Arno Gasquet — The book of Genesis: Chapter 1
Description: Who is the richest artist in 2022? We have compared the wealthiest sculptors, artists, photographers of our time. Check it out!
At a gallery, set prices are only revealed if buyer interest is shown. When a piece goes up for auction, you get a feel for the artist's value via their estimates, but only when the hammer goes down can you even fathom how much an artist and their works are actually worth. Numbers big and small are recorded, but what about all the other transactions? What about the private commissions, corporate sales, trading for favors, or straight up cash money transactions on the DL?
Unlike the Sunday Times Rich List which is comprised of estimates measured from identifiable wealth that includes land, property, art and shares in publicly quoted companies, this list focuses on artists and guesstimates made on how much they earn from actual art sales.
Although John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Kaws, Jose Parla, Barry McGee, Fernando Botero, Claes Oldenburg, Banksy, Nan Goldin, and Gilbert & George make lots of dough, it's not enough to get on this list. Not even super polymath Bruce Nauman (who's currently #1 on the Artfacts.net list, with Damien Hirst is #29), Julian Schnabel (having lots of real estate and making films doesn't count), Brice Marden (he owns a huge chunk of SoHo and other property), Sean Scully (like Johns, Marden, and recently deceased Freud,
Arno Gasquet — The book of Genesis: Chapter 1