TOP 12 CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS LIVING TODAY
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
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The Top Painters Right Now!!!!! We all know about the great painters of the past. But do you know who are the great painters of the present day?! Let's find out together.
As we can only touch briefly on every artist, we have included hyperlinks at the end of every artist biography, referring to the best monographic publication available on the artist in question:
12. Mark Grotjahn: amzn.to/4b81WyB
11. Zeng Fanzhi: amzn.to/4d9OkV5
10. Yoshitomo Nara: amzn.to/3UsA2HK
9. Peter Doig: amzn.to/3W3zXf2
8. Marlene Dumas: amzn.to/4aGPsy4
7. Gerhard Richter: amzn.to/4aJRIEL
6. Anselm Kiefer: amzn.to/3Ua1FnB
5. Cecily Brown: amzn.to/3U5RMrm
4. Yayoi Kusama: amzn.to/44aS8Bl
3. David Hockney: amzn.to/3JugJaO
2. Michelangelo Pistoletto: amzn.to/3JtIOPG
1. Takashi Murakami: amzn.to/3Jrbrgk
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Table of contents:
00:00 - 12. Mark Grotjahn
01:02 - 11. Zeng Fanzhi
02:26 - 10.Yoshitomo Nara
03:42 - 9. Peter Doig
05:13 - 8. Marlene Dumas
07:16 - 7. Gerhard Richter
09:33 - 6. Anselm Kiefer
10:47 - 5. Cecily Brown
12:15 - 4. Yayoi Kusama
14:11 - 3. David Hockney
15:30 - 2. Michelangelo Pistoletto
17:06 - 1. Takashi Murakami
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I can't tell you how refreshing it is for a video to just start without a 2 minute intro, without a needless explanation what the video is about, without self promotion or an ad for skillshare or babbel. Love it!
Thanks! We really appreciate this and look forward to seeing your future comments! 💥
Absolutely!! .. I totally agree with you. .. 🤝
Yes I agree. I don't begrudge anyone putting an ad spot in a UA-cam video but needless introductions or the UA-camr telling me how they feel that day, that kind of stuff does get boring!
That's what I was thinking!
I understand a possible need for a sponsor segment, but that should come down the way, maybe at the end.
Yes but we still have to start with the two ads
This reminds me why I like classical art more. The art today, of course, represents today's vision, which includes (sometimes complete lack of) morals, disregard for history, superficiality, cheapness and profitability, pandering, disillusionment and globalism, lack of faith,of heroes and models. It's not that I dont like the art so much it's that I dont like today's world.
This artwork unfortunately doesn't "reach" anyone outside a small group of critics, industry insiders and investors/collectors looking to make money, and almost all of it skims along completely unnoticed, having never been seen by 99.999% of humanity.
I've seen over half of these artists in major museums round the world so the millions who visit those institutions each year will be 'reached' by their work.
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Your point actually aligns with (@ifmbm332b’s).
Your unique interest is no doubt derived from your exposure to your “home”
influences; which knew who and where to go to infuse themselves….& you.
Sure…. The millions you extol are connected, and continuing to “game” the art industry as to who may enter…. or not…..
Thus …. the auctions, collectors, investors ect. are by industry wide osmosis; that is…….
The proverbial tail wagging the dog…
( as it were )….. lol
Of course , as a 67 year old jazz composer, inventor, short story writer, and sketch artist……
I’ve come to understand that being a devout artist, exists primarily as a coping mechanism in this paradoxical world…..
( I couldn’t help myself…. I “ need to create!
we all do!🤷🏿♂️)
Just ask the millions of penniless artists who’ve come and gone….. completely unrecognized as I am…. at least… so far…lol
Even by the closest of family members! Their virtually oblivious to my intense connection with art?……. Go figure!… lol
Sooooo, if joining the billions of web owners and internet users can get any artist to get eyeballs & wallets opened…… bravo.
