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Artist Rankings

Contemporary artists ranked by total art fair appearances — globally and by region.

Top Photography Artists · Ranked by art fair appearances
1Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

United States · Los Angeles, CA, USA

87

fairs

2Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

United States · New York, NY, USA

86

fairs

3David Hockney

David Hockney

United Kingdom · Los Angeles, CA, USA and Normandy, France

84

fairs

4Alighiero Boetti

Alighiero Boetti

Italy · Rome, Italy

82

fairs

5Man Ray

Man Ray

United States · Paris, France

72

fairs

6Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz

Brazil · Brooklyn, NY, USA; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

68

fairs

7John Chamberlain

John Chamberlain

United States · Shelter Island, NY, USA

67

fairs

8Richard Prince

Richard Prince

United States · New York, NY, USA

66

fairs

9Robert Longo

Robert Longo

United States · New York, NY, USA

65

fairs

10Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer

Germany · Paris, France

64

fairs

11Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman

United States · New York, NY, USA

64

fairs

12Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Japan · New York, NY, USA

63

fairs

13Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

United States · New York, USA

59

fairs

14John Baldessari

John Baldessari

United States · Los Angeles, CA, USA

58

fairs

15Richard Long

Richard Long

United Kingdom · Bristol, UK

57

fairs

16Michelangelo Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Italy · Turin, Italy

57

fairs

17Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas

United States · New York, NY, USA

55

fairs

18Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff

Germany · Düsseldorf, Germany

55

fairs

19Joseph Kosuth

Joseph Kosuth

United States · London, UK

55

fairs

20Stephan Balkenhol

Stephan Balkenhol

Germany · Karlsruhe, Germany and Meisenthal, France

52

fairs

21Candida Höfer

Candida Höfer

Germany · Cologne, Germany

51

fairs

22Martin Kippenberger

Martin Kippenberger

Germany · Vienna, Austria

50

fairs

23William Wegman

William Wegman

United States · New York, NY, USA

50

fairs

24Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin

United States · New York, USA and Berlin, Germany

49

fairs

25Irving Penn

Irving Penn

United States · New York, NY, USA

49

fairs

26Sylvie Fleury

Sylvie Fleury

Switzerland · Geneva, Switzerland

48

fairs

27Roger Ballen

Roger Ballen

American-South African · Johannesburg, South Africa

48

fairs

28Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans

Germany · Berlin, Germany

47

fairs

29Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat

Iran · New York, NY, USA

47

fairs

30Idris Khan

Idris Khan

United Kingdom · London, UK

46

fairs

31Hans Op de Beeck

Hans Op de Beeck

Belgium · Brussels, Belgium

46

fairs

32Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk

United Kingdom · London, UK

43

fairs

33Martin Parr

Martin Parr

United Kingdom · Bristol, UK

43

fairs

34Marilyn Minter

Marilyn Minter

United States · New York, USA

43

fairs

35Carlos Garaicoa

Carlos Garaicoa

Cuba · Madrid, Spain

42

fairs

36William Eggleston

William Eggleston

United States · Memphis, TN, USA

42

fairs

37Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller

Belgium · Stockholm, Sweden

42

fairs

38Seydou Keïta

Seydou Keïta

Malian · Bamako, Bamako Capital District, Mali

42

fairs

39Not Vital

Not Vital

Switzerland · Sent, Switzerland

42

fairs

40Barthélémy Toguo

Barthélémy Toguo

Cameroon · Paris, France; Bandjoun, Cameroon

42

fairs

41Dan Graham

Dan Graham

United States · New York, USA

42

fairs

42Gilbert & George

Gilbert & George

United Kingdom · London, UK

42

fairs

43Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer

Germany · Paris, France

41

fairs

44Jack Pierson

Jack Pierson

United States · New York, NY and Southern California, CA, USA

41

fairs

45Xu Zhen 徐震

Xu Zhen 徐震

China · Shanghai, China

41

fairs

46Julião Sarmento

Julião Sarmento

Portugal · Estoril, Portugal

40

fairs

47JR

JR

France · Paris, France

40

fairs

48Zanele Muholi

Zanele Muholi

South Africa · Johannesburg, South Africa

40

fairs

49Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle

France · Malakoff, France

40

fairs

50Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović

Serbia · New York, USA

40

fairs