Established Contemporary Icons

“If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night,” artist Elizabeth Peyton has said. “Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece.” It can take decades for a contemporary artist to be considered established, rising in prominence from local emerging talent to internationally recognized fixture of the art world. Below, discover available works from today’s leading artists, all of whom have cemented their places in art history through breakthrough solo exhibitions in museums around the world.