What Sold at Art Basel 2025: Complete List of Top Sales and Galleries

Each June, the international art world converges on Basel, where heritage houses and contemporary tastemakers unveil their most compelling offerings to a discerning global audience. The top art sales at Art Basel 2025 reflected not only deep market confidence but also a curatorial sharpness that defined this year’s edition. From museum-caliber masterworks to bold contemporary statements, the fair’s blue-chip highlights offered a rare glimpse into the evolving narrative of global collecting.

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David Zwirner

• Ruth Asawa sculpture for $9.5 million
• A Gerhard Richter painting for $6.8 million.
• Two new paintings by Dana Schutz for $1.2 million and $850,000 each.
• A diptych by On Kawara for $1.3 million.
• A painting by Michaël Borremans for $850,000.
• A painting by Chris Ofili for $700,000.
• A painting by Njideka Akunyili Crosby for $700,000.
• A painting by Bridget Riley for £500,000 ($671,882)
• Two sculptures by Huma Bhabha for $550,000 and $450,000, respectively.
• A painting by Neo Rauch for €420,000 ($482,761).
• A sculpture by Andra Ursuta for $400,000.
• Two paintings by Lisa Yuskavage for $350,000 and $300,000, respectively.
• A sculpture by Sherrie Levine for $300,000.
• Two paintings by Lucas Arruda each for $250,000.
• A photograph by William Eggleston for $225,000.
• A painting by Emma McIntyre for $120,000.
• Works by Walter Price, Shio Kusaka, and Elizabeth Peytonalso sold for five-figure sums.

Thaddaeus Ropac

• Baselitz’s Bundel (2015) for €2 million ($2.3 million), Hier jetzt hell, dort dunkel dunkel (2012) for €1.8 million ($2.07 million), Einer schwimmt noch (2023) for €1.2 million ($1.38 million), and Geteilter Held (Divided Hero) (1966) for €190,000 ($218,392).
• James Rosenquist’s Playmate (1966) for $1.8 million.
• Robert Rauschenberg’s Lipstick (Spread) (1981) for $1.5 million.
• Alex Katz’s Claire McCardell 9 (2022) for $800,000.
• Emilio Vedova’s immagine del tempo‘57-3, T (1957) for €650,000 ($747,130).
• Antony Gormley’s DEEM (2024) for £500,000 ($671,882).
• Sean Scully’s Landline Green Blue (2024) for $500,000.
• Martha Jungwirth’s Untitled (2024) for €360,000 ($413,795), Untitled (2024) for €320,000. ($367,818), and Untitled (2025) for €260,000 ($298,852).
• Miquel Barceló’s Cuatro Nubes (2025) for for €300,000 ($344,829) and Sin Titulo (2024) for €275,000 ($316,093).
• Joan Snyder’s Even in a Dark Field (2025) for $225,000.
• Louise Bourgeois’s Sans titre (Untitled) (1968) for €190,000 ($218,392).
• Hans Josephsohn’s Untitled (Verena) (1985) for CHF125,000 ($152,915).
• Joseph Beuys’s Untitled (1954) for €125,000 ($143,678).
• Ali Banisadr’s Animus (2025) for $120,000.
• Additional works by Katz, Eva Helene Pade, Robert Longo, Andy Warhol, Josephsohn, Zadie Xa, Raqib Shaw, Oliver Beer, and Snyder also sold for five-figure sums.

