$2.2 million El Anatsui work leads Frieze New York 2026 sales

White Cube Gallery secures a $2.2 million deal for recent El Anatsui sculpture, LuwVor I, 2025, to lead the Frieze New York 2026 fair list of top sales. Witnessed by heavy VIP opening-day traffic at The Shed, the blue-chip gallery secures two major seven-figure placements of works by the Ghanaian sculptor (MivEvi III, 2025 also sold for $1.9 million), to spearhead a noticeable rebound in market confidence after two slower years across the contemporary art sector.