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Art of reinvention: Victoria Beckham teams up with Sotheby’s as curator
Former Spice Girl hosts work by some of biggest names of 20th and 21st century at London fashion store
Beckham, 50, has teamed up with Sotheby’s to host an exhibition of work by some of the biggest names of the 20th and 21st century, including Yoshitomo Nara, George Condo, Keith Haring, Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Joan Mitchell, Gerhard Richter and Yves Klein. On a table, next to a collection of handbags and jewellery, sits a pile of leaflets, and half a dozen visitors study them as they saunter around the store taking pictures to a soundtrack of uptempo jazz. Since then she and her husband, David, have gone on a journey to “educate” themselves about art – first purchasing a piece from Schnabel’s Sonanbul series, before growing their collection to include works by Yayoi Kusama, Nan Goldin, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Nara.
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