Sure, artists could use the money…… but it shouldn’t be the objective.😢
I’ve got some things I’d like the world to see, use, and hear………
But…… it’s mostly because the project participation are tied to insuring my sanity FIRST!….. lol
then assisting with whatever musical connection, visceral appeal, literary communion, or tangible gadget I may concoct to make life better for us humans …….😮lol
But…… the way the art industry has evolved is a product of
“value misalignment”.
We, as a species have not evolved to the point of valuing LOVE…. as the ONLY WAY TO EXIST!
Since art and expression are key elements used on the pathway to understanding, acceptance, and love…..
it’s usually the first things attacked in harsh societal structures.
In short….
MAN NEEDS MORE TIME!
That won’t happen til…. oh I’d say another 200 years or so!
The universe is grinding us in that direction….. with help from the
“ creator of LOVE “!
We are very intelligent beings…..
once we get out of our own way…. those in the art world…. will FLOURISH along with mankind….
with more that enough….. for all….
AS IT WAS….. intended…..
Greetings from Chicago!
Have a great spring Kenn!
God bless🕯
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That is one of the ironies of contemporary art, regardless of whether or not one is a fan. Are they really "top" painters if they only appeal to elites?
@@glittr_princegeneral population can’t afford their paintings for the most part. I’d love to have a Murakami original, just not in the budget
We need to produce more content that talks about art on UA-cam, more space for art! Bravo! 👌
Promoting the art is the end game 💥💯 thanks!!
Super thanks for none of those tired ass sponsor intermissions!
Thanks a lot!!!!🙏🖼️❤
Thanks for the feedback 💯🤟
For me I am always attracted and curious when an artist work from an interplay of reality, memory and imagination - but still art is also always colored by the total awareness and sensitive presence - and in that Way for me the mysterium of art cannot be only in the analyses of style, techniques, themes, concepts etc, something more - in some way behold the words but yet it can be felt as signifikance and wonder🎶💜🎵🦄
Thanks for sharing your views 🙏🏻 we await more comments from you 💥
That was awesome and inspiring! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! 💯🔥
I have a hard time understanding why some of these artists made the list. It feels as if the fine art world only recognizes art as great if it has no element of realism whatsoever.
Because it is an ideology. It has nothing to do with skill and even beauty is being laughed at. If they only knew that beauty matters (roger scruton). They intellectualize trash and feel superior because the "mob" just does not understand their "genius". And these contemporary artists just ride the wave of trash til it breaks. And it will break. People are tired of this shit.
@@hedonismbot3274 The Realist painting movement from the mid 19th century is home to my favorite painters (Corot, Millet, Manet, Courbet, Le Page etc.) But the general public not understanding or liking contemporary art has kinda been the rule of thumb since the Impressionists, and maybe some of the Realist as well. Folks like you and I probably wouldn't have liked Van Gogh and Monet in their time... I dont like this shit either, but it serves a purpose- to discover new ways of sharing our experience. The only thing lamer than the art in this video, would be to indefinitely make art everyone agrees is cool. I cant defend Marlene Dumas though, that one completely baffles me.
The Pop art movement has become the voice of the moment. It is easy to understand and popular with the masses, which is it's intention. The power of a quick easy read is what propels many of these artists into fame during their lifetime. There are more complex and "slower burning" movements happening that may outlive or replace Pop when people are sick of slick and surface level understanding but for now, this gives everyone access and pleasure so it is good at fulfilling it's intent, to appeal to the masses.
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring stand out in Pop because their work goes deeper. It doesn't merely contain colorful and bright imagery, but has stories and touches on themes that are poignant and complex. Rather than merely painting a skull, for instance, Haring was looking into the face of AIDS, a major cause of premature death in his generation. His work deals with income inequality and racial justice. He's not just making silly faces and colorful merry go rounds, though he does that well too.
The artists here like Doig, Dumas and Keifer are making important political and visual work, with just enough realism to allow you to see a recognizable image in the painting. But the paint is more real. What you are calling realism is what Picasso said was a lie... the illusion of 3 dimensions on 2 - or the likeness of a portrait can be captured by film and now by artificial intelligence. These artists go beyond representation into the possibilities of paint.
