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David Hockney, an 84-year-old British artist, sold works at public auction last year at 910 million yuan, and German artist Gerhard Richter, 89, ranked third with a total turnover of 710 million yuan...
The list of arts has also been controversial. Some veteran art observers believe that due to the participation of capital in the speculation, there are actually many bubbles in some auction figures.
According to the list, of the 50 highest-selling living artists in the world, the United States still leads with 15, followed by China with 12, one more than last year, and the United Kingdom still ranks third with 7. The top three countries accounted for 68% of the list. Six of the top 10 are from Europe and the United States, and 2 each from China and Japan. Banksy, 47, a British street artist, ranked sixth with a total turnover of 440 million yuan, up 12 places from last year, becoming the youngest artist in the top ten, 29 years younger than the average age of the top ten. Seven female artists made the list, led by Yayoi Kusama, Japan's "Queen of Polka Dots," with a total turnover of 460 million yuan, up two places from last year.
David Hockney among sunflower bushes near Arles (1985) Photo: Atelier Lucien Clergue
The top 50 artists totaled 9.6 billion yuan, down 24% from last year. The three artists on the list sold more than $100 million, down three from last year. The turnover of 27 artists increased from last year, including 12 newcomers, and 23 fell. Of the 12 newcomers, 4 are from China and 3 are from the United States. The most successful newcomer was 62-year-old British artist Peter Doig, who ranked 22nd with a total turnover of 140 million yuan.
Fifteen works were auctioned for more than $10 million last year, one more than the previous year. The most expensive is David Hockney's 1980 landscape painting Nichols Canyon, which was sold for 283 million yuan at the Phillips auction house in New York.
David Hockney held a retrospective exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) at the British National Portrait Gallery (NPG) at the end of February last year under the title "David Hockney, Painting From Life", the first major exhibition in nearly 20 years to feature Hockney's portrait paintings, but the exhibition closed shortly after opening due to the pandemic. In late March, a social network photo of Hockney's latest iPad evoked confidence in the midst of the pandemic, with a daffodil blooming in a field suggesting, "Remember, they can't cancel spring." Since then, Hockney has unveiled more recent works, these iPad paintings with full of spring weather, sprinkling spring colors for people caught in the anxiety of the epidemic.
No. 0146, painted by Hockney in Normandy, France, in the spring of 2020.
On February 21, 2021, the exhibition "Hockney and Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature" opened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, USA. The exhibition will present nearly 50 works by Hockney and 10 paintings by Van Gogh, showing how the two artists express their observation and love for nature and the world through bright and rich colors. Through the contrast of the two men's landscape paintings, the exhibition also shows Van Gogh's artistic influence on Hockney.
Under the Trees, Bigger, Hockney
Gerhard Richter, Vogelfluglinie, oil on canvas, 178.5x178.5cm, 1967
On November 29, Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co., Ltd. and Hurun Research Institute released the "2021 Shanghai National Auction Hurun Global Art List" (SICA · Hurun Global Art List 2021), which is a ranking of the top 50 living artists worldwide by the total turnover of works in the 2020 public auction market. This is the second consecutive year that the Hurun Research Institute has released the "Global Art List". The data on the list of non-Chinese artists comes from Artprice.com, and the data of Chinese artists comes from the National Institute of Arts and Cultural Policy of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The average age is 68, the same as last year. There are 10 people under the age of 50 (including 50 years old), three more than last year, the youngest of whom is the 37-year-old Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo. The oldest artist on the list is Pierre Soulages, a 102-year-old French artist.
HuRun, chairman and chief research officer of Hurun Report, said at the press conference: "The art market has been greatly affected by the epidemic, and the total turnover of works by the top 50 global living artists in the public auction market last year was 9.6 billion yuan, down 24% year-on-year, but this does not mean that the value of art works has declined, it may be because good works have not been auctioned by collectors last year." ”
At the press conference, Shanghai Guopai also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University and the School of Economics of Shanghai University to jointly promote the construction of the Bund Art Complex and deepen the research on related industries such as art index, art education, and art finance.
Shanghai Guopai signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the School of Economics of Shanghai University
Chen Qing, vice dean of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University, introduced the new development process of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts at the press conference, as well as the foothold of the creative improvement of the Academy of Fine Arts - from the traditional college system to the museum system, the foundation system of the development of the new talent training model, Shanghai University Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts will hold high the banner of "Xinhai School" and Shanghai, an international city, grow and move forward together. Vice President Chen Qing affirmed the significance of the release of the global art list and its important role in inspiring art education, and the young artists cultivated by the college can understand the art market faster from the release of the art list and connect with the market. The strategic cooperation between Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and Shanghai Guopai will have important practical significance in promoting the cultivation of artistic talents and the development of China's art market.
There has also been controversy in the industry about art lists, with some scholars arguing that lists are only based on superficial figures and that real art must stand the test of time. In the auction field, due to the participation of capital in the speculation, there have been many bubbles, and the auction figures of some domestic artists participating in self-speculation are even completely unbelievable.
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