New York Artists Now

The 100 artists on the Establishment list (plus one recent retiree, Maurizio Cattelan) have helped to define an era in the New York art world. While some make work that sells for six, seven or even eight figures, others operate well beyond the reach of the market. Curious to see how New York’s living artists stack up in terms of commerce, we asked artnet to pick the Top 10 based on their auction results from 2012. A graph of the results is above; their results are below. Click to view more information about those artists.

Jeff Koons: $43.8 million
Christopher Wool: $30.4 million
Richard Prince: $16.8 million
Cindy Sherman: $15.9 million
George Condo: $9.2 million
John Currin: $8.5 million
Frank Stella: $8.2 million
Rudolf Stingel: $8.1 million
Richard Serra: $4.7 million
Alex Katz: $3.5 million

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