{"id":188659,"date":"2025-10-04T02:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T02:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/188659\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T02:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T02:59:10","slug":"10-top-selling-living-american-artists-and-more-morning-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/188659\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Top-Selling Living American Artists, and more: Morning Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTo receive\u00a0Morning Links<\/a>\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews<\/a>\u00a0newsletter.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE HEADLINES<\/p>\n

\n\tTOP 10.\u00a0The US art market led global sales in 2024, generating $4.3 billion, ahead of\u00a0China\u00a0and the UK, according to\u00a0Artnet\u2019s\u00a0Auction Price Database. It comes as no surprise that many of the top-selling living artists at auction are American, ranging from influential figures like\u00a0Jasper Johns\u00a0and\u00a0Ed Ruscha\u00a0to crossover pop-culture names like\u00a0KAWS.\u00a0Artnet News<\/a>\u00a0has compiled a list of the 10 top-selling living American artists, with\u00a0Jeff Koons\u00a0topping the list. He\u2019s the only artist of the 10 to surpass $1 billion in auction sales, his auction record a staggering $91.1 million in 2019, the highest sum ever achieved for a living artist. At 95 years old,\u00a0Johns, with 14 works selling for more than $10 million, is also the oldest on the list. The sole woman artist to make the top 10 is\u00a0Cindy Sherman. Rounding out the list are the likes of\u00a0Christopher Wool,\u00a0Richard Prince,\u00a0and\u00a0George Condo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tJUDD-ERNAUT.\u00a0Tired of New York\u2019s art world and drawn to architecture,\u00a0Donald Judd\u00a0relocated to\u00a0Marfa,\u00a0Texas, in 1971. What began as a desire for solitude turned into an obsessive pursuit: buying and transforming abandoned buildings into austere, minimalist installations, the\u00a0Guardian<\/a>\u00a0reports. By the time of his death in 1994, Judd had acquired 22 sites (studios, warehouses, even banks), leaving behind both a visionary architectural legacy and substantial debt. Judd\u2019s Marfa architecture office, housed in a former grocery store, has recently reopened after a $3.3 million restoration. Inside, it offers an intimate glimpse into his working process. Tables are covered with architectural models, tools, and sketches, while walls display technical drawings of his little-known but monumental\u00a0Peter Merian Haus\u00a0in Basel, Switzerland. Yet the office also reveals Judd\u2019s frustrations, critic Oliver Wainwright writes. A perfectionist in pursuit of formal purity, he struggled with the messy realities of construction\u2014leaking roofs, cracking walls, and planning regulations.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE DIGEST<\/p>\n

\n\tA federal judge has ruled that music producer and top collector\u00a0Kasseem Dean, aka \u201cSwizz Beatz,\u201d must remain a defendant in a bankruptcy case related to the high-profile\u00a01MBD\u00a0scandal. The suit will now head to the discovery portion of the proceedings. [ARTnews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tFor years,\u00a0Michaelina Wautier\u2019s paintings were attributed to men. Then a chance discovery in a Vienna museum helped bring the truth to light. [The New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter abandoning a costly design by Swiss starchitects, the\u00a0Vancouver Art Gallery\u00a0has picked Vancouver-based\u00a0Formline Architecture\u00a0and Toronto-based\u00a0KPMB Architects\u00a0to take on the project. [The Art Newspaper<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tFor\u00a0Intelligencer\u00a0magazine, media columnist\u00a0Charlotte Klein\u00a0takes a look at the rise of\u00a0Cultured\u00a0magazine, which she describes as being \u201cmore of a high-end lifestyle brand with a publishing arm\u201d that is known for its \u201cwell-curated events that manage to convene people of influence.\u201d [Intelligencer<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE KICKER<\/p>\n

\n\tSUITE DREAMS.\u00a0The publication\u00a0Hotel Design\u00a0has told the\u00a0Louvre\u00a0\u201cto move over,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0because this fall, two of Paris\u2019 most iconic hotels are transforming into immersive art destinations. Under the direction of\u00a0Philippe Leboeuf, the\u00a0Dorchester Collection\u00a0is turning hospitality into a platform for bold creative expression. At\u00a0H\u00f4tel Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e, the multidisciplinary collective\u00a0Uchronia\u00a0has reimagined La Cour Jardin with a surreal installation titled\u00a0Day Bed,\u00a0an oversize striped bed, raised on a platform and flanked by jagged red and green pillars. Until November 11, guests can step into this dreamlike environment. Across town at\u00a0Le Meurice, Suite 1835 offers an entirely different experience. Open from October 8 to December 31, the suite has been transformed by design label\u00a0Things From\u00a0into a sensory art experience. Featuring custom furniture by\u00a0Isska\u00a0, interactive lighting, and a central aluminum \u201ccarpet\u201d with integrated sound and light elements, the suite invites deep exploration. A mirrored meditation room with AI-generated visuals and soundscapes completes this high-tech retreat. Despite their avant-garde flair, both installations apparently retain the luxury and refinement of their settings, showing the Dorchester Collection\u2019s commitment to merging \u201cart in all its forms,\u201d\u00a0Hotel Design\u00a0writes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. THE HEADLINES TOP 10.\u00a0The US art market led…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,9591],"class_list":{"0":"post-188659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-morning-links"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}