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Leading artists worldwide 2021, by auction revenue

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 4, 2022
Pablo Picasso was the most valuable artist at auction in 2021. That year, the combined revenue of Picasso's works sold at fine art auctions worldwide amounted to roughly 671.5 million U.S. dollars. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol followed behind in 2021, with a total auction revenue of around 439 million and 348 million U.S. dollars, respectively.

Leading artists worldwide in 2021, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars)

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Release date

March 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The source specifies that figures refer to Fine Art auctions that occurred between January 1 and December 31, 2021. Data on Fine Art and NFT include paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints, videos, installations, tapestries, but exclude antiques, anonymous cultural goods, and furniture.

Auction revenue figures include the buyer's premium. Figures have been rounded.

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