What Sold at Frieze New York 2024

Frieze New York concluded its 12th edition on Sunday after five days at The Shed. Taking place alongside an ensemble of art fairs and gallery openings in Chelsea last week, Frieze welcomed 25,000 visitors from 66 countries during the course of the fair. Hosting 68 galleries, its fourth edition at The Shed is led by Frieze’s fair director of Americas, Christine Messineo, who said that the venue “continues to prove itself as the right home for Frieze New York.”

While last year’s fair concluded a fortnight of art fairs in New York, this year’s edition opened at the front end of events, with TEFAF New York and Independent concluding the city’s spring art fair calendar this coming weekend.

Much like its previous editions, this iteration of Frieze combined established blue-chip dealers with younger galleries in its Focus sector, dedicated to exhibitors that have been in business for 12 years or less. The section contained several galleries making their Frieze New York debuts, including Lisbon gallery Madragoa, which was awarded the Focus Stand Prize for its solo presentation of Sara Chang Yan.

Across the fair, attendance was busy throughout, with the number of visitors reported by Frieze remaining consistent with last year’s edition. Celebrity attendees included Anderson Cooper, Kesha, Jane Krakowski, Blake Abbie, Zach Braff, Bobbi Brown, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, David Byrne, Maurizio Cattelan, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and Chelsea Clinton. The fair also welcomed 135 local and international museums and institutions, with representatives from the likes of the Whitney, Tate Modern, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum among the notable attendees.

Leading the reported sales from the fair was Doris Salcedo’s Disremembered XIV (2014), which sold for $1 million at White Cube’s booth. Other notable transactions across the fair included an $850,000 Ed Clark painting at Hauser & Wirth and a €725,000 ($776,610) Tony Cragg stainless steel work at Thaddaeus Ropac.

“Once again, Frieze New York confirms that New York is the center of the global art market—the city that magnetizes not only the business of art but its community,” said Hauser & Wirth’s president Marc Payot. “For Hauser & Wirth, there’s no place that combines the individual and the collective with such tremendous energy.”

Here, we run down the top sales reported by galleries at Frieze New York.

Top sales at Frieze New York

At White Cube’s booth, sales were led by Doris Salcedo’s Disremembered XIV (2014), which sold for $1 million. Frieze marks the gallery’s first New York fair appearance since it opened a gallery in the city last year. Additional top sales reported by the gallery included:

• Ed Clark’s painting Ying and Yang sold for $800,000.
• Antony Gormley’s concrete sculpture Retreat: Retreat (2022) sold for £500,000 ($629,300). The British artist currently has a solo exhibition at White Cube New York, “AERIAL.”
• A new Tiona Nekkia McClodden work sold for a price “in the region” of $100,000.
• Two paintings by Lynne Drexler sold for $100,000 and $375,000 apiece.
• Additional sales included works from artists including Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Darren Almond, Tracey Emin, Theaster Gates, Jessica Rankin, and Ilana Savdie.

Hauser & Wirth’s booth was dedicated to the artists on its roster who have scheduled museum exhibitions throughout 2024. Top reported sales at the gallery’s booth included:

• A painting by Ed Clark sold for $850,000.
• A painting by Henry Taylor sold for $750,000.
• A canvas artwork by Glenn Ligon sold for $700,000.
• A bench by Jenny Holzer sold for $400,000.
• A wooden triptych by Nicolas Party sold for $350,000.
• Multiple editions from Charles Gaines’s “Charleston” series sold for $210,000.
• A painting by Nicole Eisenman sold for $150,000.
• A painting by Angel Otero sold for $100,000.
• A collage by Lorna Simpson sold for $50,000.
• Multiple editions of a bronze and wood work by Thomas J. Price sold for $32,000.

Thaddaeus Ropac reported robust sales from the beginning of VIP day. Founder Ropac said that the fair “has really shown the continued strength of the American market,” citing strong attendance from U.S. collectors. The gallery’s top reported sales included:

• A stainless steel artwork by Tony Cragg sold for €725,000 ($782,000).
• A painting by Daniel Richter sold for €420,000 ($453,000).
• Six works by Martha Jungwirth sold for €60,000–€350,000 ($64,700–$377,000).
• A painting by Joan Snyder sold for $130,000.
• An artwork by Alex Katz sold for $125,000.
• A work by Robert Longo sold for $90,000.

Chelsea stalwart 303 Gallery achieved significant sales across all five days of the fair. The gallery’s founder Lisa Spellman noted the “festive mood of the week” which she said led to more sales at the gallery’s brick-and-mortar only a few blocks away, where Tanya Merrill’s solo show “Watching Women Give Birth On The Internet And Other Ways Of Looking” is on view until May 18th. Top reported sales at 303 Gallery’s Frieze booth included:

• A painting by Rodney Graham sold for $175,000.
• Two editions of a lightbox by Doug Aitken sold for $150,000 each.
• Two sculptures by Jeppe Hein sold for €85,000 ($91,640) each.
• A sculpture by Alicja Kwade sold for €85,000 ($91,640).
• Two paintings by Rob Pruitt sold for $80,000 each.
• A painting by Casi Namoda sold for $65,000.
• A painting by Sue Williams sold for $115,000.

Sold-out booths at Frieze New York

• Pace Gallery’s joint presentation of new paintings by Robert Mangold and sculptures by Arlene Shechet had sold out by the second day of the fair. Works by Mangold sold in the range of $350,000–$450,000 each, and Shechet’s works sold in the range of $90,000–$120,000 each. “While people may be talking about a soft market, we’re seeing continued interest from great collectors,” said Samantha Rubell, the gallery’s president.
• Kukje Gallery sold out its booth of paper collage works by Haegue Yang for €27,000–€42,000 ($28,885–$44,932) apiece. Selected as one of Artsy’s best booths from the fair, Kukje’s presentation of Yang’s “Mesmerizing Mesh” paper collage works was the first time that the series had been shown in North America. The booth received “enthusiastic responses” from collectors and institutions from both Asia and the United States, according to the gallery’s founder, Hyun-Sook Lee.

• Mendes Wood DM, which was also featured in Artsy’s best booths, sold out its presentation of works by Varda Caivano, Pol Taburet, Rosana Paulino, and Antonio Obá. Gallery director Audrey Rose Smith told Artsy early on the VIP day that the gallery had “already placed a number of works in the booth and [has] met wonderful new collectors from New York and afar.”
• In the Focus section, Tif Sigfrids sold out its paintings by artist Hasani Sahlehe for $15,000–$20,000 each. Among the buyers was the Georgia Museum of Art, which acquired Sahlehe’s painting Trying Green (2024) with the support of Frieze Focus’s official partner, Stone Island.

More notable sales at Frieze New York

• Gagosian sold all four of Sterling Ruby’s paintings from his “TURBINE” series. The presentation of Ruby’s “TURBINE” paintings and “DRFTR” collages was selected among Artsy’s best booths.
• Perrotin sold all of its featured paintings and sculptures by Lee Bae as well as works by Thilo Heinzmann, Paola Pivi, and Daniel Arsham. Works were sold for prices ranging from $40,000– $125,000.
• Gallery Hyundai sold more than 10 pieces from its solo presentation of Seung-Taek Lee for $35,000–$100,000 apiece.
• Sprüth Magers and Karma International sold two multimedia works priced at €65,000 ($70,000) each, and a print for €25,000 ($26,000), from their joint presentation of works by Sylvie Fleury.