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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 since 2004, as measured by the method of Art Report.
| ranking | artist's name | country | lives in | birth date | born in | medium | total AR-points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cindy Sherman | US | New York | 1954 | Glen Ridge | photography | 16366 |
| 2 | Louise Bourgeois | FR | New York | 1911 | Paris | sculpture / plastik | 14081 |
| 3 | Rosemarie Trockel | DE | Cologne | 1952 | Schwerte | mixed media | 13568 |
| 4 | Pipilotti Rist | CH | Los Angeles | 1962 | Grabs | video / film | 12948 |
| 5 | Jenny Holzer | US | Hoosick, N.Y. | 1950 | Gallipolis | installation | 11159 |
| 6 | Isa Genzken | DE | Berlin | 1948 | Bad Oldesloe | installation | 11039 |
| 7 | Tacita Dean | GB | London | 1965 | Canterbury | video / film | 10954 |
| 8 | Mona Hatoum | LB | London | 1952 | Beirut | installation | 10426 |
| 9 | Yoko Ono | JP | New York | 1933 | Tokyo | video / film | 9735 |
| 10 | Marina Abramovic | DE | Paris | 1946 | Belgrad | video / film | 9556 |
| 11 | Yayoi Kusama | JP | New York | 1929 | Nagano | painting | 9553 |
| 12 | Candida Höfer | DE | Cologne | 1944 | Eberswalde | photography | 9419 |
| 13 | Martha Rosler | US | New York | 1943 | installation | 9241 | |
| 14 | Yael Bartana | IL | Israel | 1970 | Afula | video / film | 9085 |
| 15 | Marlene Dumas | ZA | Amsterdam | 1953 | Cape Town | painting | 8987 |
| 16 | Valie Export | AT | Vienna | 1940 | Linz | performance | 8972 |
| 17 | Nan Goldin | US | New York | 1953 | Washington | photography | 8927 |
| 18 | Kara Walker | US | New York | 1969 | drawing | 8031 | |
| 19 | Barbara Kruger | US | Los Angeles | 1945 | Newark | photography | 7907 |
| 20 | Rineke Dijkstra | NL | Amsterdam | 1959 | Sittard | photography | 7902 |
| 21 | Roni Horn | US | New York | 1955 | New York | mixed media | 7898 |
| 22 | Rivane Neuenschwander | BR | São Paolo | 1967 | Brasilien | installation | 7555 |
| 23 | Ulla von Brandenburg | DE | Hamburg | 1974 | Karlsruhe | installation | 7425 |
| 24 | Nathalie Djurberg | SE | Berlin | 1978 | Lysekil | video / film | 7387 |
| 25 | Diane Arbus | US | New York | 1923 | photography | 7379 | |
| 26 | Kiki Smith | US | New York | 1954 | Nürnburg | painting | 7307 |
| 27 | Louise Lawler | US | New York | 1947 | Bronxville | photography | 7242 |
| 28 | Sophie Calle | FR | Paris | 1953 | Paris | photography | 7166 |
| 29 | Sarah Morris | GB | New York | 1967 | Kent | painting | 6897 |
| 30 | Candice Breitz | ZA | Berlin | 1972 | Johannesburg | video / film | 6896 |
