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Top 30 contemporary art artists alive - on Art Report

Find the most established contemporary art artists worldwide, regardless of their preferred medium, such as painting, installation, drawing, sculpture, photography or video - ranked by attention, as measured by the method of Art Report.



ranking artist's name country lives in birth date born in medium total A-points
1 Gerhard Richter DE Düsseldorf 1932 Dresden painting 2898
 
2 Bruce Nauman US Galisteo, New Mexico 1941 Fort Wayne installation 2464
 
3 John Baldessari US Santa Monica 1931 National City mixed media 2311
 
4 Franz West AT Vienna 1947 Vienna sculpture / plastik 2204
 
5 Sigmar Polke DE Düsseldorf 1941 Oels painting 2078
 
6 Cindy Sherman US New York 1954 Glen Ridge photography 1795
 
7 Georg Baselitz DE Munich 1938 Deutschbaselitz painting 1737
 
8 Harun Farocki CZ Berlin 1944 Neutischein video / film 1678
 
9 Isa Genzken DE Berlin 1948 Bad Oldesloe installation 1647
 
10 Lawrence Weiner US New York 1942 New York mixed media 1537
 
11 Pipilotti Rist CH Los Angeles 1962 Grabs video / film 1437
 
12 Wolfgang Tillmans DE London 1968 Remscheid photography 1415
 
13 Olafur Eliasson DK Berlin 1967 Copenhagen installation 1409
 
14 Imi Knoebel DE Düsseldorf 1940 Dessau painting 1406
 
15 Jenny Holzer US Hoosick, N.Y. 1950 Gallipolis installation 1391
 
16 Philippe Parreno DZ 1964 Oran video / film 1377
 
17 Fischli & Weiss CH Zurich 1952 Zurich photography 1360
 
18 Dan Graham US New York 1942 Urbana mixed media 1325
 
19 Claire Fontaine FR Paris 0 mixed media 1307
 
20 Rachel Harrison US New York 1966 New York sculpture / plastik 1304
 
21 Rodney Graham CA Vancouver 1949 Vancouver video / film 1292
 
22 Christian Jankowski DE Berlin 1968 Göttingen mixed media 1289
 
23 Thomas Ruff DE Düsseldorf 1958 Zell photography 1289
 
24 Cy Twombly US Rome 1928 Lexington painting 1289
 
25 Ryan Gander GB London 1976 Chester multimedia 1274
 
26 Hans-Peter Feldmann DE Düsseldorf 1941 Düsseldorf mixed media 1272
 
27 Mike Kelley US Los Angeles 1954 Detroit installation 1262
 
28 Rosemarie Trockel DE Cologne 1952 Schwerte mixed media 1262
 
29 Tobias Rehberger DE Frankfurt 1966 Esslingen installation 1248
 
30 Keren Cytter IL Amsterdam 1977 Tel Aviv video / film 1228