K Auction November sale with Nara and Kim Tschang-yeul

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1. 5 Oct 2019Background

   Yoshitomo Nara's 'Knife Behind Back' sells for $25 million in Hong Kong

   Sotheby's Hong Kong sold Yoshitomo Nara's 'Knife Behind Back' for about HK$195 million in October 2019, a record for the Japanese artist.

2. 5 Jan 2021Background

   Kim Tschang-yeul, Korea's 'water drop' painter, dies at 91 in Seoul

   Kim Tschang-yeul, the Korean artist best known for his hyperrealistic water drop paintings, died in Seoul in January 2021 at the age of 91.

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   25 Nov

   Nara's knife-wielding kid and Kim's water drops head to a Seoul auction

   K Auction in Seoul will sell 118 works on 25 November, from Yoshitomo Nara's defiant child to Kim Tschang-yeul's water drops, estimated at 12.6 billion won.