This article is part of the Artnet Intelligence Report: Year Ahead 2026. Drawing on in-depth analysis of the past year’s market performance, the latest edition offers a data-driven snapshot of the art world today—from recent auction results to the artists shaping the global conversation.
There have been wild swings in the art market over the past 10 years, but the canonical names that Artnet users search for in the Price Database have changed only slightly. Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Marc Chagall continue to occupy the top three slots, but they have been joined on the list by David Hockney and Yayoi Kusama. Meanwhile, Salvador Dalí and Lucio Fontana have vanished, and Alexander Calder has slipped three places, from sixth to ninth. Will a retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in April push him higher?
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