Database / Rankings
Rankings
Canonical artist rankings — Authority + Cultural Presence. Living artists weight cultural presence higher.
Top 100 — Authority
Ranked by canonical record strength and trust
Thomas Ruff
Photography
56
OVR
62
AUTH
45
CUL
75
CMP
Dana Schutz
Printmaking
55
OVR
56
AUTH
52
CUL
65
CMP
Cecily Brown
Painting
51
OVR
55
AUTH
42
CUL
67
CMP
Marcel Dzama
Painting
52
OVR
53
AUTH
50
CUL
63
CMP
Michael Craig-Martin
Sculpture
46
OVR
51
AUTH
37
CUL
76
CMP
Mickalene Thomas
Painting
44
OVR
49
AUTH
34
CUL
58
CMP
Theaster Gates
Mixed Media
44
OVR
49
AUTH
35
CUL
59
CMP
Ken Gonzales-Day
Photography
49
OVR
47
AUTH
52
CUL
59
CMP
Jake Chapman
Photography
40
OVR
46
AUTH
30
CUL
51
CMP
KAWS
Sculpture
44
OVR
45
AUTH
43
CUL
57
CMP
Gladys Nilsson
Painting
41
OVR
44
AUTH
35
CUL
60
CMP
Roger Ballen
Photography
45
OVR
44
AUTH
45
CUL
55
CMP
Christopher Le Brun
Painting
39
OVR
44
AUTH
30
CUL
61
CMP
Amoako Boafo
Painting
37
OVR
44
AUTH
25
CUL
60
CMP
Ann Hamilton
Photography
38
OVR
43
AUTH
27
CUL
55
CMP
Gary Hill
Installation
51
OVR
43
AUTH
65
CUL
58
CMP
Tania Franco Klein
Photography
37
OVR
43
AUTH
27
CUL
58
CMP
Joan Lyons
Textile
47
OVR
42
AUTH
55
CUL
55
CMP
Wangechi Mutu
Painting
46
OVR
42
AUTH
52
CUL
44
CMP
Enrique Chagoya
Printmaking
41
OVR
42
AUTH
40
CUL
55
CMP
Jo Ractliffe
Photography
38
OVR
42
AUTH
30
CUL
64
CMP
Nigel Hall
Sculpture
43
OVR
42
AUTH
44
CUL
58
CMP
Philip Corner
46
OVR
42
AUTH
53
CUL
51
CMP
Tokujin Yoshioka
41
OVR
42
AUTH
39
CUL
50
CMP
Harrell Fletcher
Photography
39
OVR
41
AUTH
35
CUL
50
CMP
Leslie Wayne
Painting
32
OVR
41
AUTH
15
CUL
52
CMP
Joel Sternfeld
Photography
41
OVR
41
AUTH
40
CUL
47
CMP
Rudolf Stingel
Painting
34
OVR
41
AUTH
20
CUL
60
CMP
Orly Genger
Sculpture
35
OVR
41
AUTH
24
CUL
51
CMP
Jean-Michel Othoniel
Sculpture
38
OVR
40
AUTH
35
CUL
65
CMP
Luis Camnitzer
Printmaking
40
OVR
39
AUTH
40
CUL
47
CMP
Robert Stackhouse
Painting
39
OVR
39
AUTH
39
CUL
48
CMP
Aria Dean
Mixed Media
36
OVR
39
AUTH
29
CUL
47
CMP
Fanny Sanin
42
OVR
39
AUTH
47
CUL
47
CMP
Janet Cardiff
Mixed Media
39
OVR
39
AUTH
40
CUL
51
CMP
Anna Boghiguian
Painting
35
OVR
39
AUTH
27
CUL
55
CMP
Andres Serrano
Photography
32
OVR
39
AUTH
19
CUL
59
CMP
Damián Ortega
Sculpture
33
OVR
38
AUTH
24
CUL
42
CMP
Bill Jensen
Painting
45
OVR
38
AUTH
58
CUL
52
CMP
Vernon Fisher
Printmaking
38
OVR
38
AUTH
38
CUL
47
CMP
Nairy Baghramian
Photography
33
OVR
38
AUTH
25
CUL
52
CMP
Dove Bradshaw
Photography
35
OVR
38
AUTH
30
CUL
43
CMP
Jaume Plensa
Sculpture
35
OVR
38
AUTH
30
CUL
44
CMP
Pierre Clerk
Painting
35
OVR
38
AUTH
30
CUL
46
CMP
Ron Arad
35
OVR
38
AUTH
31
CUL
36
CMP
David Rabinowitch
Painting
33
OVR
38
AUTH
25
CUL
43
CMP
Gregory Amenoff
Painting
31
OVR
38
AUTH
19
CUL
60
CMP
Cheryl Donegan
Mixed Media
38
OVR
38
AUTH
40
CUL
45
CMP
Richard Hell
42
OVR
37
AUTH
50
CUL
49
CMP
David Hall
Painting
26
OVR
37
AUTH
5
CUL
43
CMP
Ilana Savdie
Installation
31
OVR
37
AUTH
19
CUL
56
CMP
Mark Kostabi
Painting
30
OVR
37
AUTH
18
CUL
38
CMP
Charlemagne Palestine
Installation
41
OVR
37
AUTH
50
CUL
52
CMP
Sheng Qi
26
OVR
37
AUTH
7
CUL
39
CMP
Dan Friedman
Printmaking
36
OVR
36
AUTH
36
CUL
43
CMP
Patty Chang
Installation
34
OVR
36
AUTH
30
CUL
43
CMP
Rafael Ferrer
Drawing
38
OVR
36
AUTH
40
CUL
43
CMP
Carmen Winant
Installation
34
OVR
36
AUTH
30
