American vs British Contemporary Art Now

Just a few years ago there would have been very few people that would have argued against the American supremacy in contemporary art. Whether you measure by volume of art, number of serious artists, number of major shows, etc. the
USA had the upper hand.

In recent months you can read any number of articles and contemporary art market reports that contemporary art supremacy is much more balanced and is swinging to British made art. There are articles about French, German, Chinese and Indian art’s growth as well, but the Brits are absolutely on the rise.

I recently read an article at Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine that listed the most famous 100 American contemporary artists of the USA. Most of the names on that list could be expected, but there were a lot of names not even on that list
that come to my mind. So, I have decided to invest a little time to research opinion and recent production of contemporary art by the British - to do a comparison article for Art Now. Does England have momentum? Certainly they have some heavyweight artists, so let’s find out what their list will look like.

When the article is ready I’ll publish it here on Art now. In the mean time if you have any good references or opinion send it in and I will make sure it gets into the mix before the article is completed. American Contemporary vs British Contemporary Art Now.

Giselle Borzov