“Did you know” today. Do you know why we find the most expensive artist in the world in Nancy?

Nancy has pieces in her museums that are often of inestimable value, but there we are talking in a more corrupt way about the artist whose work has sold the most in 2023: it is Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist who is pursued by visitors to the Nancy Museum. Fine Arts knows this well. One of his works is deposited there, a cube that never ceases to amaze him.

Once inside, through the game of lined mirrors, as well as a thin layer of water, the multi-colored lights hanging from the ceiling are reflected endlessly, as are the visitors.

One insurance company produced the top 100 best-selling artists of 2023, based on auction sales rather than gallery sales: Yayoi Kusama came out on top with $80.9 million (about €75.9 million). This represents the amount of works sold and not what the artist earned, of course.

But surely the cube from the Museum of Fine Arts alone represents a good sum, without the risk of theft, given its weight and size.

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