CUL
37
CMP
Shu Lea Cheang
Mixed Media
33
OVR
36
AUTH
27
CUL
47
CMP
Fazal Sheikh
Photography
31
OVR
36
AUTH
20
CUL
39
CMP
Monika Baer
Painting
25
OVR
36
AUTH
4
CUL
55
CMP
José Toirac
Painting
37
OVR
36
AUTH
40
CUL
41
CMP
John Lueders-Booth
Photography
33
OVR
36
AUTH
27
CUL
43
CMP
Mika Rottenberg
Painting
34
OVR
36
AUTH
30
CUL
46
CMP
David Ostrowski
Painting
28
OVR
35
AUTH
15
CUL
51
CMP
Torkwase Dyson
Mixed Media
32
OVR
35
AUTH
25
CUL
60
CMP
Daniel Boyd
Painting
32
OVR
35
AUTH
27
CUL
47
CMP
Jonathan Borofsky
Sculpture
33
OVR
35
AUTH
30
CUL
51
CMP
Kathy High
Mixed Media
34
OVR
35
AUTH
32
CUL
43
CMP
Malala Andrialavidrazana
Installation
34
OVR
35
AUTH
32
CUL
46
CMP
Ant Farm
Printmaking
35
OVR
35
AUTH
35
CUL
43
CMP
Jim Lee
Mixed Media
29
OVR
35
AUTH
17
CUL
56
CMP
Patricia Urquiola
Textile
31
OVR
35
AUTH
25
CUL
43
CMP
Phyllis Bramson
Printmaking
30
OVR
35
AUTH
20
CUL
43
CMP
Seymour Chwast
Painting
35
OVR
35
AUTH
35
CUL
47
CMP
Woody De Othello
Mixed Media
28
OVR
35
AUTH
15
CUL
45
CMP
Raha Raissnia
30
OVR
35
AUTH
20
CUL
43
CMP
Santiago Calatrava
Sculpture
30
OVR
35
AUTH
20
CUL
48
CMP
Teddy Cobeña
Sculpture
31
OVR
35
AUTH
25
CUL
49
CMP
Gert Tobias
33
OVR
35
AUTH
30
CUL
39
CMP
Pieter Vermeersch
Painting
31
OVR
35
AUTH
25
CUL
52
CMP
Preston Scott Cohen
36
OVR
34
AUTH
39
CUL
43
CMP
Allen Rawson Ruppersberg
Photography
30
OVR
34
AUTH
22
CUL
47
CMP
Don Gummer
Sculpture
26
OVR
34
AUTH
13
CUL
43
CMP
Kerstin Kartscher
Painting
30
OVR
34
AUTH
22
CUL
46
CMP
Laura Lima
Painting
31
OVR
34
AUTH
25
CUL
51
CMP
Leslie Martinez
Installation
26
OVR
34
AUTH
13
CUL
42
CMP
Sabelo Mlangeni
Photography
32
OVR
34
AUTH
30
CUL
48
CMP
Simon Patterson
Mixed Media
32
OVR
34
AUTH
30
CUL
43
CMP
Laurel Nakadate
30
OVR
34
AUTH
24
CUL
42
CMP
Zarina Bhimji
Mixed Media
23
OVR
33
AUTH
3
CUL
43
CMP
Sandi Fellman
Mixed Media
29
OVR
33
AUTH
20
CUL
43
CMP
Andrea Büttner
Sculpture
37
OVR
33
AUTH
44
CUL
55
CMP
Armando Andrade Tudela
Mixed Media
28
OVR
33
AUTH
20
CUL
35
CMP
Thomas Bayrle
Painting
30
OVR
33
AUTH
25
CUL
47
CMP
Elia Zenghelis
33
OVR
33
AUTH
33
CUL
37
CMP
Kandis Williams
Mixed Media
29
OVR
32
AUTH
22
CUL
39
CMP
Tracy Nakayama
Mixed Media
28
OVR
32
AUTH
20
CUL
39
CMP
Wong Ping
Mixed Media
26
OVR
32
AUTH
15
CUL
51
CMP
Jasper Conran
Fashion Design
23
OVR
32
AUTH
7
CUL
36
CMP
How Ranking Works
Overall Rank
Weighted blend of Authority (85%) and Cultural Presence (15%). The flagship ranking representing an artist's position in the WattsOS cultural graph.
Authority
Canonical record strength based on trusted sources, attribution confidence, institutional and representation links, graph relationships, and verified field coverage.
Cultural Presence
Depth of an artist's cultural footprint — exhibition history, movement associations, gallery representation tier, and published artwork coverage.
Completeness
How complete and claim-ready the record is across identity, biography, media, assets, and verification. Visible separately — does not affect overall rank.
7D / 30D Change
Rank change versus the most recent weekly or monthly snapshot. Positive means the artist moved up.
Cohort Tags
Blue Chip: high authority with institutional backing. Emerging: rising cultural presence with developing record. Derived from record signals, not self-reported.