Liu Wei — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works132

Museum Acquisitions

SFMOMA

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hammer Museum

LACMA

Pompidou

Punta della Dogana

Palazzo Grassi

Astrup Fearnley Museet

Previous Sales 107

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Landscape no.1, 2004

CN¥1,890,000 ($263k USD)

Sep 2023

Christie's

Outdoor No. 4, 2018

Bought In

Nov 2022

Sotheby's

Liu Wei 劉韡 | Liberation No. 10 解放10號

Unknown

Oct 2022

Sotheby's

Liu Wei 劉煒 | Apple 蘋果

Unknown

Oct 2022

Christie's

Landscape, 2005

HK$2,898,000 ($371k USD)

May 2022

Christie's

Revolutionary Family, 1998

Bought In

May 2022

Christie's

Who Am I, 1999

HK$4,125,000 ($528k USD)

Dec 2021

Christie's

Pink Lily, 2004

HK$625,000 ($80k USD)

Dec 2021

Christie's

Businessman, 2000

HK$3,250,000 ($416k USD)

May 2021

Christie's

Purple Air S, 2010

HK$5,250,000 ($672k USD)

May 2021

Christie's

Purple Air D1, 2008

HK$4,445,000 ($569k USD)

Jul 2020

Christie's

East, 2020

HK$1,375,000 ($176k USD)

Jul 2020

Christie's

Purple Air III No. 4, 2006

HK$2,750,000 ($352k USD)

Nov 2019

Christie's

Groundswell, 2009

HK$1,062,500 ($136k USD)

Christie's

Christie's

You Like Me, Why Not Series No.15, 1996

HK$875,000 ($112k USD)

May 2018

Christie's

Viewing Fish, 1991

HK$225,000 ($29k USD)

Mar 2018

Christie's

Landscape Series, 2004

HK$187,500 ($24k USD)

Nov 2017

Christie's

PURPLE AIR 1-15, 2006

HK$812,500 ($104k USD)

May 2017

Christie's

PURPLE AIR III NO. 2

HK$3,660,000 ($468k USD)

Nov 2016

Christie's

Landscape, 2016

CN¥384,000 ($53k USD)

Oct 2016

Christie's

Bathing Beauty III, 1994

HK$16,840,000 ($2.2M USD)

May 2016

Christie's

Purple Air 1-1; Purple Air 1-2; Purple Air 1-3

HK$4,840,000 ($620k USD)

May 2016

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Market287 auction results

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$7.6K – $5.0M

93 of 103 paintings lots with prices

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$750K

Object-type specific

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$263K

93 priced paintings lots

calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale

Sep 2025 · $166K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $263K medianWorks on paper: $33.2K medianPhotographs: $11.2K medianSculpture/objects: $16.1K medianBooks/portfolios: $144K medianPosters/ephemera: $2.3M medianUnclassified lots: $48.5K median

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Sotheby'sChina GuardianChristie'sPhillips

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Galleries4

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Publications1

Monograph 1

Liu Wei

Hatje Cantz · 2027

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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Upcoming1

Cloisters Museum and Gardens

The Genesis Facade Commission: Liu Wei

Liu Wei

99 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY 10040, USA

Sep 17, 2026 — Dec 16, 2026

Details Website

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Recent News7

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