Art Basel Miami Beach 2024: Record Sales Propel the Global Art Market Forward
Updated: Jan 8
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 concluded with robust sales across all sectors, signaling a positive trajectory for the global art market. The fair featured 286 galleries from 38 countries, with two-thirds hailing from the Americas, and attracted over 75,000 visitors, including private collectors, museum directors, and art enthusiasts worldwide.
Untitled (2014) by David Hammons sold for $4.75 million at Hauser & Wirth.
The Hauser & Wirth gallery at Art Basel, including David Hammons' "Untitled" (right). Courtesy of Art Basel
Harbor Nurse (2003) by Richard Prince sold for $4.5 million at Gladstone.
Richard Prince 'Harbor Nurse' (2003); © Richard Prince. Courtesy of Art Basel.
Infinity Nets (2017) by Yayoi Kusama sold for $3.5 million at David Zwirner.
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Nets, 2017, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of David Zwirner.
Dresdner Frauen – Die Elbe (1990/2023) by Georg Baselitz sold for approximately $2.64 million at Thaddaeus Ropac.
Georg Baselitz, 'Dresdner Frauen – Die Elbe', 1990/2023. Courtesy of Georg Baselitz and Thaddaeus Ropac.
Female Portrait Abstraction (2024) by George Condo sold for $2.5 million at Hauser & Wirth.
George Condo Female Portrait Abstraction 2024 Pastel and acrylic on linen 198.1 x 190.5 cm / 78 x 75 in © George Condo Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Sarah Muehlbauer
Rock Head (2000) by David Hammons sold for $2.35 million at White Cube.
David Hammons, 'Rock Head' (2000) © 2025 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Everglade (Borealis) (1990) by Robert Rauschenberg sold for $2.3 million at Thaddaeus Ropac.
Robert Rauschenberg Everglade (Borealis), 1990. 245.7 x 184.8 cm (96.75 x 72.75 in). Courtesy of Thaddaeus Ropac.
$1.4M: Ed Clark, Untitled (1986)
$1M: Ed Clark, Untitled (1986–87)
$795K: Charles Gaines, Numbers and Trees: Tanzania Series 1, Baobab, Tree #4, Maasai (2024)
$750K: Rashid Johnson, Soul Painting “Honey” (2024)
$750K: Christina Quarles, And I Moon (2024)
$585K: William Kentridge, Goat (2021)
$575K: Avery Singer, Untitled (2024)
$500K: Jeffrey Gibson, I Can Hear You (2024)
$200K: Catherine Goodman, Scarlet Shig (2023)
$175K: Allison Katz, Big Cat (2024)
$160K: María Berrío, Distant Gods and Aging Suns (2024)
$2M: Keith Haring, Untitled (1984)
$1.5M: Jean Dubuffet, Ji la grosse tête (1971)
$750K: Alex Katz, Olivia 3 (2024)
$750K: Wangechi Mutu, Nyoka (2022)
$700K: Elizabeth Peyton, Two Cats (Hydra) (2009)
$600K: Carroll Dunham, Once I Land on Mars (Copied from Grace) (1999)
$190K: Ugo Rondinone, fünfzehnternovemberzweitausendvierundzwanzig (2024)
$2M: Noah Davis painting
$1.4M: Lisa Yuskavage painting
$1.1M: Elizabeth Peyton painting
$900K: Elizabeth Peyton painting
$600K–$800K: Two Josef Albers paintings, each
$600K: Lisa Yuskavage painting
$500K: Wolfgang Tillmans abstract photograph
$400K: Oscar Murillo painting
$1.27M: Georg Baselitz, Die Seine, die Seine, die Seine (2023)
$1.1M: Sturtevant, Flag after Jasper Johns (1967)
$750K: Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle (1976)
$627.6K: Antony Gormley, SUSPECT (2024)
$350K: David Salle, New Pastoral, Floral Dress (2024)
$1.15M: Christine Ay Tjoe, Mischievous Player (2016)
$800K: Lynne Drexler, Tribute (1963)
$725K: Lynne Drexler, Final Flowers (1963)
$627.6K: Antony Gormley, OPEN STRESS II (2023)
$525K: Julie Mehretu, Untitled (1999)
$450K: Sylvia Snowden, Clarene Martin (1978–82)
$175K: Ilana Savdie, Revenge Fantasies (2024)
$1.5M: Mark Ryden, Regina Terra (#179) (2024)
$735.7K: Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Centaure (moyen) (1995/2008)
$443.98K: François-Xavier Lalanne, Requin (petit) (2003/2011)
$1M: Sam Gilliam, Whispering Wind (1972)
$900K: Lee Ufan, Response (2024)
$550K: Robert Longo, Untitled (Othello) (2024)
$450K: Emily Kam Kngwarray, Untitled (1992)