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Hauser & Wirth

• Mark Bradford’s Ain’t Got Time To Worry (2025) $3.5 million
• Sin and Love and Fear (2025) for $3.5 million
• George Condo’s Streets of New York (2025) and The Insanity of the Devil (2025) for $2.45 million a piece.
• Jack Whitten’s Kritiko Spiti (1974–75) for $2 million.
• Frank Bowling’s Iceni (1975) for $1.85 million.
• Zeng Fanzhi’s Water IX (2019–23) for $1.6 million.
• Louise Bourgeois’s Couple (2002) for $1 million.
• Rashid Johnson’s Quiet Painting “Spectrum” (2025) for $1 million.
• Alina Szapocznikow’s Lampe-bouche (Illuminated Lips) (c. 1966) for €850,000 ($977,017).
• Henry Taylor’s Untitled (2023) for $900,000.
• Avery Singer’s Key Opinion Leader (2025) for $800,000 and Poker TV (v.3) (2024) for $475,000.
• Pat Steir’s Life Story (2024–25)for $695,000.
• A work by Nairy Baghramian for €575,000 ($660,923).
• Flora Yukhnovich’s Tarantella (2025) for $575,000.
• Nicolas Party’s Landscape (2025) for $565,000.
• William Kentridge’s Pour (2022) for $500,000.
• Fausto Melotti’s Tema e Variazioni VII (Theme and Variations VII) (1974) for €400,000 ($459,772).
• Lorna Simpson’s In (too) deep (2025) for $400,000.
• Piero Manzoni’s Merda d’artista n. 68 (Artist’s Shit No. 68) (1961) for €375,000 ($431,036).
• Jeffrey Gibson’s How ever do you need me (2025) for $365,000.
• Firelei Báez’s Song becomes medicine (2025)for $325,000.
• Lee Bul’s Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable—Velvet #23) (2022) for $300,000.
• Angel Otero’s Take Me Home (2025) for $285,000.
• María Berrío’s Clotho (2025) for $250,000.
• George Rouy’s Third Man (2025) for £225,000 ($301,865).
• Pipilotti Rist’s Fabia isst aus der Pfanne (Fabia eats from the pan) (2025) for $220,000.
• Works by Johnson, Allison Katz, and Cathy Josefowitz also each sold for prices in the range of $120,000–$200,000 apiece.

White Cube

• Georg Baselitz’s Oh ho, siamo ritornati, am deutschen Wesen, Weltgenesungsbild (2023) for €2.2 million ($2.5 million)
• Three works by Cai Guo-Qiang for $1.2 million, $700,000, and $700,000.
• Tracey Emin’s We do not Sleep (2024) for £900,000 ($1.2 million) and Coming Down From Love (2024) for £375,000 ($503,911).
• Lynne Drexler’s Hovering Sentinals [sic] (1963) for $975,000.
• Sam Gilliam’s Mattress (1972) for $975,000.
• Antony Gormley’s CLAMP VII (2019) for £500,000 ($671,882).
• Julie Mehretu’s Untitled (2000) for $450,000.
• Isamu Noguchi’s Pigeon, 1988 (2024) for $325,000.
• Danh Vō’s In God We Trust (2025) for €250,000 ($287,357).
• Lygia Pape’s Desenho (Drawing) (1960) for $240,000.
• Mona Hatoum’s Hair Mesh (2013) for £155,000 ($208,283).
• Harland Miller’s Vex (2022) for £175,000 ($234,789).
• Marina Rheingantz’s Ladybird (2025) for $170,000.
• Alia Ahmad’s Drifter 2 (2025) for $125,000.
• Ibrahim Mahama’s Kumwensia (2023–24) for €100,000 ($114,943).
• TARWUK’s MRTISKLAAH_A.A_elbuoD_sti_dna_retaehT_ehT (2024) for $100,000.

Xavier Hufkens

• Tracey Emin’s Hunter (2025) for £1 million ($1.3 million)
• Alice Neel’s Pink Table (1956) for $1 million.
• Sterling Ruby’s SP279 (2014) for $600,000.
• Danh Vō’s Untitled (2023) for €350,000 ($401,287).
• Charline von Heyl’s Menelaos (2024) for $350,000.
• Qiu Xiaofei’s Night on Bald Mountain (2025) for $350,000.
• Lesley Vance’s Untitled (2025) for $220,000.
• Cecilia Vicuña’s Dar ver Cacaxtla (2023) for $185,000.
• Mark Manders’s Bonewhite Clay Head with Vertical Cloud (2025) for €110,000 ($126,118) and Bronze Head (2025) for €110,000 ($126,118).
• Three editions of Thomas Houseago’s Big Eye (2025) for $110,000 each.
• A painting by Ulala Imai for $100,000 and two works on canvas by Tatiana Trouvé for €85,000 ($97,455) each.

