Anthony Cudahy
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Market position
Research updated
Auction record
ARTIST AUCTION RECORD (corrects partial Egon DB high of 22,860 USD); hammered roughly 3-4x high estimate at the 2022 emerging-market peak.
Auction highlights
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| Work | Result | Venue and date |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Hujar i | $12,065 | Christies, June 2026 |
| The Women (2011, gouache/pencil on paper) | $500 | Bonhams, March 2026 |
| Gridded Wall / Apocalypse Tree | $889 | Phillips, January 2026 |
3 further auction entries on record for Anthony Cudahy — inside Egon.
Pricing
Context
Artist maintains strong primary market presence through three major galleries. Secondary market limited, indicating gallery retention strategy typical of rising contemporary artists.
Auction history
Period 2022 2024
- Note
- Limited secondary market - artist primarily gallery-controlled
- Range
- £8,000-£12,000 GBP ($10,000-$15,000 USD estimated)
- Current estimate
- Contact GRIMM, Hales, or Semiose for current primary-market pricing; major shows frequently sell out.
Pricing structure
- Note
- Primary-market gallery pricing remains controlled.
- Works on paper
- 2,000-15,000 USD
- Paintings large
- Estimated 40,000-90,000 USD+ (museum/foundation acquisition tier)
- Prints editions
- 2,000-5,000 USD
- Paintings medium
- Estimated 15,000-40,000 USD
- Secondary market context
- Record 88,200 USD (2022); current realistic painting band at auction ~9,000-23,000 USD; works on paper 500-2,000 USD.
Liquidity
Assessment
Limited-to-moderate. ~7 lots in 2025+ partial DB with 86% sell-through; ~29 lifetime lots tracked. Predominantly gallery-controlled with a thin but active secondary market at Phillips.
- Sell through
- High (~86% in 2025+ tracked sales) but low absolute volume.
- Annual volume
- Roughly 5-12 lots/year, mostly works on paper plus occasional paintings.
Collector base
Growing institutional and private interest; documented private holdings include The Hort Family Collection (New York) and The David and Indre Roberts Collection (London); strong LGBTQ+ collector base; spread across US, Netherlands, France, UK, and now Canada.
Auction history
Trend
Post-2022 normalization. After the 2022 speculative peak (88,200 USD), recent painting results cluster in the 9,000-23,000 USD range with works on paper at 500-900 USD; mixed sold-vs-estimate outcomes indicate froth has receded toward sustainable gallery-anchored levels.
Record
- Date
- May 19, 2022
- Note
- ARTIST AUCTION RECORD (corrects partial Egon DB high of 22,860 USD); hammered roughly 3-4x high estimate at the 2022 emerging-market peak.
- Work
- the gate
- Venue
- Phillips New York, 20th Century and Contemporary Art Day Sale
- Estimate
- 20,000-30,000 USD
- Price USD
- $88,200
- Venues
- Phillips (primary secondary venue), Christies, Bonhams, Sothebys, regional houses.
Market dynamics
- Liquidity
- Limited - primarily gallery-controlled with emerging secondary market
- Collector base
- Growing institutional and private collector interest; strong LGBTQ+ collector base
- Market trajectory
- Accelerating - museum acquisitions increasing 2022-2025, major monograph 2024, expanding gallery representation
- Geographic distribution
- United States (primary), Europe (growing), particularly Netherlands, France, UK
Recent activity
- February 28, 2025: Touch and demon, 2020
- December 4, 2024: Howling, 2021
- December 4, 2024: Bluenose, 2019
- December 4, 2024: Night landscape, 2021
- October 11, 2024: Mutation, 2021
- October 10, 2024: Dress, 2021
- May 15, 2024: Bright (Raised Arm), 2021
- March 12, 2024: Espalier, 2021
- March 7, 2024: waiting, 2020
- Sell through rate
- 33.3%
- Total lots 36 months
- 55
Investment indicators
- Monograph
- Phaidon 2024 - significant validation
- Gallery tier
- Tier 2 galleries with strong international presence
- Fair presence
- Art Basel, Frieze, Armory Show
- Media coverage
- Extensive - NYT, Artforum, Frieze, Brooklyn Rail, Bomb Magazine, Interview
- Institutional buying
- Strong - 15+ major museum acquisitions 2022-2024
- Total sale value 36 months
- $5M (aggregate across all lots per Artsy data)
Market position
Emerging-to-mid-career contemporary figurative painter; strong institutional validation outpacing a deliberately restrained secondary market = undervalued fundamentals profile.
