ArtReview's 2022 Power 100 Reveals Shifts in Influence Toward Collectives, Curatorial Care, and Market Resilience
The 2022 Power 100 list by ArtReview highlights key figures in the art world, placing the collective ruangrupa at the forefront, signaling a trend towards collaborative efforts. Over one-third of the individuals featured are artists, including notable names like Rirkrit Tiravanija and Zanele Muholi. Despite economic challenges, affluent collectors increased their art acquisitions in 2021 and anticipated a doubling of purchases in 2022, with prominent figures such as Maja Hoffmann and Miuccia Prada leading the way. Curators like Koyo Kouoh are advocating for social accountability. Art fairs, including Frieze London and Art Basel, have returned to 2019 levels of participation. Museum directors confront issues of diversity and restitution, while thinkers like Donna Haraway and movements like #MeToo shape ongoing discussions about art's influence and resilience.
Key facts
- ruangrupa is the first artist collective to top ArtReview's Power 100 list.
- Artists make up just over a third of the 2022 Power 100 ranking.
- High-net-worth collectors expected to buy twice as many artworks in 2022 compared to 2021.
- Spending on art in the first half of 2022 nearly doubled pre-pandemic 2019 levels.
- Frieze London and Art Basel exhibitor numbers returned to 2019 levels in 2022.
- Frieze launched a new fair in Seoul in autumn 2022.
- The International Council of Museums updated its definition of museums to emphasize inclusivity and sustainability in August 2022.
- Collectors spent an average of $46,000 each on art-based NFTs in the first half of 2022.
Entities
Artists
- ruangrupa
- Damien Hirst
- Ai Weiwei
- Hito Steyerl
- Rirkrit Tiravanija
- Brook Andrew
- Zanele Muholi
- Karrabing Film Collective
- blaxtarlines
- Michael Armitage
- Taryn Simon
- Anselm Kiefer
- Hilton Als
- Antwaun Sargent
- Candice Breitz
- William Kentridge
- David Goldblatt
- Josef Albers
- Nan Goldin
- Sammy Baloji
- Yinka Shonibare
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Candice Lin
- Cao Fei
- Cecilia Vicuña
- Agnes Denes
- Jeffrey Gibson
- Edgar Calel
- Ibrahim Mahama
Institutions
- ArtReview
- UBS
- Art Basel
- Luma Foundation
- Fondazione Prada
- K11 Art Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Kadist
- Zeitz MOCAA
- Serpentine
- Nationalgalerie
- Expo Chicago
- Pirelli Hangar Biccocca
- OGR
- Frieze
- Endeavor
- TEFAF
- NADA
- Independent
- Future Fair
- 1-54
- AIPAD
- Volta
- Liste
- June
- SP-Arte
- Art Rio
- ArPa
- ArtBo
- ArtBa
- Gagosian
- Hauser & Wirth
- Pace
- Perrotin
- Sprüth Magers
- Gladstone
- Kukje Gallery
- Silverlens
- Goodman Gallery
- Mariane Ibrahim Gallery
- Experimenter
- International Council of Museums
- Just Stop Oil
- Daily Mail
- Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation
- Venice Biennale
- Gropius Bau
- Sharjah Biennial
- Colomboscope
- SculptureCenter
- Carnegie International
- Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
- Thailand Biennale
- Documenta
- Forge Project
- Serpentine Galleries
- Tate Modern
- David Zwirner
- Gallery 1957
- M+
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo
- MCH Group
- Art SG
- Tokyo Art Week
- FIAC
- Paris+ par Art Basel
- The Armory Show
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- Madrid
- Spain
- London
- United Kingdom
- Gatwick Airport
- Milan
- Turin
- New York
- United States
- Regents Park
- Switzerland
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro
- Paris
- France
- Marrakech
- Morocco
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Singapore
- Shanghai
- China
- West Bund
- Cork Street
- Somerset
- Los Angeles
- Cuba
- Global South
- South Asia
- UK
- Hong Kong
- Miami Beach
- Chicago
- Japan
- India
- Berlin
- Germany
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Australia
- Accra
- Ghana
- Kolkata
- Helsinki
- Finland
- Slovenia