Thereafter things began to move in the Drexler market. Two prominent New York galleries, Berry Campbell (specialists in marginalised artists) and Robert Mnuchin (a legendary dealer in Abstract Expressionist art) got together with newly formed advisory firm, Art Intelligence Global, to plan twin exhibitions of her work. But before that happened, in March 2022 Christie’s offered a large painting, Flowered Hundred (1962) – which had been gifted to the Farnsworth Art Museum by the Drexler Archive in 2002 – and sold it for a staggering $1.2 million.
The next shift happened in January 2023, when Mnuchin’s partner Sukanya Rajaratnam, left the gallery, but kept on her role as adviser to the increasingly valuable archive. In September 2023, it was announced that she had joined Jay Jopling’s ever-expanding White Cube gallery. The following November, the gallery had sealed an agreement to represent The Lynne Drexler Archive worldwide, apart from in America, where Berry Campbell still holds the reins.
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