Dan Flavin

American | 1933 - 1996

Dan Flavin was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1933.

How much does a Dan Flavin cost?

Dan Flavin's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 50 USD to 3,077,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Dan Flavin's most expensive sculpture?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,077,000 USD for ALTERNATE DIAGONALS OF MARCH 2, 1964 (TO DON JUDD), sold at Sotheby's New York in 2014. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 6,788 USD.

Where can I see Dan Flavin's works?

His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Bortolami (39 Walker) in New York and will be on exhibit at Ordovas, London on February 25, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank have featured Dan Flavin's work in the past.

Dan Flavin in the news

Dan Flavin has been featured in articles for ARTnews, THE Stylemate and Wallpaper . The most recent article is The Dia Collection Lands in India for the First Time at NMACC Mumbai written for Observer in February 2025. The artist died in 1996.

At Auction

Notable Lots

"Monument" for V. Tatlin

By Dan Flavin

+2%

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the diagonal of May 25

By Dan Flavin

+61%

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Alternate diagonals of March 2, (to Don Judd - Dan Flavin

Alternate diagonals of March 2, (to Don Judd ,1964

By Dan Flavin

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Recent Auction Results

Young woman in a raincoat ,20

By Dan Flavin

-26%

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Rosebery´s Fine Art Auctioneers

(to Don Judd ,1986

By Dan Flavin

-13%

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Forum Auctions London

Exhibition cards and Castelli poster - Dan Flavin

Exhibition cards and Castelli poster ,1969

By Dan Flavin

-27%

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Zwiggelaar Auctions

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Current Exhibitions

The Lord will spit out the lukewarm

Bortolami (39 Walker)

New York | USA

Jan 10,2025 - Mar 01,2025

Designers from JAD...

EAC, Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux

Mouans-sartoux | France

Jun 09,2024 - Mar 02,2025

Dan Flavin

Ordovas, London

Mayfair | London | UK

Feb 25,2025 - Apr 25,2025

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Articles

Dan Flavin's illuminating legacy: Ordovas presents major works by a minimalist master

ArtDaily 25/02/2025

From 25 February to 25 April 2025, Ordovas presents an exhibition dedicated to the work of Dan Flavin (1933-1996), one of the leading exponents of minimalism and a pioneer of installation art.

The Dia Collection Lands in India for the First Time at NMACC Mumbai

Observer 13/02/2025

Marking the first collaboration between the Indian cultural venue and the American arts organization, "Light into Space" uncovers new connections across cultures through illumination.

Zona Maco Opens with High Energy, Lots of Sales, and One Work That Is Sure to Face Blowback

ARTnews 06/02/2025

Zona Maco, one of Latin America’s largest and most important fairs, opened to VIPs on Wednesday, and by the afternoon, the consensus from participating galleries was clear: the crowd was high-energy, there were lots of quality collectors from both Latin America and the US.

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Coverage

“ ..Throughout his career, Flavin’s highest ambition was to offer sensory experiences of space by transforming it and enriching it using simple interactions of light... ”
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Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo

“ ..Throughout his career, Flavin experimented with the subtly chromatic and perceptual possibilities afforded by the commercially available variations of “white” fluorescent light (cool white, daylight, warm... ”
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David Zwirner, New York (20th Street)

“ ..Flavin often added parenthetical dedications to friends, family members, artist colleagues, or historical figures (often painters) to his titles, inserting social and art historical references into otherwise... ”
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

“ ..Flavin’s work departs from the consideration of electric light and its atmospheric and colourful properties; interested in subverting the mundane, the artist used mass-manufactured fluorescent tubes to... ”
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Galerie Bastian, London

“ ..Flavin’s “barred” corridors, which he started developing in 1972, consist of specially constructed hallways bisected by a barrier of forward-facing and back-facing lights... ”
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Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 W 21st Street