I'm just curious about the rating criterias. Are the artists rated on the basis of the prices of their art work ?
Research and market valuation. Only objective criteria. Though we’re happy to see one’s personal views or critique of artists and/or artworks and recommendations 🙏🏻
@@artpatico Research and market valuation wouldn't put Cecily Brown ahead of Gerhard Richter.
Salamat po
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Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻💥
I wish real artists will become famous one day…
What is a real artist to you?
@@swagnusmcduck7566 A real artist is a person with the talent and the skills to conceptualize and make creative works 🤷🏿♂️ i hope i answered your question. If you see anything i said here it’s ok then
Somebody who's work people will care about hundreds of years from now.@@swagnusmcduck7566
All art are great!!!!‼️✨️ I choose the brilliant minds of Takashi Murakami and Yayoi Kusama as the most unique for the past 50yrs.🎉❤ ToomCapeTown
Thanks, glad you found it useful! 😄
Most of this art is so bad that the video gave me Spinal Tap vibes.
Thank you for filling this video with decent painters who really can paint!
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Time will tell which one of these artists lasts.I can still enjoy Bach,Mozart,Rembrandt,Van Gogh,Picasso,Matisse along thousands of other great ones but seriously who looks at 70's minimalism? Nobody really.
Just noticing that the automatic chaptering went wrong for the painter's name.
You should put it on the description.
Nice video tx!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the tip, we’ll take a look at it!
Great work! Just btw I'm sure it's been pointed out already but your caption for the first section of the video says "Mark Rothko" rather than "Mark Grotjahn".
Excellent. Educational and inspirational. Some artists I wasn't familiar with, and now can appreciate them all. Thank you.
Thanks for this! Glad you were able to discover some new artists💥💯
It's interesting to see how many unique viewpoints and styles there are. Creativity never runs out. It just evolves. :)@@artpatico
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There are 12 equally great Art ADVISERS with their Prospective .BILLIONAIRE Art buers- patron
Being rich and popularity =/= always =/= value
I need modern art that gives me peace.
I think Justin Mortimer or Adrian Ghenie are better but they sell their work to collectors instead of museums so they get less visibility
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Graceful? Elegant? Beautiful? Charming? Enchanting? Warm? Loving? Attractive?
this was great.
Thanks for that 🙏🏻
For Nara, that’s the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art pictured, not the Chicago Art Institute.
Most of that art screams money laundry to me 🤔
I wish I was on this list.
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I think they focused on painters with popular success, there is a Guatemalan artist called Josbert Soto and he does conceptual abstract art, it is a school like Miro and Kandinsky... out of this world with the concept of pictorial expression "entropy" that has...anyway, cool video
Personal subjective nightmares or personal subjective idiosyncrasies on canvas has to be "studied" at a school?
Thanks for the update on some of the contemporaries exploring art, but I don't see Great Art here.
And you can leave out the "interpretations ";
I do not need to be steered into what "I" see and think--as the financially wealthy buyers need to.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻💥
maybe you first have to learn to see properly in order to recognize great art?
@@torbenk.9541 That's the main psyop/scam talking point of contemporary art programs. I hold a BA and MFA, so I am not coming from the outside. The emperor has no clothes.
@@glittr_prince ok, but what do you actually mean by scam? What are you being scammed into? I can't recognize any scam in the works of Anselm Kiefer or Gerhard Richter.
the only ones I would rate highly in this list are Hockney and Kiefer
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Daniel Arsham? This was a great list though, Murakami is amazing, amongst others
Thanks! 💯🔥 check out our top 100 clip! He is in there!
What about MANUEL CARGALEIRO a portuguese 96 year old painter and ceramic artist.?
this ranking only proves that we are being in the dark era of art
I need to break all these records
Good luck! 💥
Either I misunderstood the title of this video, or I have some bad news for you - Mark Rothko is not living today, he died in 1970. Nice job introducing these artists to us though.
🤣🤣🤣 well, that’s definitely bad news. But Mark Rothko is not even in it! Thanks anyway!
