Olafur Eliasson

Danish | 1967

Olafur Eliasson is a Danish Postwar & Contemporary photographer who was born in 1967. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki . Numerous key galleries and museums such as Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York have featured Olafur Eliasson's work in the past.Olafur Eliasson's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 35 USD to 1,522,455 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2001 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,522,455 USD for Fivefold Eye, sold at Christie's London in 2007. In the past 12 months, his sculptures have averaged 41,588 USD, while his photographs have sold for an average of 40,344 USD.Olafur Eliasson has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, e-flux and Juliet Art Magazine. The most recent article is Observer’s Guide to the L.A. Gallery and Museum Exhibitions to Check Out During Frieze written for Observer in February 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Ólafur Elíasson

Featured for Sale

Colour experiment no. 64 ,2014

By Olafur Eliasson

Christie's New York

Untitled

By Olafur Eliasson

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

Interior ,1994

By Olafur Eliasson

Bassenge

At Auction

Notable Lots

Schinkel Sonne (Schinkel Sun) - Olafur Eliasson

Schinkel Sonne (Schinkel Sun) ,2015

By Olafur Eliasson

+600%

above mid-estimate

Color experiment No. 3 - Olafur Eliasson

Color experiment No. 3 ,2009

By Olafur Eliasson

+105%

above mid-estimate

The Cave Series, Looking In - Olafur Eliasson

The Cave Series, Looking In ,1998

By Olafur Eliasson

+52%

above mid-estimate

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Upcoming Lots

Untitled

By Olafur Eliasson

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

Colour experiment no. 64 - Olafur Eliasson

Colour experiment no. 64 ,2014

By Olafur Eliasson

Christie's New York

Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Interior ,1994

By Olafur Eliasson

Bassenge

Recent Auction Results

Untitled

By Olafur Eliasson

-25%

below mid-estimate

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

360° Compass ,2009

By Olafur Eliasson

+11%

above mid-estimate

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Photo from Iceland ,1994

By Olafur Eliasson

-35%

below mid-estimate

Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade

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Current Exhibitions

Spring Snow

PKM Gallery

Seoul | South Korea

Feb 12,2025 - Mar 15,2025

Dancing With All: The Ecology Of Empathy

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

Kanazawa | Japan

Nov 02,2024 - Mar 16,2025

Light: Visionary Perspectives

Aga Khan Museum

Toronto | Ontario | Canada

Jul 13,2024 - Mar 17,2025

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Articles

Frieze Los Angeles 2025: A Beacon of Hope in the Heart of Adversity

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Coverage

“ ..Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation artworks that employ elemental materials such as light, water and earth... ”
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Stevenson, Cape Town

“ ..Olafur Eliasson is known for his use of colour, light and movement in his intense, experiential, and expansive installations... ”
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Kunsthalle Mannheim

“ ..With Your body of work Eliasson, who is well known for his large-scale outdoor sculptures, interventions in urban space, and architectural projects, deliberately inserts his work and the experiences it... ”
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Associação Cultural Videobrasil

“ ..seum`s architecture and design galleries, Your mobile expectations is accompanied by a short film focusing on a series of workshops related to the project in the artist`s studio, underscoring Eliasson`s... ”
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SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

“ ..Eliasson’s work often involves industrial materials that, when brought together, create dramatic installations that are as beautiful as they are unexpected... ”
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Public Art Fund, Inc.