TO WRAP UP THE YEAR, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT OUR TOP 10 BEST SELLING ARTISTS OF THE GALLERY.
ANDY WARHOL
WARHOL'S ART MARKET HAS CONSISTENTLY REFLECTED HIS ENDURING INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY CULTURE TODAY. HIS ICONIC WORKS, SUCH AS THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS AND MARILYN MONROE PORTRAITS, HAVE BECOME HIGHLY COVETED AND SYMBOLIZE THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND POPULAR CULTURE. WARHOL'S IMPACT ON THE ART WORLD EXTENDS BEYOND HIS LIFETIME, WITH HIS PIECES OFTEN FETCHING SIGNIFICANT PRICES AT AUCTIONS, MAKING HIM A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN ART COMMERCE. NOW ON VIEW, WARHOL’S 100 DRAWINGS LOOK BACK AT HIS EARLIEST WORK.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT'S IMPACT REMAINS PALPABLE TODAY, WITH A CONTINUED GROWING INTEREST IN HIS WORK. HIS ABILITY TO MERGE STREET ART WITH HIGH CULTURE RESONATES IN THE CURRENT ERA OF DIVERSE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. BASQUIAT'S INFLUENCE IS EVIDENT IN THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THEMES OF IDENTITY, INEQUALITY, AND THE DYNAMIC INTERPLAY BETWEEN STREET ART AND THE TRADITIONAL ART WORLD. HIS LEGACY EXTENDS BEYOND THE CANVAS AS BASQUIAT'S LIFE STORY AND GROUNDBREAKING APPROACH CONTINUE TO INSPIRE A NEW WAVE OF ARTISTS SEEKING TO CHALLENGE NORMS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVOLVING TAPESTRY OF CONTEMPORARY ART. THIS YEAR, WE HIGHLIGHTED HIS LEGACY IN OUR BANKSY X BASQUIAT EXHIBITION.
BANKSY
BANKSY'S INFLUENCE ON THE ART MARKET IS AS UNCONVENTIONAL AS HIS ARTISTIC APPROACH. DESPITE HIS ANONYMITY AND RENOUNCEMENT OF TRADITIONAL GALLERY SYSTEMS, BANKSY'S WORKS COMMAND SUBSTANTIAL PRICES IN THE MARKET. AUCTIONS FEATURING HIS PIECES ATTRACT WIDESPREAD ATTENTION, AND THE MARKET FOR AUTHENTICATED BANKSY ARTWORKS HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. THE PARADOX OF A STREET ARTIST ACHIEVING BOTH COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND MAINTAINING A REBELLIOUS, ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT ETHOS ADDS AN INTRIGUING LAYER TO BANKSY'S IMPACT ON THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND COMMERCE.
KEITH HARING
HARING'S UNIQUE VISUAL LANGUAGE, CHARACTERIZED BY BOLD LINES AND VIBRANT COLORS, HAS GARNERED RENEWED ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS. FOLLOWING HIS PEERS, TODAY MORE THAN EVER, HIS WORK GARNERS INTEREST FOR ITS SOCIAL MESSAGE BEING MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN EVER. KEITH HARING WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXUBERANT AND CHARISMATIC PERSONALITY, EMBODYING A SPIRIT OF OPENNESS, INCLUSIVITY, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO USING ART AS A POWERFUL FORCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. WE WERE PLEASED TO HOST ANGEL VASQUEZ, A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE OF KEITH HARING’S POP SHOP THIS YEAR, TO DIVE INTO THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE HARING HAS ON THE NEW YORK ART WORLD AND BEYOND.
JONAS WOOD
WOOD'S SUCCESS LIES IN HIS ABILITY TO MERGE THE TRADITIONAL GENRES OF STILL LIFE AND PORTRAITURE WITH A CONTEMPORARY AND DYNAMIC VISUAL LANGUAGE, ESTABLISHING HIM AS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE CONTEMPORARY ART SCENE. ON THE SECONDARY MARKET, WOOD HAS ACHIEVED RECORDS IN THE MILLIONS AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE A STAPLE CHOICE FOR AN INVESTABLE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST.
DAVID HOCKNEYWITH AN AUCTION RECORD OF 90 MILLION, HOCKNEY HAS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A TOP ARTIST OF HIS TIME. THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN HIS PRINT MARKET AND THE SUCCESS OF HIS MOST RECENT SERIES, 20 FLOWERS, A FRESH TAKE ON HIS IPAD DRAWINGS. HOCKNEY HAS CONTINUED TO BE A REVOLUTIONARY IN MERGING TECHNOLOGY WITH ART IN A WAY MOST TRADITIONAL ARTISTS HAVE REJECTED.
DAMIEN HIRSTDAMIEN HIRST HAS ALWAYS PUSHED BOUNDARIES, FOLLOWING THE CONCEPT THAT MORE IS MORE. HE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE NEW BODIES OF WORK AT A RAPID PACE, WHICH HAS ONLY MAGNIFIED HIS AUDIENCE AND DESIRABILITY. ALWAYS PUSHING BOUNDARIES, HIRST’S WORK CONTINUES TO BE A FAVORITE AMONGST COLLECTORS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BOTH PLAYFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING.
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
ROY LICHTENSTEIN, A PIONEER OF THE POP ART MOVEMENT IN THE 1960S, LEFT AN ENDURING IMPRINT ON THE ART WORLD WITH HIS DISTINCTIVE USE OF BEN-DAY DOTS AND BOLD, COMIC BOOK-INSPIRED IMAGERY. LICHTENSTEIN'S INFLUENCE ON ART TODAY IS UNMISTAKABLE, AS CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS CONTINUE TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM HIS FUSION OF POPULAR CULTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND A METICULOUS APPROACH TO TECHNIQUE, CEMENTING HIS LEGACY AS A KEY FIGURE IN SHAPING THE TRAJECTORY OF MODERN ART.
HARLAND MILLERTHE MARKET FOR HARLAND MILLER'S PIECES HAS SEEN INCREASED DEMAND, WITH NOTABLE SALES AT AUCTIONS AND GROWING RECOGNITION OF HIS CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY ART. HARLAND MILLER'S STYLE IS CHARACTERIZED BY HIS WITTY AND SATIRICAL APPROACH, OFTEN EMPLOYING VIBRANT COLORS AND BOLD TYPOGRAPHY TO REINTERPRET CLASSIC BOOK COVERS, CREATING A DISTINCTIVE BLEND OF POP ART AND CONCEPTUALISM.
TYLER SHIELDS
BEING WITH THE GALLERY FOR OVER 15 YEARS, TYLER SHIELDS CONTINUES TO BE A CLASSIC OF THE GALLERY WHILE ALSO CONTINUING TO EVOLVE. AT ONLY 41, HE IS THE ONLY LIVING PHOTOGRAPHER TO HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED AT SOTHEBY’S, INDICATING HIS SUCCESS. THIS YEAR, WE FEATURED HIS FIRST-EVER PLATINUM PALLADIUM PORTFOLIO AT THE GALLERY, PROVIDING A TIMELESS COLLECTIBLE FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY. IN 2023, WE FEATURED HIS FIRST-EVER PLATINUM PALLADIUM PORTFOLIO AT THE GALLERY, PROVIDING A TIMELESS COLLECTIBLE FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY. IN THE COMING YEAR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEW PROJECTS AND HIS CONTINUED EVOLUTION.
December 29, 2023
