Cheerio, London! That’s a wrap on the 2023 edition of Frieze London and Frieze Masters, plus a whirlwind week jam-packed with art fairs, gallery openings, museum exhibitions, and events. Although the current economic conditions are in flux, especially given the unrest in the Middle East, throngs of fairgoers turned up at Regent’s Park, and, according to dealers—at least those who spoke to press—sales were swift. While there were a smattering of seven-figure sales, the majority fell into the sweet-spot of mid-five-to six-figures.
Below, we have compiled a list of reported sales, but note that these numbers are based on dealers’ self-reporting, so take it all with a grain of salt. All prices have been converted to USD for ease of reading.
PAINTINGS
Almine Rech’s booth at Frieze London 2023. Photo: Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze.
$3.2 million: Robert Motherwell, Hollow Men No. VI (1988/ca.1990) at Kasmin Gallery
$1.5 million: Tracey Emin, I Kept Moving (2022) at White Cube
$1.3 million: Georg Baselitz, Besuch in Dinard (2023) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$1.17 million: Anselm Kiefer, Whoever has no house now, will never have one (for R. M. Rilke) (2022) at White Cube
$443,000: Daniel Richter, passt auf! (2023) at Grimm Gallery
$338,000: Martha Jungwirth, Untitled (2020) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$300,000 to $380,000: Javier Calleja, On my mind (2023) at Almine Rech
$300,000 to $350,000: Javier Calleja, Si (2023) at Almine Rech
$213,000: A large new work by Caroline Walker at Grimm Gallery
$190,000 to $250,000: Jonathan Gardner, Seasons (2023) at Almine Rech
$160,000: Gilbert & George, REMAIN (2022) at White Cube
$150,000: A painting by Robert Motherwell at Kasmin Gallery
$135,000: A large-scale work by Wangari Mathenge at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
$115,000: Mandy El-Sayegh, Net-grid (venezuelan thousands), 2023 at Thaddaeus Ropac
$100,000: A new work by Tammy Nguyen at Lehmann Maupin
$85,000: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Double Dive Orange III (2023) at White Cube
$80,000: Sara Flores Untitled (Punte Kené, 2021) (2021) at White Cube
$75,000 to $80,000: Chloe Wise, Self Portrait as horse, with horse (2023) at Almine Rech
$75,000: A new abstract work by Loriel Beltrán at Lehmann Maupin
$70,000: Sara Flores, Untitled (Maya Kené 7, 2019) (2019) at White Cube
$70,000: A new painting by Mandy El-Sayegh at Lehmann Maupin
$68,600: Xiyao Wang, En l’air No.1 (2023) at Massimo De Carlo
$60,000: Van Hanos, Der Rosarote Panther (2023) at Lisson Gallery
$60,000 to $70,000: Brian Calvin, Unbreakable (2023) at Almine Rech
$55,000: Cinga Samson Ukuthukuthezelelwa I (2023) at White Cube
$50,000 to $55,000: Szabolcs Bozó, The Act, 2023 at Almine Rech
$47,500 each: Xiyao Wang, Out of Reach No. 4, (2023), Out of Reach No. 3, (2023), En l’air No.2 (2023), En l’air No.3 (2023) at Massimo de Carlo
$45,000 to $65,000 each: The entire booth of new paintings by Danielle Mckinney at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$45,000 to $50,000: Ji Xin, Silent Dance (2023) at Almine Rech
$43,000: Caroline Walker, Feeding Rounds I (2023) at Grimm Gallery
$43,000: Francesca Mollet, Roses from the basement (2023) at Grimm Gallery
$37,000: Charles Avery, Untitled (Gril on Phone with Green flip-flops) (2023) at Grimm Gallery
$37,000: Tjebbe Beekman, Socrates (2023) at Grimm Gallery
$35,000 to $40,000: José Lerma, Leonora, (2023) at Almine Rech
$26,000 each: Megan Rooney, Climbing mountains (blushing) (2023) and Chasing Wind (Air) (2023) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$22,000 each: Van Hanos, The Tourists (2023) and Power on Land (2023) at Lisson Gallery
$15,270: Alex Dordoy, The Pass of Aberglaslyn (2023) at Grimm Gallery
$12,000: Robert Zandvliet, Untitled (2023) at Grimm Gallery
SCULPTURES, OBJECTS & INSTALLATIONS
Louise Nevelson, Model for Celebration II (2023). Photo: Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Pace Gallery and Frieze.
$3 million: Louise Bourgeois’s Knife Couple (1949) at Hauser and Wirth
$2 million: Louise Nevelson’s Model for Celebration II (1976) at Pace
$1.9 million: A work by El Anatsui at Goodman Gallery
$646,290: Antony Gormley, SKEIN (2022) at White Cube
$343,000: Tony Cragg, Incident (Solo) (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$300,000: A sculptural wall work by Teresita Fernández at Lehmann Maupin
$276,981: Mona Hatoum, Fossil Folly (group of 3) (2023) at White Cube
$250,000: Nari Ward’s copper panel work Restin Our Heart (2023) at Lehmann Maupin
$100,000: Leilah Babirye, Bakuyita Embuga Si Buganzi (2023) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$65,000 each: Eight sculptures by Arlene Schechet at Pace’s presentation at Frieze Masters
$53,000: Erwin Wurm, Ghost (small) (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$1,221 to $305,408 each: The entire collection of 77 Palaeolithic tools at ArtAncient
PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, WORKS ON PAPER
Installation view of Eddie Martinez’s work at Timothy Taylor’s Frieze Presentation, 2023.
$80,000: Marguerite Humeau, IV – The pulse intensified (2023) at White Cube
$79,181: Georg Baselitz, Ohne Titel (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$50,000: A work on paper by Cecilia Vicuña at Lehmann Maupin
$15,000: Leilah Babirye, Kuchu Ndagamuntu (Queer Identity Card), (2023) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$12,000 to $40,000 each: Almost all 22 of the framed drawings and painted works on paper by Eddie Martinez at Timothy Taylor