I have a good collection of modern art that include, A. Kiefer, M. Grotiahn, Y. Kusama, D. Hockney, C. brown and of course Two Tony Vegas.
Art historian: These are works by the master painters.
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Beavis: uh huh huh huh… you said Master Painter!
I thought appreciation of great art was subjective not determined by its pricing by auction houses
You thought wrong ahaha
AiWeiwei ?
Kassius Fine Art
Degradation and Degeneration painting !
The second painter sounds Fancy
You mean Zeng Fanzhi ☺️
Love Yaya Kusama, shame there are only 2 women in that list. There are some great female artists and no I am not a raging feminist! I paint myself and understand how it’s harder for women to be noticed particularly when they are just as talented.
We should always give more and more space to women in every sector. We agree! Check out our vids relating to top women! 💥😍
Actually there are 3!
And the genitalia is important because….?
Ongo Gablogian “bullsh*t bullsh*t bullsh*t….”
In these times, the shit is worth millions!...
Thanks for sharing your views 🙃
Thanks for sharing your views 🙃
Who is the best living painter today?
Gerhard Richter, is at the very top of our list-the most famous living painter today. Born in 1932 in Dresden, Germany, Richter currently lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Richter dedicated his career to exploring the medium of painting in close relation to the effects of photography.
It’s personal preference…a few important ones are missing
Most modern art substitutes weird for quality, narrow isms for scope, and trendy for depth. It also refuses to change or even talk about progressive ideas in art like those that follow
Too many treat art as a marketing scheme. Modern art has become a trendy clique and the art now is mostly over promoted footnotes to greater art that was done 100 years ago. But art is too important to be reduced to a trendy clique.
Post-ism, is art for a new century, not a continuation of last century trends.
1 Mass Market Paintings like Prints. When any art form is mass marketed it enters a golden age. This has happened with books, records, and film. Let's add paintings. Most art is in storage in museum basements. Mass Marketing allows art to tour in copies and allows artists to make royalties on copies.
Why do you think the world gets so excited about a new great book, record, or film; but no one cares about a new great painting? All are mass produced except the painting.
2. End a Century of Isms. Dump the genres and formulas and let all kinds of art be a part of the art world.
3. Shift Emphasis From Trendy to Quality. Shift emphasis from the latest trendy art, to quality art in any style. Just because art is weird does not mean it is great art.
4. Free the Art From Museums and Galleries. Get the art out of the ivory elitist museum and gallery towers and back into the world. Have city art centers open to all artists. Make art that is relevant and communicates with people. Start with the first generation of artists online.
5. Postism is Part of a Bigger Revolution. Postism is part of the bigger art and media revolution out of Dallas, that includes art, music, lit, film, media, and a lot more.
6. Postism online: Online artists are the new wave of art. We had all the isms of last century. Now we have a free for all, of all kinds of artists, that are not sanctioned by any museum or gallery, displaying their work. Out of that comes the next wave and revolution of artists.
Last century the goal was to fit the ism. This century the goal is to do great art - no ism, no boundaries. Fractionalized art then, synchronized art now. Even calling something modern art is a type of ism that separates that art from the art of the past.
The 20th century was a century of experimentation in art. Now in the 21st we can choose from all those styles and / or start one of our own.
Then too if someone devises a way to charge and collect a penny per view on a webpage, that would allow any great artist to get money for their art and have a career without any middlemen.
Duchamp broke ground 100 years ago - but now his clones are just shoveling dirt. Weird art is easy, you put a strip of raw bacon across an expensive violin, but it's not good art.
Join the art revolution and pull the art world out of last century.
Musea since 1992.
You forgot me 😂
Need to work harder 😅
Malevich's "Black Square" put an end to the depiction of reality and laid the foundations for the development of all contemporary art. Before the First World War, Hobbes' ideas reached their limit, as historians say, the spirit of war was simply in the air. 1911 Gioconda is stolen, the French blame the Germans for everything and France is going to declare war on Germany. The feeling of the inevitability of the approaching end was expressed by Malevich with his Black Square. In the future, his ideas will serve as an impetus for Victor Vasarely and the creation of a new style in Op-art art - on the basis of which all computer graphics are built. We are on the verge of discovering a quantum computer and light plays the main role here, so "Victory over black..." ua-cam.com/video/ALW8-tclRHk/v-deo.html is inevitable.