Investment outlook
Positive/accelerating on fundamentals: 2026 Esker Foundation (Calgary) solo, continued museum acquisitions (Portland Museum of Art 2024-25), Phaidon monograph, three-continent gallery support. Secondary pricing has normalized from the 2022 peak, suggesting disciplined long-term value over momentum-driven flipping.
Institutional presence
Research updated
- Monograph
- Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret (Phaidon, 2024)
Exhibitions
Major group shows
- ICA Miami group exhibitions
- FLAG Art Foundation exhibitions
- Multiple international gallery group shows
Solo museum shows
Spinneret
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Ogunquit Museum of American Art, ME
- Traveled to
- Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
- Significance
- First major US museum solo exhibition with Phaidon monograph
Conversation
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, France
- Significance
- First solo institutional show in Europe
Like Night Needs Morning
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- CAP Centre d'art de Saint-Fons, France
Museum collections
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
- Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
- Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, CA
- Dallas Museum of Art, TX
- Kunstmuseum, The Hague, Netherlands
- Musée d'art Moderne de Paris, France
- New York Historical Society, NY
- Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam
- Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
- Les Arts au Mur Artothèque de Pessac, France
- Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China
- Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, FL
- Portland Museum of Art ME (acquired The photographer v, 2024)
- The Hort Family Collection New York (private)
- The David and Indre Roberts Collection London (private)
Recent acquisitions
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| Work | Year | Institution | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eternal Lovers | 2024 | Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX | Not supplied |
| Arthur Russell on the shore | 2023 | The David and Indrė Roberts Collection | Not supplied |
| Sebastian, before or after | 2023 | Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY | Not supplied |
| smoke sun, ocular migraine, torture wheel | 2023 | Dallas Museum of Art, TX | Not supplied |
| Eveningdawn (Reverse Pareidoliac Figure) | 2022 | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam | Not supplied |
| Fear painting | 2022 | Kunstmuseum, The Hague | Not supplied |
| The photographer v | 2024 | Portland Museum of Art, ME | Acquired with support; announced via Hales Gallery |
| Ian asleep (Seneca watching) | 2022 | Baltimore Museum of Art, MD | Confirmed acquisition detail |
- Awards and recognition
- Artsy Vanguard 2022; sustained artist-to-watch editorial recognition. No major prize or fellowship surfaced in current research.
Solo institutional exhibitions
metronome yawned
- Year
- 2026
- Venue
- Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
- Significance
- First Canadian institutional solo; new and recent works on the felt vs ordered experience of time
ceaseless arranger
- Year
- 2025
- Dates
- August 29 to October 18, 2025
- Venue
- GRIMM, Amsterdam
- Significance
- Major new-paintings solo; covered by Juxtapoz, Ocula, Meer
Spinneret
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Ogunquit Museum of American Art, ME
- Traveled to
- Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX (through January 2025)
- Significance
- First major US museum solo survey; Phaidon monograph
Career & Biography
Research updated
Career
- Trajectory
- Accelerating institutional momentum into 2025-2026 with first Canadian institutional solo and sustained European/US museum interest.
Recent milestones
2024 first US museum survey Spinneret (Ogunquit Museum of American Art, traveled to Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, through January 2025) with Phaidon monograph; 2025 new-painting solo ceaseless arranger at GRIMM Amsterdam (Aug 29-Oct 18, 2025); 2026 solo metronome yawned at Esker Foundation, Calgary.
Identity
- Note
- Confirmed b. 1989 Fort Myers, Florida; American; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. No biographical changes detected.
