Helio Oiticica
Hélio Oiticica’s unrealised Tropicália environment erected in New York
The Brazilian artist developed the installation and several other iterations of architectural environments on a Guggenheim grant in the 1970s but never secured funding to build the work
Art marketnews
Phillips to incorporate its Latin American offering in its main contemporary auctions
Citing record prices for works by Herrera, Schendel, and Oiticica, the auctioneer hopes move will stoke international demand