The artists
Who the market is made of.
A factual line from Wikidata, and everything this site has already recorded about the artist: their attention line, their auction records, and the lots of theirs that came up on the Tape. Most of these pages carry no picture, and that is a decision rather than an omission.
65 artists · 12 out of copyright · 6 with an image
| Artist | Dates | On this site | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes MartinAmerican painter (1912–2004) | 1912–2004 | 1 top lot | link only |
| Amy SheraldAfrican-American painter based in Baltimore, Maryland (born 1973) | 1973 | attention | link only |
| Andrew CranstonBritish painter | 1969 | 1 record | link only |
| Andy WarholAmerican artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987) | 1928–1987 | 1 record · 7 top lots | link only |
| Anish KapoorBritish-Indian artist (born 1954) | 1954 | 1 top lot | link only |
| Anna AncherDanish impressionist painter (1859-1935) | 1859–1935 | 1 record | link only |
| Antony GormleyBritish sculptor (born 1950) | 1950 | — | link only |
| BanksyEnglish graffiti artist, political activist, and painter | 1973 | 3 top lots | link only |
| Bridget RileyBritish painter (born 1931) | 1931 | attention | link only |
| Cecily BrownBritish artist (born 1969) | 1969 | — | link only |
| Cindy ShermanAmerican photographer (born 1954) | 1954 | attention · 1 top lot | link only |
| Claude MonetFrench painter (1840–1926) | 1840–1926 | 1 top lot | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Cy TwomblyAmerican painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011) | 1928–2011 | — | link only |
| Damien HirstEnglish sculptor and installation artist | 1965 | 3 records · 2 top lots | link only |
| David Hockneypainter, printmaker, set designer, photographer (1937–2026) | 1937–2026 | 1 record · 1 top lot | link only |
| Edvard MunchNorwegian painter (1863–1944) | 1863–1944 | attention | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Egon SchieleAustrian painter (1890-1918) | 1890–1918 | — | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Francis BaconIrish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992) | 1909–1992 | — | link only |
| Frank AuerbachGerman-born British painter (1931–2024) | 1931–2024 | — | link only |
| Frida KahloMexican painter (1907–1954) | 1907–1954 | — | link only |
| Georgia O'KeeffeAmerican modernist artist (1887–1986) | 1887–1986 | — | link only |
| Gerald LaingBritish artist (1936–2011) | 1936–2011 | 1 record | link only |
| Gerhard RichterGerman visual artist (b. 1932) | 1932 | 2 top lots | link only |
| Grayson PerryEnglish artist, writer and broadcaster (born 1960) | 1960 | attention | link only |
| Gustav KlimtAustrian symbolist painter (1862–1918) | 1862–1918 | — | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Harald Slott-MøllerDanish painter and ceramist (1864-1937) | 1864–1937 | 1 record | link only |
| Henri MatisseFrench artist (1869–1954) | 1869–1954 | — | link only |
| Hilma af KlintSwedish artist (1862–1944) | 1862–1944 | — | link only |
| Jackson PollockAmerican painter (1912–1956) | 1912–1956 | 1 top lot | link only |
| Jean-Michel BasquiatAmerican artist (1960–1988) | 1960–1988 | — | link only |
| Jeff KoonsAmerican sculptor and painter (born 1955) | 1955 | — | link only |
| Jenny SavilleBritish painter (born 1970) | 1970 | — | link only |
| Joan MitchellAmerican painter (1925–1992) | 1925–1992 | 1 top lot | link only |
| Johannes VermeerDutch painter (1632–1675) | 1632–1675 | — | link only |
| Julian OpieBritish artist (born 1958) | 1958 | 1 record | link only |
| Julie MehretuEthiopian American painter (born 1970) | 1970 | — | link only |
| Kara WalkerAmerican painter and installation artist (born 1969) | 1969 | — | link only |
| Keith HaringAmerican artist and social activist (1958-1990) | 1958–1989 | attention | link only |
| Kerry James MarshallAmerican painter and professor (born 1955) | 1955 | — | link only |
| Kikuo SaitoAmerican painter (1939–2016) | 1939–2016 | 1 record | link only |
| Lancelot RibeiroBritish painter (1933–2010) | 1933–2010 | 1 record | link only |
| Leonora CarringtonBritish-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011) | 1917–2011 | — | link only |
| Louise BourgeoisFrench-American artist (1911-2010) | 1911–2010 | attention | link only |
| Lucian FreudBritish painter and agravar (1922-2011) | 1922–2011 | attention | link only |
| March AveryAmerican artist (born 1932) | 1932 | 1 record | link only |
| Marina AbramovićSerbian performance artist (born 1946) | 1946 | attention | link only |
| Mark RothkoAmerican painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970) | 1903–1970 | — | link only |
| Marlene DumasSouth African painter and draftsperson (born 1953) | 1953 | — | link only |
| Nan GoldinAmerican photographer (born 1953) | 1953 | attention | link only |
| Njideka Akunyili CrosbyNigerian-American visual artist (born 1983) | 1983 | — | link only |
| Ólafur ElíassonDanish-Icelandic artist (born 1967) | 1967 | — | link only |
| Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) | 1881–1973 | 1 record · 3 top lots | link only |
| Rachel WhitereadBritish sculptor (born 1963) | 1963 | — | link only |
| Rashid JohnsonAmerican artist and film director (1977- ) | 1977 | — | link only |
| RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669) | 1606–1669 | — | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| René MagritteBelgian surrealist (1898–1967) | 1898–1967 | — | link only |
| Roy LichtensteinAmerican pop artist (1923–1997) | 1923–1997 | attention · 1 record | link only |
| Salvador DalíSpanish artist (1904–1989) | 1904–1989 | 2 records | link only |
| Simone LeighAfrican American artist (born 1967) | 1967 | — | link only |
| Takashi MurakamiJapanese contemporary artist, film director (born 1962) | 1962 | — | link only |
| Tracey EminEnglish sculptor, painter, and installation artist (born 1963) | 1963 | 1 record · 1 top lot | link only |
| Vincent van GoghDutch painter (1853–1890) | 1853–1890 | — | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Wolfgang TillmansGerman photographer (born 1968) | 1968 | attention · 1 top lot | link only |
| Woody De OthelloArtist (born 1991) | 1991 | — | link only |
| Yayoi KusamaJapanese artist (1929–2026) | 1929–2026 | attention | link only |
Which museums were read
Cleveland Museum of Art — each returns the licence for an object in the same answer as the object itself.
- No image for an artist still in copyright, whatever a museum's search returns.
- No image without the museum's own licence field and value recorded beside it.
- No museum's 'open access' claim is read as permission for its images — only the per-object licence field.
- No image is hotlinked from a museum CDN: the bytes are fetched once and served from this site, so a reader never sees a broken picture because someone else's CDN moved.
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