- Family
- Lives with husband photographer Ian Lewandowski
- Birth location
- Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Studio practice
Devotedly collects images from diverse sources, creates preparatory collages that mutate through painting process, works in both oil paintings and detailed colored pencil drawings
- Current location
- Brooklyn, New York
Artistic evolution
Contemporary figurative painter known for blending abstraction and realism through layered compositions exploring queer identity, intimacy, and historical narratives
Artistic context
Contemporaries
Associated with a wave of contemporary queer figurative painters; references cited include Bonnard/Nabi decorative intimism and Neo-Expressionist color (Dana Schutz, Cecily Brown).
- Key influences
- Queer archival imagery, art history (Bruegel, Bosch, Blake, Bacon, medieval tapestries), personal photographs, film stills, hagiographic icons.
Artistic Profile
Research updated
Style
Contemporary queer figurative painting blending abstraction and realism; dreamlike, phosphorescent palette with Nabi/Bonnard-indebted decorative integration of figure and pattern and Neo-Expressionist color saturation.
Evolution
Progression from smaller, wispy works toward larger, complex allegorical compositions with increased material experimentation; recent 2024-2026 series (Doubled readers (mooncycle), Holding snake bundle (Bayeux strip)) deepen archival/serial and time-based concerns.
Influences
Influences and references
- Medieval art and tapestries
- Pieter Bruegel and Hieronymus Bosch
- William Blake
- Francis Bacon
- Contemporary artists like EJ Hauser and Billy Sullivan
- Film stills and photography
- Queer archival imagery
Visual language
Figure-ground interplay with soft edges; figures often dissolving/merging into dense botanical or earth grounds; analogous golden-amber/olive palettes, earth tones, warm saturated fields; geometric/web linework in upper/sky zones.
Themes and subjects
Core
- Queer identity, intimacy and tenderness
- Intergenerational queer experience and AIDS-crisis remembrance
- Memory, archives and historical narrative
- Time - felt vs ordered experience (2026 metronome yawned thesis)
- Domestic/intimate spaces
- Art-historical recontextualization (Bayeux tapestry, Blake, hagiographic icons)
Fingerprint agreement
Low-coherence/varied fingerprint reflects genuine stylistic breadth (intimist botanical pastorals vs luminous Neo-Expressionist dissolutions), not unreliability - consistent with multi-sub-style practice confirmed by sources.
- Movements and periods
- Contemporary (2010-present); contemporary figurative / queer figuration.
Techniques and mediums
Fingerprint note
Verifies Egon fingerprint: glazing, soft edges, figure-ground, tender/contemplative mood, body/intimacy/nature themes all confirmed by 2025-2026 works (e.g., bad news delivered (the veil), 2025, oil on linen, 72x72 in).
Confirmed signals
Oil on canvas/linen with layered translucent glazes building botanical density; alla prima flesh passages; scumbled figure passages over luminous grounds; incised/drawn linear marks; also detailed colored-pencil/graphite-and-ink works on paper; collage-based preparatory process.
Signature techniques
- Fluid brushstrokes creating atmospheric environments
- Luminous, phosphorescent color palette
- Detailed colored pencil drawings
- Layered compositions combining multiple visual references
- Collage-based preparatory process
Critical Reception
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Critical reception
Summary
Sustained tier-1 and specialist critical attention spanning Artforum, Brooklyn Rail, The London Magazine, Cultured Magazine, The Paris Review, Hyperallergic, Frieze, and the New York Times.
Monograph
- Year
- 2024
- Title
- Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret
- Publisher
- Phaidon
- Significance
- First comprehensive monograph, major publisher
Recent features
The Ethereal Everyday of Anthony Cudahy
- Note
- Feature tied to Semiose show; analyzes blending of art-historical and personal references (e.g., William Blake citation in Blake Moon)
- Author
- Sebastian Zinn
- Publication
- Hyperallergic
- Note
- French-press new-talent painting features around Drawing Now Paris
- Publication
- Numero / Beaux-Arts Magazine
- Academic attention
- Inclusion in scholarly essays in exhibition catalogues and monograph
- Art historical positioning
- Positioned within contemporary queer figurative painting examining the relationship between figuration and its historical precedents.
Publications and media
- Note
- Wikipedia entry now exists, indicating broadening public/reference recognition.
