This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hurun art list (2008-2018). Hurun Research Institute released the Hurun most successful Chinese artists live today 2018, which ranked the top 100 Chinese living 'national treasures' artists according to the total turnover of works in the public auction market in 2017. This year is the 11th consecutive year for Hurun Research Institute to release "Hurun art list", the data source of which is AMMA Yachang art market monitoring center.
The average turnover of 100 living artists rose 9% to 37.51 million yuan this year after two consecutive years of decline, but it is still 60% lower than the peak in 2012. The threshold for listing dropped 10% from last year to 5.18 million yuan, more than 70% lower than the peak three years ago. There are five artists with a total turnover of over 100 million, one more than last year. The total turnover of 28 people decreased, while that of 72 people increased, including 28 new people. For the first time, 12 new artists have been shortlisted in Hurun art list. The average age of the artists on the list is 66, two years older than last year and nine years older than ten years ago.
In 2008, we created the first art list. In the past ten years, the wealth of entrepreneurs on our rich list has increased more than five times, reaching the highest level in history. However, the turnover of artists on the art list has not increased compared with that ten years ago. '
Three of China's top ten living national treasure artists have entered the top ten, including two oil painters and one national painter. The top 10 rose by an average of 130%. The average age of the top ten is 64, 2 years younger than the total, and 1 year younger than the average age of the top ten last year. Six of the top ten painters. Eight of the top ten now live in Beijing and two in Sichuan.
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