Famous Living Artists Today

Jeff koons 500 million usd.

Famous living artists today. The majority of the population can name only a few while on the other hand everybody has heard of leonardo da vinci or van gogh and some of. I was counting only artists who belong to. Famous living artists today are somewhat of an enigma. Arguably the world s most famous living scientist stephen hawking.

Bruce nauman robert rauschenberg cindy sherman ed ruscha jasper johns lawrence weiner john baldessari jeff koons paul mccarthy richard. Eunice golden expressionist painter. Scroll down to read the full list and head over to artnet to also see a list of the top selling lots from the past five years which is also dominated by richter and koons. Top 100 living artists.

At the top were a solid 10 artists some already famous some little known who seemed not just good but so good they might enter the history books. Here is the complete list. In 2008 christie s new york sold a kusama piece for a record 5 1 million and in 2015 artsy named her as one of the top 10 living artists. Damien hirst 1 billion usd.

Even more impressively kusama is also a published novelist and poet and has even created notable work in film and fashion design. Photo by taylor hill getty images. The 10 greatest living scientists in the world today the most influential contemporary scientists and their accomplishments. Hirst is the uk s richest living artist and also broke the record for a one artist auction in 2008 when he sold a complete show beautiful inside my head forever for 198 million.

The 100 best living american artists. Complex took a look at the richest living artists and it is interesting to see where choe ranks in there now. The german painter gerhard richter is today our most admired living artist having received 24 votes. He is most well known for his series of famous modern art depicting dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and for his diamond skull for the love of god.