Top 500 contemporary artists: #1 to #50
Rank | Artist | Turnover | Lots sold | Highest price | Record |
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1 | Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) | $157,184,468 | 98 | $25,701,500 | |
2 | Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) | $111,860,546 | 199 | $91,075,000 | X |
3 | KAWS (b. 1974) | $93,650,888 | 622 | $14,772,700 | X |
4 | Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) | $77,056,383 | 49 | $15,218,750 | |
5 | George CONDO (b. 1957) | $45,757,665 | 111 | $4,812,500 | |
6 | Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) | $42,566,535 | 339 | $4,449,500 | X |
7 | Keith HARING (1958-1990) | $41,205,058 | 482 | $5,609,500 | |
8 | Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) | $34,883,369 | 27 | $7,552,500 | X |
9 | ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) | $34,128,529 | 60 | $6,142,600 | |
10 | Peter DOIG (b. 1959) | $30,924,115 | 51 | $9,903,000 | |
11 | Jenny SAVILLE (b. 1970) | $28,809,137 | 7 | $12,490,600 | X |
12 | Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) | $28,448,272 | 31 | $5,615,300 | |
13 | ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) | $27,938,511 | 30 | $5,146,500 | |
14 | Richard PRINCE (b. 1949) | $26,506,921 | 57 | $5,487,500 | |
15 | Damien HIRST (b. 1965) | $26,018,841 | 369 | $1,580,000 | |
16 | Takashi MURAKAMI (b. 1962) | $23,083,950 | 594 | $5,037,500 | |
17 | Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) | $22,217,812 | 14 | $7,073,000 | |
18 | Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) | $19,837,001 | 16 | $6,354,300 | |
19 | Jonas WOOD (b. 1977) | $19,349,803 | 76 | $4,928,500 | X |
20 | HUANG Jiannan (b. 1952) | $19,265,713 | 32 | $3,758,000 | X |
21 | Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) | $17,199,325 | 13 | $8,475,250 | |
22 | BANKSY (b. 1974) | $17,020,351 | 550 | $1,364,700 | |
23 | LIU Ye (b. 1964) | $16,345,863 | 29 | $2,926,700 | |
24 | ZHANG Xiaogang (b. 1958) | $15,956,654 | 30 | $3,320,300 | |
25 | Rudolf STINGEL (b. 1956) | $14,531,877 | 14 | $6,517,500 | |
26 | Kerry James MARSHALL (b. 1955) | $14,507,063 | 14 | $7,325,800 | |
27 | LIU Xiaodong (b. 1963) | $13,503,573 | 18 | $6,658,600 | |
28 | CHEN Yifei (1946-2005) | $13,227,929 | 26 | $3,007,500 | |
29 | Antony GORMLEY (b. 1950) | $12,426,761 | 71 | $2,315,000 | |
30 | Martin KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997) | $12,164,822 | 36 | $5,048,000 | |
31 | Anselm KIEFER (b. 1945) | $12,083,810 | 29 | $3,998,000 | X |
32 | Sean SCULLY (b. 1945) | $11,484,199 | 55 | $1,515,000 | |
33 | Günther FÖRG (1952-2013) | $10,800,639 | 157 | $597,800 | |
34 | Anish KAPOOR (b. 1954) | $10,583,699 | 48 | $1,338,400 | |
35 | Mark TANSEY (b. 1949) | $10,204,457 | 8 | $3,390,000 | |
36 | Julie MEHRETU (b. 1970) | $8,992,872 | 12 | $5,631,700 | X |
37 | Dana SCHUTZ (b. 1976) | $8,058,817 | 18 | $2,420,000 | X |
38 | Marlene DUMAS (b. 1953) | $7,779,628 | 53 | $3,016,600 | |
39 | LENG Jun (b. 1963) | $7,685,949 | 9 | $6,329,900 | X |
40 | John CURRIN (b. 1962) | $7,683,031 | 16 | $3,615,000 | |
41 | Tomoo GOKITA (b. 1969) | $7,310,703 | 58 | $1,076,000 | X |
42 | Thomas SCHÜTTE (b. 1954) | $6,609,260 | 21 | $5,275,600 | |
43 | Hurvin ANDERSON (b. 1965) | $6,604,744 | 9 | $2,665,500 | |
44 | Barkley L, HENDRICKS (1945-2017) | $6,494,374 | 9 | $3,740,000 | X |
45 | LIU Guang (b. 1969) | $6,483,930 | 54 | $1,425,900 | X |
46 | Elizabeth PEYTON (b. 1965) | $6,141,067 | 36 | $1,275,000 | |
47 | WANG Xingwei (b. 1969) | $6,053,966 | 8 | $3,164,900 | X |
48 | HAO Liang (b. 1983) | $5,856,997 | 7 | $1,933,100 | X |
49 | Glenn BROWN (b. 1966) | $5,415,189 | 9 | $1,597,000 | |
50 | Robert COMBAS (b. 1957) | $5,316,155 | 196 | $303,700 | X |
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Top 500 contemporary artists: #1 to #50