Yayoi Kusama 2013 in her installation “The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away”.
The 92-year-old Japanese is listed as the “Star of Tomorrow” by the “Art Compass”.
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The German painter Gerhard Richter, 89, continues to be listed as the world's most important artist in the “Art Compass” ranking.
For 18 years now, the native of Dresden has maintained the undisputed top position.
The next ranks are also unchanged: US artist Bruce Nauman remains in second place, followed by the two Germans Georg Baselitz and Rosemarie Trockel.
The list of the »Stars of Tomorrow« is headed this year by the Japanese Yayoi Kusama.
This sounds a bit bizarre considering her advanced age of 92 years.
However, the ranking lists the artists who gained the most points in the past year but are not yet among the top 100 greatest living artists.
The »Art Compass« is created annually by the journalist Linde Rohr-Bongard from Cologne and appears in the magazine »Capital«.
Exhibitions from almost 300 museums, reviews in specialist magazines, purchases from leading museums and awards are all assessed and weighted with points.
In contrast, sales prices and auction revenues are not taken into account.
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