ARTICLE | What Sold at Frieze Seoul and The Armory Show 2024
September 9, 2024 - Maxwell Rabb for Artsy
What Sold at Frieze Seoul and The Armory Show 2024
Maxwell Rabb
September 9, 2024
The art world’s summer break is over. Last week, two major art fairs returned on opposite sides of the globe: The Armory Show at the Javits Center in New York (September 6th–8th) and Frieze Seoul at the COEX Center in Gangnam (September 5th–7th).
Both fairs are operated by Frieze, which launched its inaugural Seoul fair in 2022 and acquired The Armory Show last summer. This edition of The Armory Show—its 30th anniversary—marked its first under the full ownership of Frieze, as well as new director Kyla McMillan, who described the fair as taking place in an “exciting and transformative year for us.”
The fair takes place alongside several fairs in New York, including Independent 20th Century, VOLTA, and Art on Paper. In Seoul, Frieze takes place on the floor above the Korean International Art Fair (Kiaf) during a packed week of art world activity in the Korean capital.
Top sales at The Armory Show 2024
Kasmin led sales with Robert Motherwell’s Apse (1980–84), which sold for $825,000 on the fair’s VIP day. Other notable sales included:
- Walton Ford’s The Singer Tract (2023) for $750,000.
- Diana Al-Hadid’s In a Twist (2024) for $85,000.
- Ian Davenport’s acrylic work Fra Study No. 2 (2024) for $65,000.
- A Tina Barney print, High School Band (2017), for $22,000.
- Works by Sara Anstis, Jan-Ole Schiemann, and Emil Sands for prices between $16,000 and $35,000.
- Daniel Gordon’s Light Study (Grater and Knives) (2024) for $7,500.
Locks Gallery reported selling an oil painting by Pat Steir for $750,000. The gallery also placed two Hanne Friis textiles for $20,000 each.
Berry Campbell reported a string of sales, including:
- Lynne Drexler’s never-before-seen Autumn Twilight (1977) for $450,000.
- Yvonne Thomas’s Blue Green (1964) for $120,000.
- A painting by Janice Biala for $42,000.
- An acrylic work by Bernice Bing for $35,000.
- A sculpture by Dorothy Denher for $32,000.
- Nanette Carter’s Cantilevered #14 (2014) for $22,000.
Tang Contemporary Art reported several sales, including:
- A bronze casting by Ai Weiwei for $450,000, and one of the artist’s “Lego Brick” works for $140,000–$160,000.
- An oil painting by Jonas Burgert for $90,000.
- Two oil paintings by Zhu Jinshi for $80,000 each.A painting by Suntur for $22,000.
Ludorff sold works including:
- A book cover by Gerard Richter for $420,000.
- Two Alex Katz prints for $25,000 and $21,000, respectively.
- One of Andy Warhol’s “Liz” works for $88,000.
- A work by Joself Albers for $18,000.
- A work by Imi Knoebel for $18,000.
Other top sales from The Armory Show 2024 included:
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Victoria Miro—one of Artsy’s 10 best booths from the fair—reported selling five out of six editions of Isaac Julien’s Once Again… (Statues Never Die) (2022) for $350,000–$450,000. The gallery also sold several photos by the artist for prices between $40,000 and $80,000.
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Catharine Clark Gallery sold two major works by Masami Teraoka to a private foundation in Asia, including an “AIDS” series work, for $175,000. The gallery reported selling two historical works that debuted at the Whitney Museum of American Art for $150,000 each. Four additional works sold for prices between $8,500 and $125,000.A Lighthouse called Kanata sold 15 works, including Ayane Mikagi’s Garden (2024), a Japanese pigment on paper and mounted panel; Joseph Walsh’s ash, bronze, and patinated plate work; Satoru Ozaki’s hammered and polished stainless steel sculpture; and a work by Kentaro Sato for $50,000–$250,000.
- DAG—another one of Artsy’s best booths—sold Natvar Bhavsar’s PR-KRITEE (2012) for $225,000.
- Axel Vervoordt Gallery sold two works by Raimund Girke for €65,000 ($72,145) and $66,000 apiece.
Other notable sales at The Armory Show 2024
- Sam Moyer’s Compound Fern (2024) for $70,000.
- Jose Dávila’s archival pigment print Untitled (Cowboy) (2023) for $65,000.
- Ilse D'Hollander’s Untitled (1995) for $61,000.
- Hugo McCloud’s paintings, including Blessing of the Hands 1 and Untitled (both 2024), for $45,000 and $30,000, respectively.
Michael Kohn Gallery made a notable string of sales, including:
- Two paintings by Lita Albuquerque for $95,000 and $75,000, respectively.
- A painting by Nir Hod for $98,000.
- A painting by Alicia Adamerovich for $55,000.
- A painting by William Brickel for $10,000.
- A work on paper by Kate Barbee for $6,500.
- Two additional paintings by Hod for $28,000 and $26,000, respectively.
Eric Firestone Gallery’s sales included:
- A painting by Paul Waters for $100,000 and another for $50,000.
- Three monumental ceramic works by Cybele Rowe for $50,000 each.
- Three paintings by Huê Thi Hoffmaster for prices between $25,000 and $50,000 each.
KOTARO NUKAGA placed several works from its group presentation, including a mixed-media work by Tomokazu Matsuyama, which sold for $100,000. Other works sold included:
- Two Nir Hod paintings for $60,000 and $28,000, respectively.
- A Keita Morimoto painting for $21,000.
- A Tomona Matsukawa painting for $10,000.
