Most Expensive Living Artist
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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.
- akrokdesign0
haha. nutz.
- moamoa0
6. Moamoa - Animated Gif $13.6 million
- tss********
- haha. sold to some oil shriek. i bet. :-)akrokdesign
- why not? I should try it.. I know wheres roman abr. yacht is :)moamoa
- sure is better then that skull.akrokdesign
- tss
- amongthemasses0
Too bad Rauschenberg dropped out of the top 5. RIP.
- ukit0
On some level, it's deeply funny that the most expensive piece of art is a painting of a morbidly obese naked woman.
- ********0
what about that bling skull by damien hirst, i thought it was like 20mill?
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- moamoa0
Hirst wanna have 75 lillion € fpr the skull... but I don´t wthing he sold it?
- ukit0
He ended up partly buying it himself, along with a group of investors.
- akrokdesign0
hah...the skull end up on SALE price.
- akrokdesign0
basically, people who has a shh load of cash has no taste. lol.
- ukit0
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
- ********0
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.akrokdesign
- are we sure he just didn't just buy that heart at a hallmark store. lol.akrokdesign
- I second that********
- +1cashface
- moamoa0
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.detritus
- not a painting? even worse. i thought it was amazing as far as painting technically...********
- but as far as evoking any emotion, no. not interesting at all to me.********
- Just think what a great weekend you could have...ukit
- good thinking, nairn. buyer prolly forgot, or owns a harem of slaves..janne76
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- guido.Jnr_Madison
- haha jnr********
- reminds me a bit of klashorst. who is this artist?janne76
- utopian? bueller?janne76
- jawks0
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 ...
- ********0
i like Paul McCarty's art
- McCarthy it is. Yeah, I agree.janne76
- Paul McCartney?ukit
- Paul McCarTHy
ffs!!janne76 - Some work of him right in my flickr http://www.flickr.co…********
- janne760
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.
- janne760
screw it. it is about living artists. but still, 20 years ago can still make a difference.