9GONdqyZ Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla are descending on New York City this week for a technology-focused summit hosted not by an internet giant — but by the 258-year old auction house Christie’s. Bonnie Brennan, the firm’s President, Americas, told The Post that having some of the most notable minds in AI and tech spend their week at Christie’s Rockefeller Center headquarters demonstrates how the company has repositioned itself. Sure, Christie’s is known for selling iconic works — like the $450 million “Salvador Mundi” by Leonardo da Vinci.
But it’s also expanded to digital art and investing in holograms and artificial intelligence. “We want to keep our heritage, but technology is where Christie’s is really focused,” Brennan said while seated in front of works by sculptor Claes Oldenburg and painter Ludwig Sander. “We always have to push forward.
” Brennan acknowledges the importance of being “thoughtful and discerning,” but also feels the world is “advancing so quickly it’s a bit of a race.” This week’s eighth annual Art + Tech summit — with AI as a major focus — is a chance to make sure Christie’s stays in the race. In 2021, it became the first major auction house to sell an NFT , from the artist Beeple, raking in $69 million.
(He will attend this week’s summit.) In 2018, Christie’s sold an AI-generated work by Edmond de Belamy for $432,000. “I.
