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[Read How We Chose the List](/article/2026/09/17/how-time-chose-100-most-influential-people-in-art/) ## Leaders *  [Amy Sherald Would Rather Walk Away Than Water Down Her Art](/collection/time100-art/2026/amy-sherald/) People painter byBelinda Luscombe *  [JR](/collection/time100-art/2026/jr/) Outsized talent byIsa Farfan *  [Bonnie Brennan](/collection/time100-art/2026/bonnie-brennan/) Auction chief byBelinda Luscombe *  [Taryn Simon](/collection/time100-art/2026/taryn-simon/) Photographing the unseen byTaylor Dafoe *  [Kerry James Marshall](/collection/time100-art/2026/kerry-james-marshall/) History painter byKatie White *  [Wolfgang Tillmans](/collection/time100-art/2026/wolfgang-tillmans/) Redefining photography byNaomi Rea *  [Jennifer Rubio](/collection/time100-art/2026/jennifer-rubio/) Sharing the wealth byBelinda Luscombe *  [Cao Fei](/collection/time100-art/2026/cao-fei/) Mapping the future byNaomi Rea *  [David Zwirner](/collection/time100-art/2026/david-zwirner/) Selling good taste byTim Schneider *  [Charles Stewart](/collection/time100-art/2026/charles-stewart/) Transforming auctions byTim Schneider *  [Anne Imhof](/collection/time100-art/2026/anne-imhof/) Rebellious performer byNaomi Rea *  [Hank Willis Thomas](/collection/time100-art/2026/hank-willis-thomas/) Civically engaged byCaroline Goldstein *  [Hoor Al Qasimi](/collection/time100-art/2026/sheikha-hoor-al-qasimi/) Art ambassador byNaomi Rea *  [Christopher A. Marinello](/collection/time100-art/2026/christopher-a-marinello/) Hunting stolen art byNaomi Rea *  [Suhanya Raffel](/collection/time100-art/2026/suhanya-raffel/) Museum collaborator byNaomi Rea *  [Dayanita Singh](/collection/time100-art/2026/dayanita-singh/) Documenting change byKatie White *  [Ken Griffin](/collection/time100-art/2026/ken-griffin/) Trophy collector byJulia Halperin *  [Noah Horowitz](/collection/time100-art/2026/noah-horowitz/) Art-fair executive byTim Schneider *  [Stan Prokopenko](/collection/time100-art/2026/stan-prokopenko/) The people’s teacher byIsa Farfan *  [Myriam Ben Salah](/collection/time100-art/2026/myriam-ben-salah/) Star spotter bySarah Cascone *  [Olugbile Holloway](/collection/time100-art/2026/olugbile-holloway/) Repatriation advocate byIsa Farfan *  [Dana Awartani](/collection/time100-art/2026/dana-awartani/) Memorializing lost heritage bySarah Cascone *  [Luke Nikas](/collection/time100-art/2026/luke-nikas/) Art attorney byJulia Halperin *  [Vanessa Horabuena](/collection/time100-art/2026/vanessa-horabuena/) Quick on the draw byBelinda Luscombe *  [Matthew Affron](/collection/time100-art/2026/matthew-affron/) Building new scholarship byJulie Davich ## Titans *  [Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Turned Collecting Art Into a Mission](/collection/time100-art/2026/alicia-keys-and-swizz-beatz/) Thinking big byErin McMullen *  [Rashid Johnson](/collection/time100-art/2026/rashid-johnson/) Multimedia maverick byBelinda Luscombe *  [Bernard Arnault](/collection/time100-art/2026/bernard-arnault/) Merging art and luxury byJulie Davich *  [Max Hollein](/collection/time100-art/2026/max-hollein/) Leading the Met byIsa Farfan *  [Jenny Holzer](/collection/time100-art/2026/jenny-holzer/) Text master byIsa Farfan *  [Carmelo Anthony](/collection/time100-art/2026/carmelo-anthony/) Bridging sports and art bySean Gregory *  [Simone Leigh](/collection/time100-art/2026/simone-leigh/) Towering sculptor byKatie White *  [Gerhard Richter](/collection/time100-art/2026/gerhard-richter/) Tireless painter byBelinda Luscombe *  [KAWS](/collection/time100-art/2026/kaws/) Commercial crossover byNaomi Rea *  [Tracey Emin](/collection/time100-art/2026/tracey-emin/) Outspoken original byBelinda Luscombe *  [Thelma Golden](/collection/time100-art/2026/thelma-golden/) Champion of Black artists byNaomi Rea *  [Michael Govan](/collection/time100-art/2026/michael-govan/) Museum builder byTaylor Dafoe *  [Jessica Morgan](/collection/time100-art/2026/jessica-morgan/) Change-making director byJulia Halperin *  [Matthew Bogdanos](/collection/time100-art/2026/matthew-bogdanos/) Art-crime prosecutor byTim Schneider *  [Refik Anadol](/collection/time100-art/2026/refik-anadol/) Artist of the AI age byNaomi Rea *  [Adriano Pedrosa](/collection/time100-art/2026/adriano-pedrosa/) Bucking tradition byNaomi Rea *  [Elizabeth Alexander](/collection/time100-art/2026/elizabeth-alexander/) Force for funding byIsa Farfan *  [Larry Gagosian](/collection/time100-art/2026/larry-gagosian/) Gallery empire byOlivia B. Waxman *  [Naomi Beckwith](/collection/time100-art/2026/naomi-beckwith/) Globe-trotting curator byIsa Farfan *  [Amy Cappellazzo and Yuki Terase](/collection/time100-art/2026/amy-cappellazzo-and-yuki-terase/) Market matchmakers byTaylor Dafoe *  [Kymberly Pinder](/collection/time100-art/2026/kymberly-pinder/) Practical instruction byIsa Farfan *  [Susan Freedman](/collection/time100-art/2026/susan-freedman/) Bringing art to the street bySarah Cascone *  [Joe Hage](/collection/time100-art/2026/joe-hage/) Power broker byNaomi Rea ## Icons *  [Diya Vij Wants New York to Fight for Its Artists](/collection/time100-art/2026/diya-vij/) Funding for culture byIsa Farfan *  [Jeffrey Gibson](/collection/time100-art/2026/jeffrey-gibson/) Kaleidoscopic vision byTim Schneider ## Project Credits * Lead Editors: Merrill Fabry, Julia Halperin, and Belinda Luscombe * Editors: Cate Matthews, Lori Fradkin, Mahita Gajanan, Lily Rothman, and Karl Vick * Art and design: Rich Morgan * Audience: Dima Alfalahi, Diana Elbasha, Helen Ray, and Kari Sonde * Digital: Juwayriah Wright and Eric Torres * Photo: Kim Bubello, Chloe Dowling, Naomy Pedroza, Katherine Pomerantz, and Ava Selbach * Reporting: Simmone Shah * Video: Brian Braganza, Man Sum Lai, Joey Lautrup, and Alexandra Robson * Strategic Advisor: Keith Fox ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-art/2026/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-art/2026/"},"headline":"TIME100 Art 2026","description":"The 100 people shaping the future of art—and our world.","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-art/2026/","datePublished":"2026-09-17T14:05:59.210Z","dateModified":"2026-09-17T14:05:22.253Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":97,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bffbea19602f0e8/6aa42964220becbb07b75878/T100art-Web-FINAL_(2).jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/time100/","name":"TIME100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-art-2026/","name":"TIME100 Art 2026"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-art/2026/","name":"TIME100 Art 2026"}}]}] ```