Karma

• Matthew Wong’s The Smoke (2017) for $1.2 million
• Manoucher Yektai’s Untitled (1975) for $400,000.
• Andrew Cranston’s A Sicilian snake (2025) for $250,000.
• Peter Bradley’s Blue Moon (2022) for $175,000.
• Jonas Wood’s Bonsai in Square Orange Pot (2025) for $175,000 and Bonsai with SK grid Pot #3 (2025) for $55,000.
• Norman Zammitt’s One (1973) for $100,000.
• Works by Woody De Othello, Randy Wray, Marley Freeman, Jane Dickson, and Dike Blair also sold for five-figure sums.

Mennour

• Joan Mitchell’s Untitled (ca. 1965) for €950,000 ($1.89 million)
• Lee Ufan’s Response (2025) for $900,000.
• Alexander Calder’s Untitled (Maquette for Eppur si Muove) (1965) for a price in the range of €600,000–€700,000 ($687,921–$802,574).
• Adam Pendleton’s Black Dada (A/A) (2024) for $425,000.
• Sidival Fila’s Metafora Avorio 12 (2025) for a price in the range of €140,000–€160,000 ($160,514–$183,445).
• Ryan Gander’s I be… (lxxiv) (2025) sold for a price in the range of £100,000 to £120,000 ($133,823–$160,587).
• Idris Khan’s After the reflection IX (a) (2025) sold for a price in the range of £30,000 to £40,000 ($40,146–$53,529).

Kukje Gallery

• Lee Ufan’s Dialogue (2021), which sold for a price in the range of $900,000–$1.08 million
• Elmgreen & Dragset’s Boy with Drone (Black Bronze) (2025) for a price in the range of €230,000–€276,000 ($263,703–$315,297).
• Ha Chong-Hyun’s Post-Conjunction 21-510 (2021) for a price in the range of $253,000–$303,600, Post-Conjunction 21-509 (2021) for $253,000–303,600, Conjunction 24-58 (2024) for $250,000–$300,000, and Post-Conjunction 09-364 (2009) for $176,000–$211,200.
• Jenny Holzer’s What’s This (2024) for $185,000–$222,000.
• Kibong Rhee’s Illusion Code from Zero (2025) for $100,000–$120,000.
• Kim Yun Shin’s Add Two Add One, Divide Two Divide One 1998-633 (1998) for $85,000–102,000.
• Works by Lee Seung-Jio, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Julian Opie, Chong-Hyun, Jae-Eun Choi, Kyungah Ham, Sungsic Moon, Koo Bohnchang, Yun Shin, SUPERFLEX, and Jean-Michel Othoniel also sold for five-figure sums.

David Kordansky Gallery

• Jonas Wood’s Akio Takamori Shelf (2025) for $975,000
• Wood’s Shio Shelf (2025) for $900,000.
• Rashid Johnson’s Broken Soul “Flight Risk” (2025) for $750,000.
• Shara Hughes’s Protection Reflection (2024) for $450,000–500,000.
• Jennifer Guidi’s When Twilight Whispered to the Wild (2025) for $400,000.
• Mary Weatherford’s Scandinavian (2024) for $300,000.
• Lucy Bull’s *11:57* (2025) for $200,000–$250,000.
• Hilary Pecis’s Paloma’s Living Room (2025) for $225,000.
• Sayre Gomez’s Buzz Gets a Makeover (2025) for $185,000.
• Lesley Vance’s Untitled (2025) for $180,000.
• Odili Donald Odita’s Mid-Day (2025) for $110,000.
• Works by Mai-Thu Perret, Maia Cruz Palileo, Tristan Unrau, Tom of Finland, Matthew Brannon, Ricky Swallow, and Sam McKinniss also sold for five-figure sums.