- A work by Nanami Inoue for $3,000.
Southern Guild made several notable sales, including:
- A sculpture by Zizipho Poswa for $85,000.
- A work by Manyaku Mashilo for $60,000.
- Two works by Kamyar Bineshtarigh for $9,000 and $20,000, respectively.
- Five works by Mmangaliso Nzuza for prices between $8,000 and $11,000.
Jessica Silverman sold a diptych by Rupy C. Tut for $75,000 and a multi-panel work by Sadie Barnette for $70,000. Other sales included:
- Two large-scale oil paintings by Julie Buffalohead for $65,000 and $50,000, respectively.
- A glazed ceramic work by Woody De Othello for $30,000.
- A paper clay on wood work by Pae White for $25,000.
- Matters Principal (2024) by High Scott-Douglas for $18,000.
Other notable sales reported by galleries at The Armory Show 2024 included:
- Nature Morte sold a painting by Tanya Goel for $100,000–$120,000. A work by Theo Pinto sold for $15,000–$18,000. A laser etching on intumescent paint on MDF by Martand Khosla sold for $5,000–$8,000.
- Templon sold a painting and a sculpture by Chiharu Shiota for €120,000 ($132,500) and €100,000 ($110,400), respectively. The gallery placed a large painting by Alioune Diagne with a U.S. museum for €85,000 ($93,000). Multiple works on paper by Omar Ba sold for $18,000 each, while works by Jim Dine reported sold for prices between $50,000 and $150,000.
- Roberts Projects reported the sale of a painting by Daniel Crews-Chubb for $85,000, a Lenz Geerk painting for $75,000, a work by Collins Obijiaku for $20,000, and a work by Luke Agada for $16,000. Additionally, the gallery sold two works by Mia Middleton for $11,000 each and two works by Wendy Red Star for $8,000 each.
- Larkin Durey’s sales were led by an Aboudia work for $110,000. Additionally, the gallery sold Marc Padeu’s Les gardiens de la prairie (2024) for $70,000, and mixed-media works by Anders Sunna for $45,000 and $40,000 apiece.
- Harper’s sales included Marc Dennis’s Once Upon a Time (2024) for $60,000, Iria Leino’s Explosive Thunder (1970) for $40,000, and Sung Hwa Kim’s StillLife with Jar and New York Sour (2024) for $20,000.
- Nara Roesler reported the sale of a work by Vik Muniz for $65,000 and a work by Marco A. Castillo for $60,000. The gallery also sold an Elian Almeida painting for $22,000, a work by Thiago Barbalho for $20,000, and a work by Manoela Medeiros for $13,500.
More reported sales from The Armory Show:
- Blue Velvet reported selling eight works by Chryssa, for prices between $14,000 and $100,000.
- Anat Egbi sold works by seven artists in its booth for prices between $20,000 and $70,000.
- ACA Galleries—one of Artsy’s best booths—sold the majority of its works by Kandy G Lopez, which were priced between $35,000 and $45,000.
- Almine Rech reported the sales of two works by Sasha Ferré in the range of €35,000–€40,000 ($38,654–$44,176) apiece, and one work by Gwen O’Neil sold for $35,000–$40,000.
- Wooson Gallery sold a painting by artist Byung-So Choi for $44,000.
- Library Street Collective sold three works by Akea Brionne for $22,000–$36,000 apiece. The gallery also sold four works by Paul Verdell for $7,000–$9,500 each.
- Cob—one of Artsy’s best booths—sold seven oil paintings by Tomo Campbell, ranging in price from £17,500–£30,000 ($23,000–$39,500) each.
- The Hole sold half its presentation of works by Andy Dixon by the end of VIP day with prices in the range of $10,000–$32,000 each.
- rosenfeld sold a painting by Ruozhe Xue for $30,000.
- Edwynn Houk Gallery sold a Ron Norsworthy work for $28,000 and an Erwin Olaf print for $18,000.
- Richard Saltoun sold a work by Fathi Hassanfor $25,000, and “multiple” works on paper by Jan Wade for $2,500 each.
- Half Gallery sold 11 of its 15 works, including a work by Maud Madsen for $26,000.
- Galerie Ron Mandos sold five paintings by Katinka Lampe for prices ranging from $8,000–$26,000 apiece.
- Yancey Richardson Gallery sold prints by Zanele Muholi and Mickalene Thomas for $25,000 and $12,500, respectively.
- DIMIN sold three works by Michael Berryhill for prices ranging from $8,000–$24,000 apiece.
- El Apartamento sold a painting by Orestes Herna?ndez Palacios for $20,000.
- Saenger Galería sold three works by Scott Reeder for prices ranging from $12,000–$1,000 apiece.
- G Gallery sold two paintings by Choi Yoonhee for $8,000 and $2,500, respectively.
- Hollis Taggart sold a painting by Teruko Yokoi for $65,000; a pair of Dana James paintings for $40,000 and $18,000, respectively; a work by Hayoon Jay Lee for $24,000; and a Leatrice Rose painting for $12,000.
- WHATIFTHEWORLD sold four works by Chris Soal in the range of $16,000–$55,000 apiece. Two works were placed with U.S. institutions.
- Spinello Projects—another of Artsy’s best booths—sold out its solo presentation of Esaí Alfredo. The gallery placed works with the likes of the Hort Family Foundation, the Jasketa Foundation, and the Pérez Art Museum in Miami for prices in the range of $9,000–$35,000 apiece.
- Charles Moffett sold 15 paintings by Keiran Brennan Hinton for prices between $5,000 and $20,000.
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