Artsy is partnering with the BBC and Stellify Media on an episode of its forthcoming series The Art Game, a televised competition where British participants will be challenged to buy and sell artworks. As part of the show, Artsy is staging an online auction curated around the theme of “Boundless Berlin.” The sale spotlights works by two of the city’s rising talents: Argentine-born artist Celeste Najt and artist duo 44flavours, comprising German artists Sebastian Bagge and Julio Rölle.
Registration for the auction opens on September 23rd, bidding begins September 27th, and the sale will close on September 29th at 12 p.m. EST (5 p.m. GMT).
The Art Game will explore the high-stakes world of art dealing through a six-part limited series. In each hour-long episode, contestants will face a new challenge that involves selling art. The series will premiere in 2026; the exact date has yet to be announced.
“Boundless Berlin” spotlights two up-and-coming Berlin-based artists, whose work channels the city’s cosmopolitan personality and its legacy of bold creativity.
Najt studied visual arts at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes in Buenos Aires, where she predominantly worked on digital collages before eventually turning to painting. Her map-inspired paintings, characterized by gestural marks and bright colors, combine geographic motifs and layered collage-like imagery. Her practice also includes abstract wooden sculptures, where she wraps and collages the exteriors with paper maps. Her most recent solo exhibitions have been presented by Quimera Galería in Buenos Aires and the Argentinian Embassy in Germany.
Bagge and Rölle started working together as 44flavours in 2003. At first, the duo began as graphic designers; however, their practice has evolved into one that includes painting, ceramics, sculpture, and murals. Across mediums, their work features layered geometric shapes and playful forms, combining bright colors and patterns to create chaotic abstractions. As part of their improvisational work, the pair often uses everyday or found materials as their canvas, such as cardboard, stone, wood, or even an object from a flea market. Some of their murals have appeared in Berlin; Dakar, Senegal; São Luis, Brazil; and Abrantes, Portugal, to name a few.
Explore BBC’s The Art Game x Artsy Auction now.
