The art market has seen significant growth in recent years, with Carrington's sales surging to an estimated $35-45 million in 2024. Pauline Barker praises the artist's work for its technical brilliance and mythic depth, while also highlighting her collection's expansion into contemporary artists and designers who share a similar spirit of subversion and intensity. The sale includes highly anticipated lots such as Andy Warhol's "The Scream" and Madonna's self-portrait with a skeleton's arm, showcasing the artist's irreverent appropriation of modern masters and his ability to critique the mass-mediated world through visual roleplay.