Louise Giovanelli
Value#14
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
5/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
8/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
7/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
2/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
2/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- Context
- Market shows strong upward trajectory since White Cube representation in 2022. Auction record of $110,165 for 'Ether' (2024) significantly exceeds previous highs. Recent sales indicate stable demand in $10,000-$25,000 range for mid-sized works.
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- Historical Range 2022 2025
- $8,709 - $110,165 USD
- Recent Auction Range 2024 2025
- $7,740 - $25,200 USD
- Liquidity
- Score
- 5
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- Resale Potential
- Moderate - early career stage with ascending trajectory but limited auction history
- Secondary Market Depth
- Limited but growing - careful gallery management of supply
- Annual Transaction Volume
- 5-10 lots
- Comparables
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- Peer Artists
Name Note Birth Year Flora Yukhnovich Auction record £2.3M (2021) - shows potential upside for successful young British painters 1990 Issy Wood Similar generation, Hayward Gallery peer, auction record £327,600 (2021) 1993 Jadé Fadojutimi Gagosian representation, sold out at Frieze before opening - comparable market heat 1993 Danica Lundy White Cube gallery peer, concurrent 2022 exhibition — Ilana Savdie White Cube gallery peer, concurrent 2022 exhibition — - Market Context
- Part of exceptionally strong cohort of young British painters born early 1990s experiencing rapid market ascent. Giovanelli's trajectory more controlled than peers like Yukhnovich, with careful gallery placement preventing speculative flipping.
- Primary Market
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- Availability
- Works available through White Cube and GRIMM galleries - contact for current pricing
- Price Context
- Primary market pricing significantly higher than early auction results, reflecting White Cube representation premium and institutional momentum
- Gallery Pricing
- Not publicly disclosed; typical for gallery-controlled emerging market
- Auction History
- Date
- March 2024
- Size
- 24 x 19.5 cm
- Work
- Ether
- Medium
- oil on linen
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- Price USD
- $110,165
- Year Created
- 2020
- Auction House
- Christie's London
- Price Trajectory
- Ascending - auction record set in 2024 at $110,165, up from previous range of $8,709-$30,000
- Sell Through Rate
- 75% (2025 data: 3 of 4 sold)
- Total Lots Recorded
- 18
- Recent Sales 2024 2025
Title Year Date Price USD Result Auction House Size Ether 2020 March 2024 $110,165 SOLD - Auction record Christie's London — Caryatid — March 2025 $25,200 SOLD Christie's — Blue House 2017 February 2025 $10,160 SOLD Phillips — The Globe — December 2025 $7,740 SOLD Phillips — Marker III 2019 May 2024 — Sotheby's New York 18.5 x 14.375 in (47 x 36.5 cm) Dominion 2021 May 2024 — Sotheby's New York 23.625 x 19.75 in (60 x 50.2 cm) Peeping Tom 2020 December 2023 — Phillips London 47.3 x 36.9 cm An Ex 2020 October 2023 — Phillips London Evening Sale 210 x 160 cm (82 5/8 x 62 7/8 in)
- Market Position
- Segment
- Emerging blue-chip contemporary painter
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- Price Control
- Gallery-controlled primary market. Secondary market emerging but limited supply.
- Collector Base
- International collectors, institutional acquisitions, sophisticated private collections (David and Indrė Roberts Collection)
- Demand Indicators
- Strong institutional and collector demand. Phillips actively inviting consignments. Gallery works typically sell before or during fairs.
- Investment Outlook
- Risks
- Early career - limited long-term track recordEmerging secondary market with limited liquidityGenerational cohort has experienced rapid price increases - potential correction riskMarket heat around young British painters may cool
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- Strengths
- Tier 1 gallery representation (White Cube + GRIMM)Strong institutional validation (Tate, MOCA, National Museum Oslo)Ascending auction record ($110K in 2024)Major museum solo exhibitions (Hepworth Wakefield, He Art Museum)Critical acclaim and art historical grounding
- Trajectory
- Strong upward momentum with institutional support. Auction record of $110K (2024) represents 10x+ increase from early sales, indicating robust collector demand.
Institutional Presence
- Exhibitions
Title Dates Venue Location Type Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents November 23, 2024 - April 21, 2025 The Hepworth Wakefield Yorkshire, UK Major institutional solo A Song of Ascents June 28 - September 28, 2025 HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark Graz, Austria Major institutional solo Louise Giovanelli - Paintings 2019-2024 March 23 - June 16, 2024 He Art Museum (HEM) Foshan, China Major museum exhibition Here on Earth March 26 - May 18, 2024 White Cube Hong Kong Gallery solo As If, Almost July 8 - September 11, 2022 White Cube London, UK Gallery solo Louise Giovanelli June 6, 2019 - April 19, 2020 Manchester Art Gallery Manchester, UK Major institutional solo Auto-da-fé 2021 GRIMM New York, USA Gallery solo A Priori 2020 GRIMM Amsterdam, Netherlands Gallery solo Mixing It Up: Painting Today — Hayward Gallery London, UK — A Room Hung With Thoughts: British Painting Now February 15, 2025 onwards Green Family Art Foundation Dallas, USA — FLAG Art Foundation — FLAG Art Foundation New York, USA — AkzoNobel Art Foundation — AkzoNobel Art Foundation Amsterdam, Netherlands — - Publications
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- Museum Collections
- Awards and Recognition
Year Location Significance Role 2021 — Recognized as one of 20 most promising artists working globally — 2025 — — Judge, John Moores Painting Prize 2025 — — Judge, New Contemporaries Recent Mallorca, Spain Coveted artist residency — — Strand Aldwych, London, UK Large-scale trompe-l'oeil façade intervention —
Career & Biography
- Career
- Identity
- Heritage
- Italian and Irish Catholic descent
- Current Location
- Manchester, UK
- Artistic Context
- Early Renaissance painters (Duccio, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca), Northern Renaissance Old Masters, contemporary film and media, celebrity culture, Catholic iconography, and Byzantine art Giovanelli describes her work as 'slow looking' - a meditative process that explores the tension between representation and materiality. She manipulates light and form to create luminous works that bridge art history and contemporary culture, exploring themes of devotion, worship, and the spectacle in both religious and secular contexts.
