Top Artist/ Zeng Fanzhi
Few contemporary Chinese artists fetch as much at auction as Zeng Fanzhi. A member of the Cynical Realism movement, which formed in Beijing in the early 1990s, Zeng’s angst-ridden portraits—like the work of peers Yue Minjun, Zhang Xiaogang, and Fang Lijun—address sociopolitical issues in China with humor and irony. The intensity of his work is influenced by artists including Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, and Max Beckmann.
Zeng has continually taken his practice in surprising directions, moving away from his successful and recognizable paintings of masked figures to landscapes inspired by the Northern Wei, Song, and Yuan Dynasties, which he obscures with thick black bracken. He has also experimented with expressionistic techniques such as multi-brush painting, where he paints with two hands at once: The first brush is controlled, while the second makes unguided strokes. This integration of the unconscious in his technique is itself a wry commentary on China’s asymmetric, oft-interrupted liberalization over the past 20 years.
Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Gallery With 15 spaces around the world Larry Gagosian is the undisputed master of the gallery world. His mammoth (20,000-square-foot) contribution to 24th Street’s top-level galleries is the centerpiece of this empire. It was launched in 1999 with a mammouth Richard Serra installation. Since then, exhibitions have featured works by Ellen Gallagher, Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Andy Warhol and many other top-shelf names.
David Zwirner
Since 1993, German expatriate David Zwirner has grown his gallery from a relatively modest space in Soho to a global powerhouse with locations in London and Hong, as well uptown and down. A purpose built gallery building on West 20th Street in Chelsea is dedicated to museum-quality shows of historical figures and movements, while his West 19th Street space hosts exhibitons by his roster of international contemporary artists, a group that includes such luminaries as Marcel Dzama, Luc Tuymans, Chris Ofili, Neo Rauch, and Lisa Yuskavage.
A-List Street Artist /Bradley Theodore
Bradley Theodore is a visual artist. Born in the Turks and Caicos Islands, he now resides in New York City. Theodore gained prominence as an artist through the popularity of street art murals of fashion icons Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld.
Aspen Art Museum
The Aspen Art Museum is a non-collecting institution presenting the newest, most important evolutions in international contemporary art. Our innovative and timely exhibitions, education and public programs, immersive activities, and community happenings actively engage audiences in thought-provoking experiences of art, culture, and society.
Greene Naftali
With spaces at street level and on its building's eighth floor, this gallery plays host to such big name talents as Rachel Harrison, Paul Chan and Peter Halley, and also has a reputation for mounting potent group shows. Upstairs is worth a visit just for its wonderful light and spectacular bird’s-eye view of the Hudson Yards and midtown.
Cavin-Morris Gallery
According to the gallery itself, “uniqueness, integrity and authenticity” are the qualities that have its defined its program over 30 years of operation. With a particular focus on exhibitions of self-taught and visionary artists, Cavin-Morris has also mounted shows by contemporary ceramicists and has presented indigenous artworks from Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and the Americas.
MASTERWORKS
Carmen Herrera
Carmen Herrera’s hard-edge abstractions are distinguished by high contrast and precise execution, like that of the Painting. Carmen Herrera has recently achieved institutional acclaim and market recognition for her role as a pioneer of abstract art in the late 1940s.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat In 2021, total auction turnover for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat reached an all-time high of $439.3 million, inclusive of Buyer's Premium, signaling continued demand for the artist's work.
Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara In 2019, Sotheby’s sold Yoshitomo Nara’s "Knife Behind Back" (2000) for a record-setting $25 million in Hong Kong. Since that sale, ARTnews has labeled Nara as an in-demand staple in international contemporary art .
