Artist profile
Ragnar Kjartansson
Ragnar Kjartansson is an Icelandic contemporary artist whose practice encompasses performance, video installation, painting, and music. He is celebrated for enduring, immersive multi-channel musical performances that explore repetition, theatricality, melancholy, and human sentimentality, most famously realized in works like 'The Visitors'.
Ranking metrics
Cofactor
81.62
Credential score
1114.5
Reference 80×100cm
$101,200
Credentials
- Nationality
- Icelandic
- Museum exhibitions
- 55
- Solo exhibitions
- 35
- Group exhibitions
- 120
- Museum collections
- Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate, Centre Pompidou, Hirshhorn Museum
- Gallery representation
- Luhring Augustine, i8 Gallery
- Private collections
- 40
- Press
- 400
- Scholarly articles
- 30
- Books
- 10
- Auction record
- $250,000
Last updated 2026-08-08.
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Identity
Nationality
Icelandic
Birth / death years
1976
Mediums
video, performance, painting, installation
Prices
Auction record
$250,000
Representation
Gallery representation
Luhring Augustine, i8 Gallery
Museum collections
Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate, Centre Pompidou, Hirshhorn Museum
Private collections
40
Exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
55
Solo exhibitions
35
Group exhibitions
120
Bibliography
Books
10
Press
400
Scholarly articles
30