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Institutional artists to watch

Established and mid-career contemporary artists carrying the strongest institutional signal right now (museum acquisitions, biennial inclusion and blue-chip gallery representation) ranked by their live Artlex composite. The names advisors and institutions are tracking.

Ranked by composite Artlex score · updated 21 June 2026

  1. 1
    Portrait of Lubaina Himid
    Lubaina HimidEstablished · Europe88Strong Buy
  2. 2
    Portrait of Georg Baselitz
    Georg BaselitzEstablished · Europe82Strong Buy
  3. 3
    Portrait of Michael Armitage
    Michael ArmitageEstablished · Europe78Strong Buy
  4. 4TungaLatin America78Strong Buy
  5. 5Lisa YuskavageEstablished · U.S. & Canada76Strong Buy
  6. 6
    Portrait of Christopher Wool
    Christopher WoolEstablished · U.S. & Canada76Strong Buy
  7. 7
    Portrait of Cy Twombly
    Cy TwomblyHistorical · U.S. & Canada76Strong Buy
  8. 8Nicolas PartyMid-career · Europe76Strong Buy
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  9. 9Angel OteroMid-career · Latin America76Strong Buy
  10. 10
    Portrait of Fernando Zóbel
    Fernando ZóbelHistorical · Europe76Strong Buy
  11. 11Adriana VarejãoEstablished · Latin America76Strong Buy
  12. 12
    Portrait of Trevor Paglen
    Trevor PaglenMid-career · U.S. & Canada76Strong Buy
  13. 13Domenico GnoliEurope76Strong Buy
  14. 14Christine Ay TjoeMid-career · Asia74Buy
  15. 15
    Portrait of Kader Attia
    Kader AttiaEstablished · Europe74Buy
  16. 16Ding YiEstablished · Asia74Buy
  17. 17
    Portrait of Arthur Jafa
    Arthur JafaEstablished · U.S. & Canada74Buy
  18. 18
    Portrait of Oscar Murillo
    Oscar MurilloMid-career · Latin America74Buy
  19. 19Roman SignerEstablished · Europe74Buy
  20. 20Daniel BoydOceania73Buy
  21. 21Joe BradleyMid-career · U.S. & Canada73Buy
  22. 22
    Portrait of Antoni Tàpies
    Antoni TàpiesHistorical · Europe73Buy
  23. 23
    Portrait of Cecily Brown
    Cecily BrownMid-career · Europe72Buy
  24. 24Anselm ReyleEstablished · Europe72Buy
  25. 25
    Portrait of Katharina Grosse
    Katharina GrosseEstablished · Europe72Buy
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Artlex scores are multi-signal indicators built from cultural readership, vetted art press, exhibitions, gallery representation and public-collection holdings, not investment advice. The value of art can fall as well as rise. How scoring works.