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September ’21: Top 8 Artists with most Momentum

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 /

Monthly ranking of artists by momentum over last 90 days.

Artists are ranked by momentum, which reflects a combination of the absolute 3-month media  index gain with the media share gain. This allows us to normalize the momentum of blue chip artists and momentum of emerging artists on the same scale.

The “*” denotes holdover from the previous month’s Top 10 list. 

Rank #1: Paula Rego *

Media-Index: 8883
Momentum: 28.35%
Featured In:
The Brooklyn Rail: Paula Rego
Hyperallergic: Paula Rego’s Raging Women
The New Yorker: The Fury and Mischief of Paula Rego

  • The Brooklyn Rail
  • Hyperallergic
  • The New Yorker

Rank #2: Shahzia Sikander

Media-Index: 2742
Momentum: 22.72%
Featured In:
Hyperallergic: Shahzia Sikander Draws the Immeasurability of Women
The Brooklyn Rail: Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities
The New York Times: Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds

  • Hyperallergic
  • The Brooklyn Rail
  • The New York Times

Rank #3: Daniel Arsham

Media-Index: 17254
Momentum: 16.98%
Featured In:
Artnet News: Daniel Arsham Just Reimagined Tiffany’s Iconic Blue Box For the Release of the American Jewelry Brand’s New Knot Collection
Le Monde: Le plasticien Daniel Arsham sauve un écrin précieux des eaux
HypeArt: Daniel Arsham to Release ‘Eroded Carrera RS’ Sculptures

  • Artnet News
  • Le Monde
  • HypeArt

Rank #4: Amoako Boafo

Media-Index: 5236
Momentum: 9.59%
Featured In:
Face2Face Africa: Meet Amoako Boafo, the Ghanaian painter whose art just launched into space on a Jeff Bezos rocket
The Value: Amoako Boafo | African artistic star’s paintings are launched on Jeff Bezos’ new space project
ARTNews: Amoako Boafo’s Paintings Launched into Space on a Bezos Rocket

  • Face2Face Africa
  • The Value
  • ARTNews

Rank #5: Dindga McCannon

Media-Index: 606
Momentum: 8.68%
Featured In:
The New York Times: The World Catches Up With Dindga McCannon
Artnet News: Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—During the 2021 Armory Show in New York
Artsy: What Sold during Armory Week 2021

  • The New York Times
  • Artnet News
  • Artsy

Rank #6: Helen Frankenthaler

Media-Index: 13739
Momentum: 8.68%
Featured In:
The Arts Desk: Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty, Dulwich Picture Gallery review – adventures in print
The Telegraph: Helen Frankenthaler, Dulwich Picture Gallery, review: beautiful, but not so radical
Widewalls: A Look at Helen Frankenthaler’s Woodcuts

  • The Arts Desk
  • The Telegraph
  • Widewalls

Rank #7: April Bey

Media-Index: 324
Momentum: 3.69%
Featured In:
Los Angeles Times: Love of a Black planet: Artist April Bey’s Atlantica soars beyond Wakanda
LA weekly: APRIL BEY AND SANFORD BIGGERS WEAVE POWERFUL STORIES AT CAAM
Miami Herald: New public art is popping up all over downtown Miami and the Design District. Here’s why

  • Los Angeles Times
  • LA weekly
  • Miami Herald

Rank #8: Mircea Suciu

Media-Index: 312
Momentum: 2.6%
Featured In:
Artnet News: Spotlight: Romanian Artist Mircea Suciu’s Ghostly New Paintings Reimagine Art-Historical Masterpieces
Ocula: Mircea Suciu Captures the Psychological Undercurrents of Now
Modernism: EXPOZIŢIA DE GRUP „MIRROR, MIRROR? – CONTEMPORARY SELFHOOD IN ROMANIAN ART”: ALEX MIRUTZIU, DAN BEUDEAN, CIPRIAN MUREŞAN, GEORGE CRINGASU, HORTENSIA MI KAFCHIN, MARCEL RUSU, MIRCEA SUCIU, MIRELA MOSCU, NORBERT FILEP, PAVEL GROSU, RADU OREIAN, TINCUŢA MARIN @ GALERIA DE ARTĂ CFHILL, STOCKHOLM

  • Artnet News
  • Ocula
  • Modernism

Mini Gallery

  • Paula Rego
  • Shahzia Sikander
  • Daniel Arsham
  • Amoako Boafo
  • Dindga McCannon
  • Helen Frankenthaler
  • April Bey
  • Mircea Suciu

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Who is an Emerging Artist ?

At Articker, we use the following heuristic based on our database: An artist who appeared in their first ever headline in a notable art publication within the last 2 years and whose most recent headline was no more than 3 month ago. Also appeared in at least 7 headlines in total.

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Ranking by Momentum based on Pareto ordering of entities: arxiv.org/abs/2111.13051

Lists of Top Artists to Watch computed algorithmically : arxiv.org/abs/2112.01321

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      ID Artist Nationality Birth Overall-Media Index Gain (last 90 days) % Change in Media-Share
      1 Danielle McKinney American 1981 420.52 292.99 +217%
      2 Alteronce Gumby American 1985 403.86 202.52 +93%
      3 Marina Perez Simão Brazilian 1981 283.64 129.06 +77%
      4 Pacifico Silano American 1986 350.07 533.46 +70%
      5 Zandile Tshabalala South African 1999 364.05 133.89 +52%
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