Thanks for your detailed piece 🙏🏻🔥
Nice art, I hope they paint better today, 😂
Whats the name of this painter?
Where are George Condo and Hiroshi Nagai???
He can’t tell us why any of these artists deserve the accolades they are given. This video is proof that the art world is enslaved to a small group of depraved elitists.
wot? 🤣
Absolutely NO painting in the world is worth 2.5 million. There are definitely some needy elite !
ペインターの一位に選ばれたのが、自分で絵を描かない人であることが興味深い🤔
hmmm
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can i be 13 ?@@artpatico
And where are the artist in this video?
In my opinion contemporary art is really the worst ever art the humanity can conceive. Not rules, not beauty, just colored in a chaotic and disordered way. My child could do the majority of that art. Just colored for Instagram is not art, for me it is totally mediatic for shining on Instagram, TikTok or an under 75 QI appearance.
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Born in Scotland and raised in Trinidad AND Canada..but thanks anyways! ☺️
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I recommend seeing the art of Fabienne Verdier. She is still alive and creating ;)
Thanks for the tip 💯💥 we will definitely check her out!
she is the next level of Cy Twombly...to be honest lot of rubbish... nothing creative at all
@@nikolaynikolov4071 Rubbish? Do you know anything about her art and artistic workshop?
@@artpatico I recommend. She has a very interesting life and work history.
my friend did you ever done even 1 art piece yourselves...the art has to come from the bottom of your heart...then might mean something... not just because it sells for millions or because some crappy art critic say it good... i have seen lot of work on Facebook by unknow artist that is 100 000 time better than those top artists...top artists by your own opinion that's not the opinion of the rest of the people... so dont make overstatement... Its like McDonalds... everyone know its junk food but you try prove its healthy ...😂
No Frank Auerbach or Francesco Clemente?
Comme toujours quand il y a un marché, les produits sont frelatés.
How come I'm not on a list? :))
Need to work harder 😅💯💥
@@artpatico Ok, I'll take your words to my heart, I will work harder:)). One day I'll be on your list. Thank you for your reply, its motivational to me. Youre awesome. I'm subscribing to you.
Happy to hear this! We wish you good luck on your artistic career! Thanks for subscribing to the channel!!💥
sue em...... aint fair
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No one even near
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Wheres Gerhard Richter?
in germany
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I have studied under several artists. I have sold works for decent a decent living. I have tried almost every medium there is. I love philosophy, mythology, and poetic thinking. With that being said... most of these "Contemporary Artists" are snake oil salesmen - who get caught up in the whirlwind of money laundering schemes.
A good selection but the ranking 'order' is way out of whack.
Time for a massive cultural shift ,shame that arts is so stagnant compared to the music industry.
Oh boy!!!! The announcer sounds like a typical art critic. I apologize now because of what I am about to say which is definitely going to sound like a troll. Who decided , other than Hockney, any of these "artists" were worth anything more than the cost of the material they used? There are indeed true fine artists in this world, but almost all in this video are NOT. The "dumbing of the world" is upon us!!
My thoughts exactly! Unfortunately we live in a time where the only thing that matters is visibility, everything is art and everyone an artist. People in this video are grown up versions of those kids we all new in school who liked art but were bad at it. Apparently you just need to convince enough people that your lack of skill is personal style, I guess you have to start with yourself, when you believe it others will too. Making a video of 12 painters today, in a world of billions, and deciding to showcase these people is just sad.
Welcome to the shit show ....lol ..off the wall...Art can be painful ....and sometime empty ....
All of the artists featured here are well respected and well established, have published monographs, large exhibits at major institutions and have sold for big money at auctions. I don't think these are ideal metrics to judge art by but what do you suggest?
