Callum Innes

Scottish | 1962

Callum Innes is a Scottish Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1962.

How much does a Callum Innes cost?

Callum Innes's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 250 USD to 88,074 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Callum Innes's most expensive painting?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 88,074 USD for Exposed Painting Charcoal Black Violet Red Oxide, sold at Christie's London in 2018. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 17,489 USD.

Where can I see Callum Innes's works?

His work is currently being shown at Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Galerie Tschudi, Zurich have featured Callum Innes's work in the past.

Callum Innes in the news

Callum Innes has been featured in articles for Contemporary Art Issue, Galerie Magazine and ARTnews. The most recent article is Sean Kelly at The Armory Show 2025 written for ArtDaily in August 2025.

Featured for Sale

Exposed Painting: Grey Black, Yellow, White ,1999

By Callum Innes

Phillips Hong Kong

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Notable Lots

Exposed Painting, Light Grey on White

By Callum Innes

+280%

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Exposed Painting (Veronese Green - Callum Innes

Exposed Painting (Veronese Green ,2005

By Callum Innes

Exposed Painting Sheveningen Black, Red, Violet

By Callum Innes

+73%

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Upcoming Lots

Exposed Painting: Grey Black, Yellow, White - Callum Innes

Exposed Painting: Grey Black, Yellow, White ,1999

By Callum Innes

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Recent Auction Results

Evidence ,1996

By Callum Innes

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Repetition 1 ,1991

By Callum Innes

-12%

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Mixed Lot of 3 Works on Paper - Callum Innes

Mixed Lot of 3 Works on Paper ,1997

By Callum Innes

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Current Exhibitions

Collecting the Contemporary: Scottish Art at Kirkcaldy Galleries

Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery

Kirkcaldy | UK

31 Jan, 2025 - 01 Oct, 2025

Past Exhibitions

Beautiful, Vivid, Self-contained

Hill Art Foundation

Chelsea | New York | USA

21 Apr, 2023 - 21 Jul, 2023

Callum Innes: Tondos

Sean Kelly, New York

Chelsea | New York | USA

04 Nov, 2022 - 17 Dec, 2022

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Articles

Sean Kelly at The Armory Show 2025

ArtDaily 30 Aug, 2025

Sean Kelly Gallery participates in The Armory Show at the Javits Center in Hudson Yards this September.

Top 20 Contemporary Watercolor Artists

Contemporary Art Issue 06 Aug, 2025

Watercolor is a medium often overlooked in the contemporary art world—or so it seems from the outside.

Callum Innes' first solo exhibition with Berggruen Gallery opens in San Francisco

ArtDaily 20 Nov, 2024

Berggruen Gallery is presenting Callum Innes: Where To Start, an exhibition of new works by Scottish painter Callum Innes. This show marks Callum Innes’ first solo exhibition with the gallery.

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Coverage

“ ..Innes has probably become best known for his Exposed Paintings series, though his concern for the processes of painting and un-painting is shared by his Agitated Verticals, Resonance, Isolated Forms, and... ”
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Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square

“ ..Innes’ process, in which the controlled hand of the artist is balanced by the potential chaos of chance, has come to define a new and significant language of abstraction... ”
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Ingleby Gallery

“ ..One of the most important painters of his generation, Innes is known for a practice that combines intellectual rigour with incredible sensitivity to his chosen medium... ”
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Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square

“ ..Innes understands painting as an additive process where the surface of the canvas starts to move and flow; it is once you take a closer look that the emotional life of the painting begins... ”
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IvoryPress

“ ..Innes proceeds by using turpentine to remove layers of paint from areas in the composition... ”
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OSL contemporary