- Monograph
- Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret (Phaidon, 2024) - first comprehensive monograph
Major publications
- Type
- Reviews and features
- Publication
- Artforum
- Type
- Critical reviews
- Recent
- October 2024 review of Fool's gold and Fool's errand
- Publication
- Brooklyn Rail
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Artist interview
- Publication
- Frieze
- Date
- March 12, 2024
- Article
- An Artist Who Aims to Be as Eclectic as a Tumblr Feed
- Publication
- New York Times
- Publication
- Artsy
- Recognition
- Artsy Vanguard 2022
- Significance
- Selected as emerging artist to watch
- Type
- Exhibition reviews
- Publication
- Hyperallergic
- Type
- Feature coverage
- Publication
- Wallpaper
Gallery & Representation
Research updated
Fair presence
Note
Continued presence via GRIMM and Hales at major fairs (Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze London, The Armory Show, Art Brussels in prior cycles). No new 2025-2026 fair booth confirmed in this research pass.
Representation
Note
MutualArt notes Cudahy work has been featured by David Zwirner, New York - reflects a group/secondary context, not primary representation; primary representation remains GRIMM/Hales/Semiose.
Current
GRIMM
- Since
- 2022
- Recent
- Solo ceaseless arranger, Amsterdam, 2025
Locations
- Amsterdam
- London
- New York
Hales Gallery
- Since
- 2021
- Recent
- Co-presented Fools errand / Fools gold (with GRIMM), NY, 2024; active acquisition announcements (Portland Museum of Art, BMA)
Locations
- London
- New York
Semiose
- Since
- 2020-2021
- Recent
- Continued Paris-market presence
Locations
- Paris
- Status 2026
- STABLE - no representation changes. Continues with three galleries across four cities / three continents.
Gallery stability
Strong - multi-gallery representation across three continents with coordinated exhibition strategy. No gallery changes since initial representations 2020-2022, indicating stable relationships and market confidence.
Gallery tier analysis
Mid-tier representation with strong international footprint across three major art capitals (New York, London, Amsterdam, Paris). All galleries have robust exhibition programs, fair presence, and institutional relationships. Representation structure indicates coordinated international strategy.
Geographic reach
Works distributed via representing galleries across New York, London, Amsterdam, and Paris, with institutional reach now extending to Canada (Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2026). Gallery shows frequently sell out.
Sources & research notes
Egon’s artist research combines historical auction records, recent sales, institutional history, critical reception and gallery information. Researched auction records and auction highlights are identified separately.
Read prices with their work, sale date, currency and stated basis. Egon’s market assessments are distinct from reported auction results.
Reference: Egon, “Anthony Cudahy: Market Intelligence & Investment Profile.”
Research bibliography · 17 sources
Sources recorded for this artist’s research. This bibliography does not assign every source to an individual claim.
- Anthony Cudahy - GRIMM Gallery (representation and collections)
- Anthony Cudahy: ceaseless arranger - GRIMM Amsterdam 2025
- ceaseless arranger at GRIMM, 29 Aug-18 Oct 2025 - Ocula
- Anthony Cudahy - Ocula Artist (collections, exhibitions)
- Phillips NY 20th C and Contemporary Day Sale May 2022 - the gate 88,200 USD
- Phillips NY Modern and Contemporary Day Sale May 2025 - Ian on the border 22,860 USD
- Anthony Cudahy - MutualArt (auction record and summary)
- Anthony Cudahy - Artnet (sold auction prices)
- Anthony Cudahy sold-at-auction prices - Invaluable
- Anthony Cudahy: metronome yawned - Esker Foundation, Calgary 2026
- Anthony Cudahy - artist website (solo exhibition list)
- Anthony Cudahy News - Hales Gallery (Portland Museum of Art, BMA acquisitions)
- Anthony Cudahy Press - Hales Gallery
- The Ethereal Everyday of Anthony Cudahy - Hyperallergic
- Anthony Cudahy - Wikipedia
- Visiting Artist Lecture: Anthony Cudahy - SVA, Mar 2026
- Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret - Green Family Art Foundation (through Jan 2025)
Research updates by section
These dates show when Egon’s research sections were updated. Source retrieval dates, where supplied above, refer to individual evidence notes.
Ranking updated . Research sections follow their own update dates.
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