Pablo Picasso was the most valuable artist at auction in 2023. That year, the combined revenue of Picasso's works sold at fine art auctions worldwide amounted to roughly 597 million U.S. dollars. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Zhang Daqian followed in the ranking in 2023, with total auction revenue of around 238 million and 231 million U.S. dollars, respectively.
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The source specifies that figures refer to fine art auctions that occurred between January 1 and December 31, 2023. Data on fine art include paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints, videos, installations, tapestries, and NFTs but exclude antiques, anonymous cultural goods, and furniture.
Auction revenue data include the buyer's premium. Figures have been rounded.
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Artprice. (March 7, 2024). Leading artists worldwide in 2023, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/245173/artists-with-the-highest-art-auction-sales/
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Artprice. (2024). Leading artists worldwide in 2023, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/245173/artists-with-the-highest-art-auction-sales/
Artprice. "Leading Artists Worldwide in 2023, by Auction Revenue (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/245173/artists-with-the-highest-art-auction-sales/
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Leading artists worldwide in 2023, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Artprice, March 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/245173/artists-with-the-highest-art-auction-sales/