Sprüth Magers

• Rosemarie Trockel’s Golden Brown (2005) for €850,000 ($974,554)
• Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (WAR TIME, WAR CRIME) (2025) for $650,000.
• Sterling Ruby’s HORIZON. Shortness of Breath. (2025) for $350,000.
• Kara Walker’s Ascent of the Sybarite Women (2024) for $325,000.
• Salvo’s L’Etna visto da Taormina (1992) for $300,000.
• Kaari Upson’s Infinite Return (2017) for $250,000.
• Trockel’s A Day in Bed (2018) for €250,000 ($286,633).
• Anne Imhof’s Poppy Runner If (2025) for €220,000 ($252,237).
• Peter Fischli and David Weiss’s Plant (1987) for €160,000 ($183,445).
• Arthur Jafa’s Black Man (2025) for €150,000 ($171,980).

Pace Gallery

• Agnes Martin’s Untitled #5 (2002) for “over” $4 million
• Lee Ufan’s Response (2025) for $900,000
• Louise Nevelson’s Night Image 1 (1964) for $850,000.
• Emily Kam Kngwarrey’s Anooralya – Yam Story (1994) for $450,000.
• Elmgreen & Dragset’s The Visitor (2025) for $300,000.
• Loie Hollowell’s Pressure in blue-purple (2025) for $275,000.
• Nigel Cooke’s Minerva (2025) for $250,000.
• Adam Pendleton’s Black Dada (A/A) (2025) for $165,000.
• Arlene Shechet’s Fictional First Person (2025) for $150,000.
• Friedrich Kunath’s We See Things They’ll Never See (2025) for $35,000.
• Alicja Kwade’s SunderState V (2025) for $125,000.
• Kylie Manning’s Jetty (2025) for $115,000.
• Works by Pam Evelyn, Lauren Quin, and Li Hei Di also sold for five-figure sums.

Lisson Gallery

• Anish Kapoor’s Clear to Oriental Blue (2024) for £700,000 ($936,761)
• Lee Ufan’s Response (2025) for $850,000 and Untitled (2016) for $150,000.
• Kapoor’s Pink Long Fade (2025 for £600,000 ($802,938).
• Carmen Herrera’s Untitled (1948) for $800,000.
• Yu Hong’s Surge #427 (2025) for $220,000.
• Otobong Nkanga’s Cadence – Teardrop (2025) for €210,000 ($240,772).
• Dalton Paula’s Xica Manicongo (2025) for $200,000 and Aqualtune (2025) for $200,000.
• Ufan’s Untitled (2016)for $150,000.
• Tunga’s Untitled (Steel Pod Series) (2013) for $120,000.
• Leiko Ikemura’s Bird Column (2011) for €95,000 ($108,920).
• Pedro Reyes’s Yollotl (2025) for $100,000.
• Works by Kelly Akashi, Van Hanos, and Laure Prouvost also sold for five-figure sums, and Olga de Amaral’s Lienzos C y D (2015) sold for an undisclosed amount.

Almine Rech

• Ewa Juszkiewicz for a price in the range of $500,000 to $600,000
• A painting by Serge Poliakoff for a price in the range of €400,000 to €450,000 ($458,614–$515,940).
• A painting by Huang Yuxing for a price in the range of $450,000 to $500,000.
• A painting by Javier Calleja for a price in the range of €350,000 to €400,000 ($401,287–$458,614).
• A painting by Kim Tschang-Yeul for a price in the range of €250,000 to €300,000 ($286,633–$343,960).
• A painting by Mehdi Ghadyanloo for a price in the range of €130,000 to €150,000 ($149,049–$171,980).
• Two paintings by Christopher Le Brun each for a price in the range of £110,000 to £120,000 (147,205–$160,587).
• Works by Emily Mason, Dustin Yellin, Vivian Springford, Oliver Beer, Zio Ziegler, and Taryn Simon also sold for five-figure sums.

