Commentant

1 G Gerhard Richter – b. 1932 – Painting – German –Abstract Paintings series

2 D David Hockney – b. 1937 – Painting – British –A Bigger Splash

3 Y Yayoi Kusama – b. 1929 – Installation, Sculpture – Japanese –Infinity Mirror Rooms

4 J Jeff Koons – b. 1955 – Sculpture – American –Balloon Dog

5 B Banksy – b. 1974 – Street Art – British –Girl with Balloon

6 A Ai Weiwei – b. 1957 – Installation, Sculpture – Chinese –Sunflower Seeds

7 D Damien Hirst – b. 1965 – Installation, Sculpture – British –The Physical Impossibility of Death

8 A Anish Kapoor – b. 1954 – Sculpture – Indian-British –Cloud Gate (The Bean)

9 M Marina Abramovic – b. 1946 – Performance Art – Serbian –The Artist Is Present

10 T Takashi Murakami – b. 1962 – Painting, Sculpture – Japanese –My Lonesome Cowboy

11 C Cindy Sherman – b. 1954 – Photography – American –Untitled Film Stills

12 O Olafur Eliasson – b. 1967 – Installation, Sculpture – Danish-Icelandic –The Weather Project

13 K Kara Walker – b. 1969 – Silhouette, Installation – American –A Subtlety

14 E Ed Ruscha – b. 1937 – Painting, Photography – American –Standard Station

15 G Georg Baselitz – b. 1938 – Painting, Sculpture – German –The Great Friends

16 J Jasper Johns – b. 1930 – Painting – American –Flag

17 J Julie Mehretu – b. 1970 – Painting – Ethiopian-American –Mural at Goldman Sachs

18 Y Yoshitomo Nara – b. 1959 – Painting, Sculpture – Japanese –Knife Behind Back

19 M Mark Bradford – b. 1961 – Mixed Media – American –Helter Skelter I

20 K Kehinde Wiley – b. 1977 – Painting – American –Obama Presidential Portrait

21 C Cecily Brown – b. 1969 – Painting – British –The Girl Who Had Everything

22 T Theaster Gates – b. 1973 – Installation, Sculpture – American –Dorchester Projects

23 E El Anatsui – b. 1944 – Sculpture – Ghanaian –Earth's Skin

24 L Luc Tuymans – b. 1958 – Painting – Belgian –The Secretary of State

25 W Wangechi Mutu – b. 1972 – Sculpture, Collage – Kenyan –The NewOnes, will free Us

26 J Jenny Saville – b. 1970 – Painting – British –Propped

27 W William Kentridge – b. 1955 – Drawing, Animation – South African –Felix in Exile

28 C Cai Guo-Qiang – b. 1957 – Installation, Pyrotechnics – Chinese –Sky Ladder

29 S Shirin Neshat – b. 1957 – Photography, Film – Iranian –Women of Allah

30 K Kerry James Marshall – b. 1955 – Painting – American –Past Times

31 P Peter Doig – b. 1959 – Painting – British –White Canoe

32 M Marlene Dumas – b. 1953 – Painting – South African –The Painter

33 R Richard Serra – b. 1938 – Sculpture – American –Tilted Arc

34 A Anselm Kiefer – b. 1945 – Painting, Sculpture – German –Margarete

35 T Tracey Emin – b. 1963 – Mixed Media – British –My Bed

36 Z Zhang Xiaogang – b. 1958 – Painting – Chinese –Bloodline: Big Family

37 N Njideka Akunyili Crosby – b. 1983 – Mixed Media – Nigerian-American –Bush Babies

38 U Urs Fischer – b. 1973 – Sculpture, Installation – Swiss –You

39 M Maurizio Cattelan – b. 1960 – Sculpture, Installation – Italian –Comedian (banana)

40 A Amy Sherald – b. 1973 – Painting – American –Michelle Obama Portrait

41 R Rashid Johnson – b. 1977 – Mixed Media, Sculpture – American –Anxious Men

42 B Bruce Nauman – b. 1941 – Installation, Video – American –The True Artist Helps the World

43 E Ellsworth Kelly – b. 1923 – Painting, Sculpture – American –Colors for a Large Wall

44 L Liu Wei – b. 1972 – Sculpture, Painting – Chinese –Purple Air

45 D Doris Salcedo – b. 1958 – Sculpture, Installation – Colombian –Shibboleth

46 J James Turrell – b. 1943 – Light Installation – American –Roden Crater

47 A Antony Gormley – b. 1950 – Sculpture – British –Angel of the North

48 H Hito Steyerl – b. 1966 – Film, Installation – German –How Not to Be Seen

49 W Wolfgang Tillmans – b. 1968 – Photography – German –Concorde Grid

50 Z Zeng Fanzhi – b. 1964 – Painting – Chinese –The Last Supper