Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 Recap: Strong Sales Underscore Strength of Global Art Market
- Sep 29, 2025
- 3 min read
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 wrapped up on a high note, posting strong sales across all sectors and reaffirming confidence in the global art market. This year’s edition brought together 286 galleries from 38 countries—two-thirds of which were based in the Americas—and welcomed over 75,000 attendees, including top collectors, museum leaders, and international art aficionados.
Looking ahead, Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 promises an even more dynamic experience, with new programming, expanded participation from emerging galleries, and deeper engagement with Miami’s vibrant local art scene.
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)