Massimodecarlo

• Jennifer Guidi’s Whispers of Life Beneath the Snow (2024–25) for a price in the range of $400,000–$500,000
• Maurizio Cattelan’s BACK (2025) for a price in the range of €200,000– €300,000 ($229,307–$343,960).
• Alighiero Boetti’s Le infinite possibilità di esistere (1990) for a price in the range of €150,000– €200,000 ($171,980–$229,307).
• Sanford Biggers’s Slight Refrain (2024) for a price in the range of $150,000–$200,000.
• Jenna Gribbon’s M naked in Georgia (2025) for a price in the range of $150,000–$200,000.
• Mimmo Paladino’s APOCALISSE (2024) for a price in the range of €100,000–€150,000 ($114,653–$171,980).
• Cattelan’s EMPIRE (2025) for a price in the range of €100,000– €200,000 ($114,653–$229,307).
• Kaari Upson’s Kate’s Shirt (2013) for a price in the range of $100,000–$150,000.
• Works by France-Lise McGurn, Shannon Cartier, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Ludovic Nkoth, Xiyao Wang, and Paola Pivi also sold for five-figure sums.

Perrotin

• Takashi Murakami’s Untitled (2022-25) for $550,000
• Hernan Bas’s The Overachiever #2 (2025) for $400,000.
• Daniel Arsham’s The Wandering (2025) for $50,000 and Stairs in the Labyrinth (2025) for $65,000.
• Laurent Grasso’s Ciel d’argent (2025) for a price in the range of €100,000 to €150,000 ($114,653–$171,980).
• Mr.’s Untitled (2025) for $120,000.
• The gallery also sold works by Danielle Orchard, Lynn Chadwick, Nancy Graves, Nina Chanel Abney, Gregor Hildebrandt, Klara Kristalova, and Pieter Vermeersch for five-figure sums.

Galerie Lelong & Co

• Pierre Alechinsky’s En lecture (1971–2001) for €380,000 ($435,683)
• Jaume Plensa’s Thief of Words VII (2024) for €375,000 ($429,950), and two other works by Plensa for €110,000 ($126,118) and €95,000 ($108,920) apiece.
• Fabienne Verdier’s Montagne Sainte-Victoire, sous une brume hivernale (2024) for €240,000 ($275,168) and Vide Vibration (2017) for €220,000 ($252,237).
• Works by Sarah Grilo and Barthélémy Toguo also sold for five-figure sums.

Templon

•  A work by Martin Barré sold for €300,000 ($343,960)
• A work by Anthony Caro for €200,000 ($229,307).
• A work by François Rouan for €165,000 ($189,178).
• Two works by Chiharu Shiota each sold for €130,000 ($149,049).
• A work by Chiharu Shiota for €120,000 ($137,584).
• A work by Gérard Garouste for €120,000 ($137,584).
• A work by Omar Ba for €110,000 ($126,118).
• “Several” works by Kehinde Wiley each sold for a price in a range of $85,000 to $125,000
• Two sculptures by Hans Op de Beeck each sold for a price in the range of €75,000 to €80,000.

Sean Kelly Gallery

• Hugo McCloud’s for a moment (2025) for $200,000
• Mariko Mori’s Oshito Stone I (2025) for $200,000.
• Shahzia Sikander’s The Hour Glass (2025) for $175,000.
• Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Jouifsoif Esther Itoremikesi (2024) for $150,000, Portrait of Onaduja Debola (2024) for $125,000, and Portrait of Garuba Lucky If (2024) for $125,000.
• Works by Laurent Grasso, Julian Charrière, Callum Innes, Lindsay Adams, and Marina Abramović also sold for five-figure sums.

More than a mere commercial success, this year’s edition underscored the enduring power of art to transcend economy, region, and time. The top art sales at Art Basel 2025—spanning Gerhard Richter to Rashid Johnson—highlighted a market driven by both legacy and innovation. As the curtain falls on Basel 2025, one thing is clear: the appetite for exceptional art remains unshaken, and the world’s top collectors continue to invest in works that challenge, captivate, and endure.