Invitation to Consign
artnet Auctions is seeking works by established, sought-after artists to include in both our 24/7 listings and our curated, themed auctions. We welcome consignments across media categories, including paintings, prints, works on paper, photographs, and sculpture.
With over 10 million pageviews a month, artnet has more traffic, more artists, more artworks, and a wider global reach than any other art website. By becoming a seller on artnet Auctions, your artworks will be accessible to millions of monthly visitors and our registered bidders. We provide targeted outreach to new and seasoned collectors, along with low consignment fees, and quicker turnaround than traditional auction houses.
Why sell with artnet Auctions?
Accessible: Our auctions are 24/7, allowing buyers to bid anytime, from anywhere, in just a few clicks
Convenient: Artworks remain with you until they sell
Cost-Effective: Fees are lower and turnaround is quicker than with traditional auction houses
Focused: Our targeted outreach is based on each user’s specific interests, and reaches thousands of collectors worldwide
Knowledgeable: Works are evaluated and catalogued by our team of specialists, with wide-ranging experience and expertise in Modern and Contemporary art
Experienced: As the first online fine art auctions platform, artnet Auctions has years of experience in this unique selling environment
Big Shots
April 18–27
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled, (Pregnant Woman, Pool), 1999
Sold for 40,250 USD on artnet Auctions
Beginning on April 18, artnet Auctions will present Big Shots, a sale of impressive largescale photographs. Large prints have become increasingly popular among collectors for their inherent impact and powerful presence. These works make a statement and command our attention in ways that smaller or average-sized prints cannot. For this sale, we are seeking immersive works by a variety of well-known contemporary artists, including Cindy Sherman, Massimo Vitali, Vik Muniz, Alex Prager, David LaChapelle, Candida Höfer, Steve McCurry, Elger Esser, Nick Brandt, Thomas Ruff, Sebastião Salgado, Andreas Gursky, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Edward Burtynsky, Marilyn Minter, Thomas Struth, Gregory Crewdson, Andres Serrano, Sandy Skoglund, and more.
The deadline to consign is Wednesday, April 13.
Spring Steals
April 18–27
James Rosenquist
Highway Trust, 1978
Sold for 4,200 USD on June 30, 2015
We’re celebrating the arrival of spring with a sale of desirable works at affordable prices by some of today’s most sought-after artists. Our Spring Steals sale will be an exciting opportunity for art world new-comers to begin building their collections, and for seasoned collectors seeking important works that won’t break the bank. For this sale we are seeking works in a variety of media by established artists, including Andy Warhol, Mr. Brainwash, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Massimo Vitali, Takashi Murakami, James Rosenquist, Gregory Crewdson, Shepard Fairey, Vik Muniz, Annie Leibovitz, Ed Ruscha, Gerhard Richter, Stephen Powers, and John Baldessari, among others.
The deadline to consign is Wednesday, April 13.
Andy’s A-List: Warhol Photographs
April 25–May 4
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, 1982
Est. 12,000–16,000 USD
We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to collect photographs by Pop Art icon Andy Warhol. Warhol’s photographic diary spanned a variety of subjects—ranging from everyday objects to landscapes—but his best-known shots remain those that showcase his star-studded social scene. Andy’s A-List: Warhol Photographs will feature 30 photographs of the artist’s inner circle of celebrity friends, including Yoko Ono, David Hockney, Jane Fonda, Grace Jones, Mick and Bianca Jagger, Truman Capote, Bette Midler, John Travolta, and Karl Lagerfeld, to name a few.
Click here for a preview of this sale.
Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art
April 26–May 5
Hadieh Shafie
27989, 2009
Sold for 48,000 USD on May 18, 2015
We are pleased to announce our upcoming Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art auction. This exciting sale will offer a selection of exceptional works by important and established Middle Eastern artists. We are currently seeking a variety of Middle Eastern and Islamic art by sought-after artists, including Hadieh Shafie, Shirin Neshat, Lalla Essaydi, Ghada Amer, Youssef Nabil, Dia Al-Azzawi, Farhad Moshiri, Afshin Pirhashemi, Reza Derakshani, Rashid Rana, Chafic Abboud, Hayv Kahraman, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Mohammad Ehsai, Parviz Tanavoli, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, and Saliba Douaihy.
The deadline to consign is Thursday, April 21.
Post-War & Contemporary Art
May 2–11
Ed Ruscha
1984, 1967
Sold for 37,200 USD on March 17, 2016
We are now accepting consignments for our Post-War & Contemporary Art auction, a survey of important works from 1945 to the present by well-known and highly sought-after artists. For this major sale we are seeking works in a variety of media by Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alex Katz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Francis Bacon, Frank Stella, Cindy Sherman, Robert Motherwell, Chuck Close, George Condo, Ellsworth Kelly, Ed Ruscha, Sherrie Levine, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning, Louise Bourgeois, Peter Beard, David Hockney, Sol LeWitt, Christopher Wool, and Richard Prince, among others.
The deadline to consign is Wednesday, April 27.
Signature Works
May 3–12
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, 1932
Sold for 19,200 USD on artnet Auctions
Diane Arbus’ Identical Twins, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Rue Mouffetard, Sally Mann’s Candy Cigarette, Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl: when we see these images, many of us know immediately who was behind the lens. Beginning on May 3, Signature Works will offer iconic images that typify the careers of their makers. We are seeking these works, as well as other famous images by well-known photographers such as Ansel Adams, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Steve McCurry, Robert Mapplethorpe, Massimo Vitali, Ormond Gigli, Annie Leibovitz, Nan Goldin, Sebastião Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark, Horst P. Horst, Stephen Shore, Terry O’Neill, Helmut Newton, and more.
The deadline to consign is Thursday, April 28.
Postmodern Prints
May 10–19
Francis Bacon
Figure Writing Reflected in a Mirror, 1977
Sold for 18,600 USD on January 20, 2016
Postmodern Prints will offer works that react to and reject trends in modern art by artists whose contrarian and idiosyncratic styles define and embody postmodernism. For this sale, we are seeking stellar editioned works by Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Robert Rauschenberg, John Baldessari, Christo, Marcel Broodthaers, David Hockney, Robert Longo, Damien Hirst, and Sol LeWitt, Peter Doig, and Ed Ruscha, among others.
The deadline to consign is Thursday, May 5.