@@kenn3250 Kant had a pretty good set of guidelines in evaluating a work of art. Too bad his writing needs an interpreter. Luckily, there are decent interpretations! ua-cam.com/video/6lOwHdydgi4/v-deo.htmlsi=CDpuohSkCXvIJERU
Umm... Jasper Johns isn't dead yet and it's odd you left out Neo Rauch.
SAY, WHO DECIDES WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT ART TODAY???!!!!
art marketing over art history, and where did you get your degree? Jasper Johns and Richard Estes changed the way we see art and should replace some of your candidates. Some of these artists you list recapitulate style and contemporary movements, and are sensationalized by media providing no true foundational change to contemporary art.
loved the vid
Thanks 😄🎯
Unfortunately, much of these pieces, selling for footballer prices, are meaningless to the people artists were born to reach, inspire and uplift.
WHAT ABOUT THESE ARTIST?
Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Ron English, HELLO......." Kaws"!!!!
We’re talking painters here..
Art without morality has a negative impact on society, as does everyone and anything else without morality. Works that are dreary, deliberately shocking or infantile do not raise up the culture. We shouldn't underestimate the poisonous effects of greed and cynicism in art upon our lives. How about some joy, beauty and inspiration? Remember that?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙏🏻💥
thank you Dr.Goebbels
as a freigner ,i find it diffcult to listen to.
You can activate the cc
Yet no Mark Bradford? Nickzad Nodjoumi? Kehinde Wiley?
Prices of works does not equate to how important that artist's work is in the dialogue of art's representation of the human experience.
Your method of approach to this "Top 12" is basically like saying "12 most sought-after cars in the world!" without realizing that only a fraction of those 12 are doing to really move humanity... which is the point of art.
wheres the women?
There's 3 women featured in the video!
Art always reflects the zeitgeist which at this time borders on collective insanity and being anywhere or anyone other than real. It's not even escapism. Nor is most of it great abstraction. It's almost like a rejection of beauty - the one thing that can save the world according to Dostoyevsky. Clearly the flourishing craft movement had a huge influence/impact on a few of these - in particular the Asian artists because the category where I would place certain works in, is craftart. Nothing moves me - not like Van Gogh whose work brought me to tears at London National Art Gallery. We must really get back to basics with fine art. We've lost the plot. I'll draw the line with Hockney, Dumas and Richter. There are still some really great artists out there, but I guess they're too real/not mental enough for a modern pr story. Spindoctors don't fool those who understand great art.
Where is Jenny Saville?
I haven't found any decent art critic channel in english. Most of them are like these video, applause for contemporary trash, shame on that type of "artists". For sure spanish-speaking art youtubers are far ahead on critical art divulgation.
A lot of these are mere cartoonists.
Back to the painting board, kid.
All these high school level art projects are from modern masters? My how we've fallen.
club members. so glad to NOT see jeff Koons .
Thanks for sharing your views!
what ever happened to the concept beauty in the eye of the beholder?n why is there no realism represented?Subscribe Subscribe,Subscribe! is that a new art form? or a site for those with no choice or sense of taste of there own? Don't be influenced by the media,s psychosis .Don't Subscribe unless you don't have a mind or choice of your own.
Good video with terrible mistakes in the rankings. Gerhard Richter is by far the most important alive painter in the world, to put Cecily brown over him is just terrible mistake.
Pistoletto is hardly a painter.
Jasper Johns, Adrian Ghenie, Bridget Riley, Frank Auerbach, Christopher Wool and Frank Stella are important painters missing in your list. Fanzhi and Nara as painters not so important.
I see the U.S., Europe, South Africa and Japan represented. But where are the Artists from Latin America? (Mexico, Cuba, ect.). Are they not valued?...C'mon now...
OK where is ai Wei Wei ?
#12 is a hack
isnt the term "contemporary" already implying they are alive? thats what it means right? the title as i read it says 'top 12 right now painters still being right now?, is this just me or is this title alil sound bonk?
some seem more like wishful thinking…. Number 1 and 2 are…well not unknown, but ranking Pistoletto (basicly unknown to the wider public) higher than hirst, koons, kapoor etc. Is not very serious dear italian friends
Not very serious really