Artistic Profile
- Influences
- Danica Lundy (contemporary, similar gallery representation)Ilana Savdie (contemporary, similar gallery representation)Caroline Walker (GRIMM gallery artist, contemporary British painting)Gabriella Boyd (GRIMM gallery artist)Hernan Bas (thematic similarities in devotion/spectacle)Amy Sillman (mentor, abstract painting)Victor Man (referenced in Manchester Art Gallery exhibition)Early Renaissance painters: Duccio, Fra Angelico, Piero della FrancescaByzantine art and Catholic church interiorsNorthern Renaissance Old MastersGeorgia O'Keeffe (close-cropped compositions)Amy Sillman (mentor)Edvard Munch (atmospheric effects)1970s cult films and cinemaPop culture and celebrity imagery
- Visual Language
- Ranges from intimate works (approx. 50 x 30 cm) to large-scale paintings (up to 300 x 150 cm) and monumental public installations Muted grainy pinks and powder blues to luminous deep blue-blacks, vibrant lime greens, neon effects, gold and shimmering tones, often with a hazy, atmospheric quality
- Themes and Subjects
- Devotion and worship (religious and secular)
- The sacred and the profane
- Spectacle and performance
- Ambiguity and narrative uncertainty
- Light and luminosity
- Repetition and variation
- Slow looking and meditation
- Historical and contemporary convergence
- Celebrity culture and iconography
- Transformation and transubstantiation
- Curtains and drapes (recurring motif)
- Film stills and cinematic moments
- Classical sculpture details
- Religious iconography (Fra Angelico, Duccio)
- Hair and wigs
- Fabric and textiles
- Architectural elements
- Pop culture imagery
- Hands holding objects (wine glasses, etc.)
- Faces in various states (ecstasy, meditation, performance)
- Movements and Periods
- Techniques and Mediums
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Catalogue Raisonne
- No comprehensive catalogue raisonné yet (artist born 1993, early career)
- Critical Consensus
- Giovanelli is recognized as one of the most important young British painters working today. Critics praise her technical skill, conceptual depth, and ability to create work that is simultaneously contemporary and deeply rooted in art history. Her exploration of devotion, worship, and spectacle through the lens of painting has resonated strongly with both institutional and commercial audiences.
- Critical Reception Summary
- Highly favorable critical reception from major art publications. Critics emphasize her technical mastery, innovative approach to painting, and ability to bridge historical and contemporary references. Described as 'a leading voice in contemporary painting' (Ocula) and praised for work that is 'poised between revelation and intoxication, the sacred and the profane' (Artforum).
- Publications and Media
- Active
- Gallery Profiles
- White CubeGRIMMArtsyOcula
- Personal Website
- louisegiovanelli.com
- Auction Databases
- ArtnetMutualArtPhillipsChristie'sSotheby's
- Major Publications
Year Publication Type 2023 Artforum Exhibition review — Frieze Exhibition review and feature 2024 The Art Newspaper Feature and coverage — The New York Times Coverage 2022 Financial Times Profile 2022 AnOther Magazine Feature 2020 JUXTAPOZ Interview — Wallpaper Feature — Ocula Magazine Multiple features — ArtReview Coverage - Documentary Coverage
- Host
- Katy Hessel
- Type
- Podcast
- Year
- 2022
- Title
- The Great Women Artists Podcast
- Significance
- In-depth artist interview
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- Fair
- Frieze London
- Year
- 2022
- Significance
- Featured by galleries
- Fair
- Art Basel
- Participation
- Regular through gallery representation
- Representation
- Market Strategy
- Approach
- Careful placement strategy to prevent speculative flipping
- Auction Control
- Unlike peers (Yukhnovich, Wood), Giovanelli's works carefully placed - galleries managing supply
- Collector Vetting
- Primary sales to committed collectors and institutions
- Gallery Trajectory
- Ascended from emerging spaces (Frutta Gallery Rome, Workplace) to Tier 1 representation (White Cube) in 2022, representing major career acceleration
- Recent Developments
- Fair
- Frieze London 2021
- Note
- Plaza (2021) sold at GRIMM stand, donated by collector to 'major British institution'
- Type
- Fair participation validation
- Significance
- Strong collector commitment and institutional placement
- Market Strategy Meta
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- Secondary Market Galleries
- Gallery
- Workplace Gallery
- Location
- London/Gateshead, UK
- Relationship
- Former representation/exhibitions
- Geographic Reach
- Works available through White Cube and GRIMM galleries. Contact galleries directly for current pricing and availability.
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