William Kentridge

South African | 1955

William Kentridge is a South African Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1955. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like SKD, Residenzschloss (The Royal Castle) in Dresden. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Hauser & Wirth, London have featured William Kentridge's work in the past.William Kentridge's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 9 USD to 1,538,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2000 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,538,500 USD for PROCESSION, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2013. In the past 12 months, his works on paper have averaged 91,106 USD, while his film, video & digital media have sold for an average of 89,510 USD.William Kentridge has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Art Review in October 2025.

Artist's alternative names: William Joseph Kentridge

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William Kentridge: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, March 2003, poster

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Strauss & Co., Cape Town

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Large Typewriters ,2003

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Monument I ,1990

By William Kentridge

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THE POOL ,1988

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The Pull Of Gravity ,2025

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Untitled ,1993

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Untitled, from The HMV Set (The Artist Standing - William Kentridge

Untitled, from The HMV Set (The Artist Standing ,1997

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Current Exhibitions

Draw: Heat

Hudson River Museum

Yonkers | New York | USA

19 Sep, 2025 - 11 Jan, 2026

Collection Spotlight: William Kentridge

ICA Watershed

Boston | Massachusetts | USA

19 Aug, 2025 - 31 Dec, 2025

Sightlines

A4 Arts Foundation

Cape Town | South Africa

31 May, 2025 - 08 Nov, 2025

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Articles

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Coverage

鈥� ..Although he is best known for his short animated films, Kentridge considers the activity of drawing the basis of his work... 鈥�
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago

鈥� ..Best known for animated films based on charcoal drawings, Kentridge also works in prints, books, collage, sculpture, and the performing arts... 鈥�
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MUAC, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo

鈥� ..Kentridge is known for his animated films, complex narratives and beguiling imagery drawn and redrawn in charcoal, pastel and paint... 鈥�
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The Fruitmarket Gallery

鈥� ..Perhaps best known for his stop-motion films of charcoal drawings, the internationally renowned South African artist also works in etching, collage, sculpture, and the performing arts, opera in particular... 鈥�
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SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

鈥� ..However, a closer reading shows that, beyond their sociopolitical appearances, Kentridge's works have consistently been engaged in the verification and storytelling of the universal and primordial issues... 鈥�
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

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