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The Art Market in 2026

All the relevant data surrounding the Fine Art & Decorative Art markets
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Global Snapshot

Past Year
-61%
YOY Change
The difference in total sold art for the same period year-to-date.
Sell-Through Rate
How many of offered lots were sold.
Below $100K
$100K — $1M
Above $1 Million
Sold Lots
The percentage of all sold lots by price segment.
USA
9,522,000,000 USD
Total aggregated auction sales.
Top Lot Top Artist Top Outperformer Top Newcomer

Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914-1916

Gustav Klimt

Realized Price:
236,360,000 USD
Auction Venue/Sale
Leonard A. Lauder, Collector | Evening Auction  – 
Gustav Klimt

Austrian | 1862 - 1918

Total sales
past 12 months (USD): $394,902,150
VS Previous Year: 100%
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Genaro Pérez Villaamil

Spanish | 1807 - 1854

Total sales
past 12 months (USD): $269,428
VS Mid-Estimate: 99%
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Zhao Bandi

Chinese | 1966

Total sales
past 12 months (USD): $3,192,129
VS Previous Year: 99%
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Breakdown

Past Year

Total Auction Sales

By Category By Artist Nationality By Medium By Location
Category USD Vs Last Year
Post-War & Contemporary 3.8B -5%
Impressionist & Modern Art 3.1B +38%
Asian Modern & Contemporary 1.1B -12%
Old Masters 672.4M +46%
19th Century 535.7M +25%
Asian Antiquities 180.1M -24%
Region USD Vs Last Year
Europe 6.1B +20%
United States & Canada 2.4B -4%
Asia 1.5B -11%
Mexico, Central & South America 205.3M +21%
Middle East & Africa 140.6M +19%
Australia & Pacific 95M +2%
Medium USD Vs Last Year
Painting 6.9B +14%
Sculpture 1.4B +22%
Works on Paper 1.3B -9%
Prints & Graphic Art 444.2M -9%
Architecture & Design 349.5M +4%
Decorative Art 330M +56%
Location USD Vs Last Year
United States & Canada 4.1B -4%
Europe 2.1B -9%
UK 2B +38%
Rest of World 1.4B +12%
China 178.8M -53%
Australia & Pacific 96.4M -12%

Top Auction Houses

Auction House:
Christie's London
St. James's | London | UK
Top Lot:
Canaletto
Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day
Offered Lots: 1530
Sell-Through Rate: 88%
Total Sold Value: 378,000,000 USD
Auction House:
Sotheby's London
London | UK
Top Lot:
Francis Bacon
Self-Portrait
Offered Lots: 989
Sell-Through Rate: 66%
Total Sold Value: 230,100,000 USD
Auction House:
Christie's Hong Kong
Hong Kong | Hong Kong
Top Lot:
Pablo Picasso
Buste de femme
Offered Lots: 904
Sell-Through Rate: 73%
Total Sold Value: 225,500,000 USD
Auction House:
Sotheby's New York
Upper East Side | New York | USA
Top Lot:
Gustav Klimt
Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer
Offered Lots: 1691
Sell-Through Rate: 85%
Total Sold Value: 183,700,000 USD
Auction House:
Christie's New York
Midtown | New York | USA
Top Lot:
Mark Rothko
No. 31 (Yellow Stripe)
Offered Lots: 3418
Sell-Through Rate: 83%
Total Sold Value: 169,900,000 USD

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Artist Performance

Andy Warhol

American | 1928 - 1987

Andy Warhol was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1928.

How much does an Andy Warhol cost?

Andy Warhol's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 195,040,000 USD for paintings, and 16,322,500 USD for prints & graphic arts.In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 575,541 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 30,313 USD.

What is Andy Warhol's most expensive painting?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 195,040,000 USD for Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, sold at Christie's New York in 2022.

Where can I see Andy Warhol's works?

His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fondation Beyeler, Basel have featured Andy Warhol's work in the past.

Andy Warhol in the news

Andy Warhol has been featured in articles for Art Asia Pacific, ARTnews and Observer. The most recent article is Prints & multiples auction tops $2.07 million, led by record Hockney and multiple artist highs written for ArtDaily in April 2026. The artist died in 1987.

Artist's alternative names: Warhol

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