Most Expensive Living Artist 2929 Responses

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• ukit

  In case you were wondering.

  5. Jasper Johns - False Start $17 million

  Jasper Johns was the most expensive living artist at auction in 1988, when his White Flag painting sold for $7 million at Christies, then his False Start painting sold at Sotheby's the next night for $17 million. He held the title for quite some time.

  

  4. Damien Hirst - Lullaby Spring $19.2 million

  Damien Hirst took the title in 2007 when his Lullaby Spring sold for about $19.2 million. The Hirst pill cabinet was bought by the royal family of Qatar, the Al-Thani family.

  

  3. Jeff Koons - Hanging Heart $23.6 million

  Jeff Koons then became the title holder with his Hanging Heart work selling for $23.6 million in November 2007.

  

  2. Jeff Koons - Balloon Flower (Magenta) $25.7 million

  He then topped his own record in July 2008 by his Balloon Flower (Magenta) selling for a record $25.7 million at Christie’s in London.

  

  1. Lucian Freud - Big Sue $33.6 million

  But Lucian Freud is now the most expensive living artist at auction with his "Big Sue" painting. The London based Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich is said to be the buyer.

  

  Aug 24, 08, 11:43 a.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  haha. nutz.

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:49 a.m. – Permalink

• moamoa

  6. Moamoa - Animated Gif $13.6 million

  • tss– digdre1/4

    haha. sold to some oil shriek. i bet. :-)– akrokdesign2/4

    why not? I should try it.. I know wheres roman abr. yacht is :)– moamoa3/4

    sure is better then that skull.– akrokdesign4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:50 a.m. – Permalink

• amongthemasses

  Too bad Rauschenberg dropped out of the top 5. RIP.

  

  • indeed :(– moamoa1/2

    < leg warmers. lol.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:51 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  On some level, it's deeply funny that the most expensive piece of art is a painting of a morbidly obese naked woman.

  • back to basic.– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:52 a.m. – Permalink

• gung_hoek

  what about that bling skull by damien hirst, i thought it was like 20mill?

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:54 a.m. – Permalink

• gung_hoek

  

  • Such bullshit, he bought the artwork himself.– Ruffian

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:54 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Yea - the diamond skull didn't sell at auction so it doesn't count. Even though Hirst asked $100 million for it.

  • just the diamonds are 18 million € worth.– moamoa1/2

    zounds.– gramme2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:56 a.m. – Permalink

• moamoa

  Hirst wanna have 75 lillion € fpr the skull... but I don´t wthing he sold it?

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:56 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  He ended up partly buying it himself, along with a group of investors.

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  hah...the skull end up on SALE price.

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  basically, people who has a shh load of cash has no taste. lol.

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:01 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Well in fairness these are also some of the most critically regarded artists...so maybe no one has taste.

  • i really don't think these artist are very good. sure they got fame etc. don't make them good though.– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:02 p.m. – Permalink

• iCanHasQBN

  Ugh. Like a bad rendering, something you'd find at iStockPhoto
  

  

  And 24 mil for THIS shit??? Looks like something that would be hanging from the ceiling at a Macy's valentine's day sale. ridiculous.
  

  

  • so true.– akrokdesign1/4

    are we sure he just didn't just buy that heart at a hallmark store. lol.– akrokdesign2/4

    I second that– utopian23/4

    +1– cashface4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:07 p.m. – Permalink

• moamoa

  lol.... Lullaby Spring is an installation... not a render or a painting... it just an example

  

  

  

  • That must be a bitch to keep clean and dust-free.– detritus1/5

    not a painting? even worse. i thought it was amazing as far as painting technically...– iCanHasQBN2/5

    but as far as evoking any emotion, no. not interesting at all to me.– iCanHasQBN3/5

    Just think what a great weekend you could have...– ukit4/5

    good thinking, nairn. buyer prolly forgot, or owns a harem of slaves..– janne765/5

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:18 p.m. – Permalink

• utopian2

  

  • guido.– Jnr_Madison1/4

    haha jnr– iCanHasQBN2/4

    reminds me a bit of klashorst. who is this artist?– janne763/4

    utopian? bueller?– janne764/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:20 p.m. – Permalink

• jawks

  I kind of like the fat lady actually. I'm gonna buy it and hang it on our bedroom wall for my fiancee to look at, inspiring her to keep her body fit for at least the next two decades. 33.6 million is cheaper than adultery ...

  • love his style http://images.google…– iCanHasQBN

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:27 p.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  i like Paul McCarty's art

  • McCarthy it is. Yeah, I agree.– janne761/4

    Paul McCartney?– ukit2/4

    Paul McCarTHy
    
    ffs!!– janne763/4

    Some work of him right in my flickr http://www.flickr.co…– digdre4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:38 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  koons and hirsts art is pure irony or cynicism..

  • Cynical art for a cynical age– ukit1/3

    i guess– janne762/3

    why can't we all jsut get along..– janne763/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:45 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  sometimes i wonder..
  do they calculate inflation etc with that?

  i mean, if you do, than you will find out the richest man on earth does not live in this day and age.

  • Good point - but I think that the prices are so much higher than what came before that these would still be at the top– ukit1/2

    probably..– janne762/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:48 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  screw it. it is about living artists. but still, 20 years ago can still make a difference.

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 08, 12:49 p.m. – Permalink