Pierre Huyghe

French | 1962

Pierre Huyghe is a French Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1962.

How much does a Pierre Huyghe cost?

Pierre Huyghe's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 88,618 USD for paintings, and 81,159 USD for film, video & digital medias.

What is Pierre Huyghe's most expensive painting?

Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is 88,618 USD for Timekeeper (Drill Core), sold at Christie's Paris in 2018.

Where can I see Pierre Huyghe's works?

His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fondation Beyeler, Basel have featured Pierre Huyghe's work in the past.

Pierre Huyghe in the news

Pierre Huyghe has been featured in articles for Observer, HYPEBEAST and Wallpaper . The most recent article is Tom Morton curates international group exhibition at GRIMM written for ArtDaily in July 2026.

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At Auction

Notable Lots

A split-panel artwork juxtaposing a dark, textured landscape with a minimalist digital interface.

De-extinction , 2014

By Pierre Huyghe

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CHANTIER BARBÈS-ROCHECHOUART, PARIS - Pierre Huyghe

CHANTIER BARBÈS-ROCHECHOUART, PARIS , 1994

By Pierre Huyghe

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A layered, concentric abstract composition resembling a cross-section of a tree ring or geological sample.

Timekeeper / Wiener / Secession / 28.04.1999 Scale 1 (1999 , 1999

By Pierre Huyghe

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Recent Auction Results

A white dog with a digitally altered pink leg stands alert against a dark, leafy background.

Human

By Pierre Huyghe

Ansorena

A minimalist product shot of a glowing rectangular light fixture and a golden tool on a white surface.

Players (The Host and the Cloud 2009-2010 , 2009–10

By Pierre Huyghe

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SBI Art Auction

De-extinction , 2014

By Pierre Huyghe

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SBI Art Auction

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Current Exhibitions

Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt

MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

Midtown | New York | USA

Jul 01, 2026 - Nov 29, 2026

Pierre Huyghe: Human Mask

Nevada Museum of Art

Reno | Nevada | USA

Feb 28, 2026 - Jan 03, 2027

untranquil now: a constellation of narratives and resonances

Cukrarna Gallery

Ljubljana | Slovenia

Jul 07, 2026 - Jan 03, 2027

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Articles

Cukrarna Gallery presents its summer 2026 exhibitions

ArtDaily Jul 28, 2026

This summer, Cukrarna Gallery presents three exhibitions: a new installation by Yein Lee, a solo exhibition by Phil Collins, and the exhibition untranquil now – a constellation of narratives and resonances organised in collaboration with the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Yein Lee / Phil Collins / untranquil now

e-flux Jul 27, 2026

Tom Morton curates international group exhibition at GRIMM

ArtDaily

GRIMM is presenting You Must Change Your Life, a group exhibition curated by Tom Morton on view at the New York gallery from June 26 to August 7, 2026.

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Coverage

“ ..Whereas the impulses behind the original displays of luxuriant tropical plants were informed by a colonialist ideology Huyghe’s work, by contrast, attempts to stand outside a strictly Eurocentric position... ”
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

“ ..Condensing the conceptual and the physical, the planting of the rose in the museum’s courtyard embodies Huyghe’s search for ways of engaging critically with ubiquitous social forms and codes that have... ”
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

“ ..“Don’t save the date” might be the paradoxical message inscribed in Huyghe’s richly layered project... ”
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

“ ..Huyghe draws on the classical vocabulary of film in order to examine its narrative structures and temporal processes... ”
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Kunstmuseum Basel, Gegenwart

“ ..Huyghe works across media to create situations, cutting through time and boundaries, highlighting concepts of separation... ”
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Hauser & Wirth, London