The Most Famous Sculptors Today: A Reasoned Top 20 Using Objective Career Facts

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In this article, we are pleased to present you the most extensive online resource on contemporary sculpture, with a reasoned selection of 20 highly established artists, ranked from 20 to 1 using the Artfacts algorithm measuring their influence and importance using objective data and career facts, such as exhibitions at major institutions, auction results, participation in major art events, art fairs and exposure in major art publications.

As we can only touch briefly on every artist, we have included hyperlinks at the end of every artist biography, referring to the best monographic publication available on the artist in question.

20. Richard Long: https://amzn.to/3N5lfNt
19. Tony Cragg: https://amzn.to/3MZ1OGl
18. Christian Boltanski: https://amzn.to/3qlMYQj
17. Alicja Kwade: https://amzn.to/3tnhbAl
16. Anish Kapoor: https://amzn.to/3Jur0T0
15. Jenny Holzer: https://amzn.to/3Jump2U
14. Isa Genzken: https://amzn.to/3KUI4BO
13. Jeff Koons: https://amzn.to/34YEzLm
12. Richard Serra: https://amzn.to/3tnI9rE
11. Franz West: https://amzn.to/3JvpboI
10. Ai Weiwei: https://amzn.to/3JqEyyR
9. Marcel Broodthaers: https://amzn.to/3CXswdV
8. Kiki Smith: https://amzn.to/34U0T8K
7. Yayoi Kusama: https://amzn.to/37Lony4
6. Nam June Paik: https://amzn.to/3CSZzzH
5. Rosemarie Trockel: https://amzn.to/3qnKgKb
4. Erwin Wurm: https://amzn.to/3tpiEGx
3. Louise Bourgeois: https://amzn.to/3toPSpn
2. Bruce Nauman: https://amzn.to/3Iq9mOH
1. Joseph Beuys: https://amzn.to/3toRzDr

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Table of contents:
0:00 – Intro
0:20 – Contemporary Sculpture
01:30 – Honorable Mentions
02:03 – 20. Richard Long
02:49 – 19. Tony Cragg
03:24 – 18. Christian Boltanski
04:04 – 17. Alicja Kwade
04:45 – 16. Anish Kapoor
05:31 – 15. Jenny Holzer
06:08 – 14. Isa Genzken
07:00 – 13. Jeff Koons
07:45 – 12. Richard Serra
08:29 – 11. Franz West
09:16 – Intermezzo
09:47 – 10. Ai Weiwei
10:33 – 9. Marcel Broodthaers
11:30 – 8. Kiki Smith
12:02 – 7. Yayoi Kusama
12:55 – 6. Nam June Paik
13:43 – 5. Rosemarie Trockel
14:27 – 4. Erwin Wurm
15:22 – 3. Louise Bourgeois
16:18 – 2. Bruce Nauman
17:11 – 1. Joseph Beuys
18:20 – Outro