Taking place at the height of the spring season, New York’s Showplace is gearing up for their Important Fine Art and Design Auction on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Bringing together everything from Old Masters to contemporary voices, painting and sculpture to decorative arts and important design, together the sale showcases an incredible breadth of art history. With iconic blue-chip names like Andy Warhol , Yayoi Kusama , and Alexander Calder to emerging names, we parsed through the 145 lots and rounded up a few key highlights below that inspire close watching. Yayoi Kusama,  Infinity Nets  (1995) Yayoi Kusama,  Infinity Nets  (1995). Est. $100,000–$200,000. Courtesy of Showplace, New York. Shortly after moving to New York City from Japan, in 1958, Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) made one of her first “Infinity Nets” series. Predating the Minimalists, these intricate compositions evoke themes of infinite repetition and space—themes that have come to largely exemplify her oeuvre.…