A building take-over

In June and July 2025, we transformed Christie’s King Street headquarters, installing a monumental reproduction of Canaletto’s Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (c.1732) across the building’s façade as part of the campaign for the Old Masters Evening Sale during Classic Week, London. The work was reimagined at architectural scale, bringing 18th-century Venice into the heart of London and offering a rare public encounter ahead of the auction. The painting sold for £31,935,000, setting a new world auction record for the artist.