Sterling Ruby

American-German | 1972

Sterling Ruby is an American-German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1972. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like White Cube, Paris. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Gagosian, Hong Kong have featured Sterling Ruby's work in the past.Sterling Ruby's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 250 USD to 1,785,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2007 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,785,000 USD for SP231, sold at Christie's New York in 2013. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 105,080 USD.Sterling Ruby has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for FAD Magazine in March 2025.

Featured for Sale

SP86 ,2010

By Sterling Ruby

Sotheby's New York

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Notable Lots

SP22 ,2008

By Sterling Ruby

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SP60 ,2009

By Sterling Ruby

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SP31 ,2008

By Sterling Ruby

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Upcoming Lots

SP86 ,2010

By Sterling Ruby

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Recent Auction Results

DRFTRS (5305) ,2015

By Sterling Ruby

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DRFTRS (6759

By Sterling Ruby

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BC (4963) ,2014

By Sterling Ruby

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Current Exhibitions

Intimate Visions

White Cube, Paris

8e | Paris | France

Mar 07,2025 - May 10,2025

Collection 2: Undo, Redo

National Museum of Art, Osaka (Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan)

Osaka | Japan

Feb 15,2025 - Jun 01,2025

Past Exhibitions

Vintage20: Design for Living

Tina Kim Gallery

Chelsea | New York | USA

Mar 04,2025 - Apr 19,2025

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Articles

HYPEBEAST 23/04/2025

Featuring the likes of Rashid Johnson, Sterling Ruby, Philip Guston, KAWS, Amy Sherald and more.

Interview Magazine 18/04/2025

Over the years, I鈥檝e heard many conflicting descriptions of the Dallas Art Fair;聽 that it鈥檚 wild and wacky, or boring and tepid, filled with oil scions, cowboys, gay cowboys, hipsters, a place where old money meets frantic coastal dealers.

FAD Magazine 21/03/2025

In September 2025, the聽Barbican聽presents聽Dirty Looks,聽an adventurous new exhibition exploring how contemporary fashion has harnessed the rebellious, playful and regenerative potentials of dirt and decay.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Whilst Ruby is well known for his collages, and has also constructed mobiles in the past, the works presented in ECLPSE and SCALES bear witness to a shift in perspective... 鈥�
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Xavier Hufkens, 107 rue St-Georges

鈥� ..Whilst Ruby is well known for his collages, and has also constructed mobiles in the past, the works presented in ECLPSE and SCALES bear witness to a shift in perspective... 鈥�
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Xavier Hufkens, 6 rue St-Georges

鈥� .. Sterling Ruby is known for his use of a wide range of aesthetic and material strategies, from sculptures made of saturated, glossy, poured polyurethane, bronze and steel, to drawings, collages, richly... 鈥�
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Vito Schnabel Gallery