Best Living Artists

The late Doug Jeck asked me years ago, "who are you looking at?" I could only name 3. Ever since that time at Haystack Mountain Art School I have been keeping a list. Looking through galleries, chatting with art folks and trying to find who has incredible work right now.

I LOVE these artists: Hirosuke Yabe, Carlos Jacanamijoy, Alexander Deschamps, Shari Mendelson, Megan Ellen, Peter Opheim, Colleen Barry, Fatima de Juan, Jiri Mayer, Kyle Staver, Ryan Travis Christian, Miila Useche, Fernando Tinoco, Jing Huang, Alessandro Gallo, AES + f, Jordan Wolfson, Hikaru Narita, Takahiro Komuro, Eni Iwamura, Philippe Faraut, Rebecca Warren, Johan Creten, Justin Matherly, Clementine Keith-Roach, Theo Mackaay, Kristen Morgin, Christina Cordova, Folkert de Jong, Lauren Clay, Yoshitoshi Kanemaki, Oliver Laric, Pieter Janssen, Doug Herren, Ken Price, Ron Nagle, Yuki Ando, Chris Gustin, Brian Rochefort, Adam Parker Smith, Nick Lenker, Nils Erichsen Martin, Max Coulon, Ben Peterson, Taewon Ahn, Benjamin Spiers, Amy Lincoln, Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Jen Hitchings, Anna Ortiz, Loie Hollowell, Jennifer J. Lee, Justin Fitzpatrick, Zoe McGuire, Lucía Rodríguez Pérez, Paul Riedmueller, Austin Lee, Sarah Slappy, Juan de Morenilla, Theodora Allen, Ryan C. Brown, Adam Beris, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Alessandro Keegan, Lola Dupre, Maud Madsen, Rop van Mierlo, ROWON, Corey Lamb, Aleksey and Anton Tvorogov, Henryk, Lily Ramierz, Taehyoung Jeon, Jessica Moritz, Dorothea Tanning, David Altmejd, Tim Hawkinson, Mat Brown, Matthew Palladino, Fred Tomaselli, Nick Cave, Royal Jarmon, Claire Partington, Dirk Staschke, Janine Antoni, Thomas Houseago, Takashi Murakami, Otani Workshop, Nicola Verlato, Rafa Silvares, Inka Essenhigh, Philip Gerald, Robert Longo, Cleon Peterson, Du Jingze, Katsuyo Aoki, Amélie Bertrand, Kristi Cavataro, Zsófia Keresztes, Sarah Angèle Wilson, Paolo Puck, Kevin Francis Gray, Nicolas V. Sanchez, Yoshitomo Nara, Robert Russell, Ben Sanders, Laure Mary, Walton Ford, Eleanor Swordy, Gao Hang, Devin Cecil-Wishing, Botero and Paul Latislaw. 

The best 20 living contemporary artists

37 Sculptures of note

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