Ultra-Contemporary artists capturing our attention. When considering the most-viewed profiles on Artfacts, one wouldn’t be surprised to see the likes of art-world celebrities such as Gerhard Richter, Yayoi Kusama, Andy Warhol, and Banksy, who all appear at the top of the list. But what happens when we consider artists beyond the top-ranked 1000? A…
Helping to make the most of our wealth of data. Have you ever played around with our Trends tools? We’ve introduced them in the past, but we wanted to remind you just how helpful (and fun) they can be to use. Our “Trends” page show’s you the exact rankings of…
Land of fire, ice, and talented artists. Did you know that you can look at the top ranked artists of any country by typing that country into our search engine? Once on the country page, scroll down to artists, click “sort by rank” and voila! This week we’re looking at…
Welcome to 2022, we made it! To start the new year off right, let’s reflect on positive achievements made in the previous one. One such success was the number of artists who managed to grow significantly in 2021, so we’re sharing with you three artists at the top of that…
This week we’re back to our data-diving series. What can we say? The collected information we have on record is simply too fascinating to resist sharing. Today we are looking at the early bloomers; artists who were discovered before the age of 20. To clarify, “discovered” in this context refers to…
From Picasso to Sherman, the most exhibited-together artists. Isn’t it fun to play with data?We certainly think so. Our search for new insight this week guided us away from the focus of the solo, instead looking closer at the moments that artists are united. Today we’re looking at the artists who…
In another of our “Top artists from…” series, this week we will be focusing on Canada, and discussing two of their world-renowned artists. Jeff WallRanked 2 in Canada, 150 Globally The “cinematographic” works of Jeff Wall often appear as though he always happens to be in the right place at the right time…
Call-out for data from the diverse art world of Iran. We continue this week with the quest to diversify our data.We had such fantastic responses to our initial call-out for arts data from India, thank you! This week we would be delighted to receive creative information from Iran. Think: artists, galleries, curators, institutions…
Three artists from Myanmar Myanmar In a country that has an appalling human rights history, been under military rule for the better part of the last 60 years, holds the record for the world’s longest ongoing civil war, and has conducted grave abuse towards ethnic and religious minorities, including what is…