A New Generation of Collectors Returns to 20th-Century Modernism

Ahead of the global auction season, younger collectors appear to be moving away from short-lived trends and toward modernists such as Mondrian, Picasso, Van Gogh and Cézanne. Around $2 billion in art could change hands over the coming weeks. The shift shows a market being reshaped not only by prices but by the canon, scarcity and the release of works held in private collections for decades.