John Armleder — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works128

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Previous Sales 70

Sotheby's

Untitled, 2008

Bought In

Aug 2025

Sotheby's

Nimble Fingers, 2021

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Epilobium Albiflorum, 2008

$35,000

Dec 2023

Sotheby's

Furniture Sculpture, 1992

CHF 55,000 ($79k USD)

Jun 2023

Sotheby's

Untitled, 1996

CHF 18,000 ($26k USD)

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Disobedient I & II (Diptyque), 2021

Christie's

Sotheby's

Pixie Wings, 2014, 2014

CHF 28,000 ($32k USD)

Dec 2021

Sotheby's

Untitled, Furniture Sculpture (FS249), 1990

£14,000 ($18k USD)

Nov 2021

Sotheby's

Geranium Sanguineum, 2012, 2012

CHF 65,000 ($93k USD)

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Artcurial

Artcurial

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Supernova

$3,810

May 2025

Artcurial

Sans titre - 1995, 1995

€21,000 ($23k USD)

Dec 2023

Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen

John Armleder – Ohne Titel

Phillips

Sotheby's

Colchicum speciosum, 2008

Phillips

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Market408 auction results

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$1.0K – $221K

54 of 70 paintings lots with prices

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$33.0K

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$23.4K

54 priced paintings lots

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Jun 2026 · $16.3K

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Paintings: $23.4K medianSculpture/objects: $18.5K medianWorks on paper: $4.2K medianBooks/portfolios: $2.2K medianUnclassified lots: $8.1K medianEditioned prints: $2.6K medianPosters/ephemera: $52.0K median

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Galleries2

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#18 David Kordansky Gallery

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Publications3

Exhibition Catalog 3

John Armleder Author

Rizzoli · 2020

Flashback Author

Hatje Cantz · 2006

Ahead of the 21st century Author

Hatje Cantz · 2003

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News8

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Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews

Art Basel has announced that 193 of its 232 main-sector exhibitors (83%) have signed on to a new initiative called Basel Exclusive, which requires par…

marketJun 2, 2026

John Armleder: Ripple: Furniture Sculpture and Painting after 1982

The article reviews John Armleder's exhibition "Ripple: Furniture Sculpture and Painting after 1982" at David Kordansky Gallery in New York, running f…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

What Will Art Basel’s No-Preview-Allowed ‘Basel Exclusive’ Initiative Offer?

Art Basel has announced the list of artists participating in its new "Basel Exclusive" initiative at its flagship Swiss fair, which opens to VIPs on J…

marketJun 2, 2026

Ripple: Furniture Sculpture and Painting after 1982

David Kordansky Gallery is presenting "Ripple: Furniture Sculpture and Painting after 1982," an exhibition of historic works by Swiss artist John Arml…

exhibitionsMay 7, 2026

In the Studio With 33 of the Hottest Art Stars on the Planet

Vanity Fair profiles 33 emerging art stars who have broken into the upper echelon of the art world within the last five years, despite a contracting a…

marketOct 21, 2025

kenny schachter art basel report

Kenny Schachter recounts his fraught journey from Newark to London for his curated Paul Thek exhibition at Thomas Dane Gallery and the 56th edition of…

newsJun 25, 2025

The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel 2025

Art Basel 2025 opened on June 17 with its VIP preview at Messeplatz in Basel, Switzerland, under intense heat. The 55th edition of the fair features 2…

marketJun 18, 2025