Pillar 01
Market valuation
Crossing Artprice, Artnet, public sales. Indicative range by tier, depth of the secondary market, velocity of transactions over three years.
The observatory of the artists we follow
Kastel publishes its mapping of the 50 major living contemporary artists. Crossing Artprice valuations, institutional recognition, and representing galleries. Three tiers, a rigorous grid, and the conviction that the next unicorn could well be a painter.
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20 artists visible out of 50
The listed artists are not affiliated with Kastel.
Series CJR
Photographie / Street art
Galerie Perrotin
Series CDaniel Buren
Installations in situ
Kamel Mennour
Series CPierre Huyghe
Installations, vidéo
Marian Goodman, Hauser & Wirth
Series CSophie Calle
Photographie / Texte
Galerie Perrotin
Series CAnnette Messager
Installations, sculpture textile
Marian Goodman
Series CBernar Venet
Sculpture monumentale acier
Galerie Templon
Series CRobert Combas
Peinture (Figuration libre)
Galerie Laurent Strouk
Series CPhilippe Parreno
Installations, vidéo, cinéma
Pilar Corrias, Esther Schipper
Series CJonOne
Street art, peinture abstraite
Galerie Brugier-Rigail
Series CInvader
Street art (mosaïques)
Galerie Magda Danysz
Series CKader Attia
Installation, sculpture
Krinzinger, Lehmann Maupin
Series CDominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Installations immersives
Esther Schipper, Marian Goodman
Series CTatiana Trouvé
Sculpture, dessin
Gagosian, Galerie Perrotin
Series CLaure Prouvost
Vidéo, installation
Lisson Gallery, Nathalie Obadia
Series CCamille Henrot
Sculpture, vidéo
Hauser & Wirth, Kamel Mennour
Series BBertrand Lavier
Sculpture conceptuelle
Kamel Mennour
Series BYan Pei-Ming
Peinture monumentale
David Zwirner, Massimo De Carlo
Series BPhilippe Pasqua
Peinture figurative
Galeries privées
Series BRichard Orlinski
Sculpture pop
Galerie Bartoux
Series BFabrice Hyber
Peinture, sculpture
Nathalie Obadia
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Three pillars to qualify an artist
For eighteen months, the Kastel team mapped the living contemporary art market: public sources, secondary sales, Artprice base, institutional exhibitions, representing galleries. The Observatory is this grid made public.
Pillar 02
Institutional recognition
Museum collections, prizes (Marcel Duchamp, Golden Lion, Turner Prize), biennial pavilions, retrospectives.
Pillar 03
Representing galleries
A top-tier gallery signals the filter, the career investment, and access to the international network. Not a detail: an intangible asset.