SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd. will hold a preview exhibition at Hillside Forum in Daikanyama from January 29 (Thursday) to January 31 (Saturday), 2026, ahead of the single-owner collection sale scheduled for March 2026. The preview exhibition will showcase a carefully selected collection of 57 works (planned) from the "Modern Legacy: An Important Japanese Collection of 20th & 21st Century Masters" auction.
About the Preview Exhibition Works
Tsuguharu Foujita's "Portrait of Hélène Franck" is an important portrait painting that demonstrates the maturity of Foujita's art through delicate linework and soft color tones. The unique painting technique represented by the expression of milky white skin quietly tells the story of the artist's experience and sensibility, having traveled between Paris and Japan. "Weiblicher Akt" by Egon Schiele, who represents Austrian art, is a work that approaches the essence of bodily expression through the composition of stripped ornamentation and distorted bodies and smooth lines, evoking the characteristics of early 20th-century expressionism. Edvard Munch's "Madonna (Schiefler 33; Woll 39)" contains conflicting emotions of life and death, sensuality and anxiety, and deeply appeals to the inner feelings of the viewer. This work, which shows Munch's exploration from symbolism to expressionism, leaves a vivid impression that transcends time. Meanwhile, "Seated Cat" depicting a cat, one of the motifs Andy Warhol repeatedly took up, is drawn with soft lines and colors in a relaxed and natural manner, as if reflecting Warhol's own observational eye toward the cats he kept throughout his life.
About the March 2026 Auction
The "Modern Legacy: An Important Japanese Collection of 20th & 21st Century Masters" auction to be held on March 14 (Saturday) is a sale focusing on an important Japanese private collection formed from the 20th to 21st centuries. The collection of works, carefully selected and preserved over a long period of time, is not merely an accumulation of masterpieces, but reflects the collector's aesthetic eye and the spirit of the times.
The following day, March 15 (Sunday), the "Bloom Now" themed sale, representing SBI Art Auction, will be held. This themed sale held in spring has been cherished as a place to introduce diverse expressions in contemporary times. As the title "Bloom Now" indicates, it sheds light on creativity blooming at this very moment, bringing new encounters and discoveries. The March auction, where "Modern Legacy," featuring masterpieces inherited across time, and "Bloom Now," gathering expressions in progress, intersect, will emerge as an unprecedented three-dimensional composition and will be an opportunity to reconsider the history of art and its "present."
Preview Exhibition Details
77th SBI Art Auction | Modern Legacy: An Important Japanese Collection of 20th & 21st Century Masters - Preview Exhibition
- Dates: January 29 (Thursday) - January 31 (Saturday), 2026
- Venue: Hillside Forum (Hillside Terrace Building F, 1F, 18-8 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033)
Auction Details
77th SBI Art Auction | Modern Legacy: An Important Japanese Collection of 20th & 21st Century Masters
Auction:
- Date: March 14 (Saturday), 2026
- Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall D5 (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005)
Preview:
- Dates: March 12 (Thursday) - March 14 (Saturday), 2026
- Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall D7 (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005)
Participation: In-person, telephone, written, or online bidding
Auction streaming: YouTube Streaming
78th SBI Art Auction | Bloom Now
Auction:
- Date: March 15 (Sunday), 2026
- Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall D5 (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005)
Preview:
- Dates: March 12 (Thursday) - March 14 (Saturday), 2026
- Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall D1 (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005)
Participation: In-person, telephone, written, or online bidding
Auction streaming: YouTube Streaming
Featured Works
The preview exhibition will showcase masterpieces including works by Tsuguharu Foujita, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, and Andy Warhol.
About SBI Art Auction
A public auction introducing a wide range of fine items that enrich customers' lifestyles, centered on contemporary art from the 20th century onward, as well as modern art, photography, design, and crafts. With registered customers from 63 countries and international sales accounting for approximately 50% of total sales (as of January 2025), it boasts the highest level of internationality in Japan. In addition to works by artists who symbolize the Japanese art market, the auction actively introduces works by overseas artists that are rarely offered at domestic auctions, working to grow and expand the Japanese art market.
About Auction Participation
Auctions are conducted in a bidding format where the sale price is raised.
First-time participants are requested to register in advance.
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Upcoming Auction Schedule (Planned)
79th SBI Art Auction | LIVE STREAM AUCTION
- Date: April 10 (Friday), 11 (Saturday), 2026
80th SBI Art Auction | Modern and Contemporary Art
- Date: May 22 (Friday), 23 (Saturday), 2026
