects,” she said in a statement. “It’s about finding pieces that bring us real joy. The more I delve into art history and progress on my journey as a collector, the more captivated I am by it.”
The works are now on view at the Victoria Beckham store in London through February 10, 2025.
