Walid Ra`ad

Lebanese | 1967

Walid Ra`ad is a Lebanese Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1967. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunsthaus Z眉rich have featured Walid Ra`ad's work in the past.Walid Ra`ad's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 38 USD to 90,183 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2011 the record price for this artist at auction is 90,183 USD for LET'S BE HONEST, THE WEATHER HELPED (SAUDI ARABIA, CHINA, UNITED STATES, SWITZERLAND, NATO, UNITED KINGDOM, ISRAEL), sold at Sotheby's London in 2018. Walid Ra`ad has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for e-flux in June 2025.

Artist's alternative names: The Atlas Group, Walid Raad

At Auction

Notable Lots

2 works; Already Been in a Lake of Fire: Notebook Volume 38 - Walid Ra`ad

2 works; Already Been in a Lake of Fire: Notebook Volume 38 ,2002

By Walid Ra`ad

+171%

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I Only Wish I Could Weep (Attributed to Operator #17

By Walid Ra`ad

+371%

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Untitled (-2007): A Project by Walid Raad ,2007

By Walid Ra`ad

+8%

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Recent Auction Results

Better be watching the clouds (again)_Carter - Walid Ra`ad

Better be watching the clouds (again)_Carter ,2021

By Walid Ra`ad

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We can make rain but no one came to ask - Walid Ra`ad

We can make rain but no one came to ask ,2007

By Walid Ra`ad

-40%

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traders (8.10.90) (Missing Lebanese Wars series) - Walid Ra`ad

traders (8.10.90) (Missing Lebanese Wars series) ,2004

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+47%

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Current Exhibitions

Walid Raad:鈥疭weet鈥疶alk: Commissions (Beirut)_Solidere 1994-1997

Eskenazi Museum of Art

Bloomington | Indiana | USA

Jan 24, 2025 - Oct 05, 2025

Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Jan 29, 2024 - Jan 10, 2026

Past Exhibitions

Imagine an after

Tensta Konsthall

Spanga | Sweden

Nov 07, 2024 - Apr 21, 2025

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Articles

e-flux Jun 18, 2025

On 21 June, Faktura 10, a core initiative of RIBBON International, will open a major international exhibition.

ArtDaily May 25, 2025

Artpace is has been named one of the 29 recipients of the 2025 Artist Choice award, the flagship grant program of the Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts).

e-flux Apr 16, 2025

L鈥橝rt Rue association is pleased to announce that curator Tarek Abou El Fetouh is joining the artistic team of Dream City festival led by Selma and聽Sofiane Ouissi and Jan Goossens.

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Coverage

鈥� .. This Walid Raad retrospective features documents and scenarios that he either wishes existed or fears are already in existence.We also meet the artist himself in a comprehensive performance work... 鈥�
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm

鈥� ..These images were collected by the artist, who wrote accompanying text... 鈥�
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Walid Ra`ad

At Auction

Notable Lots

Recent Auction Results

Current Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Articles

Artist Performance at Auction

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