Bridget Riley

British | 1931

Bridget Riley is a British Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1931.

How much does a Bridget Riley cost?

Bridget Riley's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 26 USD to 5,783,812 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Bridget Riley's most expensive painting?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 5,783,812 USD for Gala, sold at Christie's London in 2022. In the past 12 months, her prints & graphic art have averaged 12,127 USD.

Where can I see Bridget Riley's works?

Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and will be on exhibit at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco on March 06, 2025, among other locations. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sotheby's London have featured Bridget Riley's work in the past.

Bridget Riley in the news

Bridget Riley has been featured in articles for Daily Art Magazine, Apollo and THE Stylemate. The most recent article is Bridget Riley: The Responsive Eye to Feature Black & White Paintings + Drawings from 1961 – 1966. written for FAD Magazine in February 2025.

Featured for Sale

From one to the other ,2005

By Bridget Riley

Cheffins

Bridget Riley (British ,1995

By Bridget Riley

Kingham & Orme Auctioneers

102Bridget Riley (b.1931)Intervals 3 (Set of 3) (Not in Tommasini & Gubay)The complete set of three screenprints in colours ,2021

By Bridget Riley

Forum Auctions London

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Delos ,1983

By Bridget Riley

+4%

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Arcane ,1972

By Bridget Riley

+8%

above mid-estimate

Gala ,1974

By Bridget Riley

+45%

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Upcoming Lots

Study 2 for Praise ,1981

By Bridget Riley

Christie's London

Bridget Riley (British ,1995

By Bridget Riley

Kingham & Orme Auctioneers

Bridget Riley (British ,1975

By Bridget Riley

Kingham & Orme Auctioneers

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

102Bridget Riley (b.1931)Intervals 3 (Set of 3) (Not in Tommasini & Gubay)The complete set of three screenprints in colours - Bridget Riley

102Bridget Riley (b.1931)Intervals 3 (Set of 3) (Not in Tommasini & Gubay)The complete set of three screenprints in colours ,2021

By Bridget Riley

Forum Auctions London

100Bridget Riley (b.1931)Composition with Circles 5 (Tommasini & Gulbay 63)Digital pigment print - Bridget Riley

100Bridget Riley (b.1931)Composition with Circles 5 (Tommasini & Gulbay 63)Digital pigment print ,2005

By Bridget Riley

Forum Auctions London

Recent Auction Results

Blaze 4 ,1964

By Bridget Riley

+252%

above mid-estimate

Chiswick Auctions

Untitled, from Gran Pavese – The Flag Project - Bridget Riley

Untitled, from Gran Pavese – The Flag Project ,1988

By Bridget Riley

+60%

above mid-estimate

Phillips New York

Two Blues ,2003

By Bridget Riley

+90%

above mid-estimate

Rago Arts and Auction Center

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Current Exhibitions

Found Objects: Prints and Multiples from the 1960s

Cristea Roberts Gallery

St. James's | London | UK

Jan 30,2025 - Mar 08,2025

Pattern: Rhythm and Repetition

Pallant House Gallery

Chichester | UK

Nov 09,2024 - Apr 27,2025

Kandinsky’s Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th Century

Museum Barberini

Potsdam | Germany

Feb 15,2025 - May 18,2025

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Articles

Bridget Riley: The Responsive Eye to Feature Black & White Paintings + Drawings from 1961 – 1966.

FAD Magazine 15/02/2025

Marking 60 years since Bridget Riley’s inclusion in the landmark 1965 exhibition The ResponsiveEye at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s loan exhibition features animpressive selection of early Riley black and white paintings and drawings.

Turner at 250: The Best Anniversary Exhibitions

Daily Art Magazine 13/02/2025

The year 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Mallord William Turner, arguably Britain’s greatest landscape painter.

Kandinsky’s Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th century

Apollo 07/02/2025

This ambitious survey made up of more than 100 works situates the major starting point in the history of geometric abstraction in Kandinsky’s book Point and Line to Plane (1926).

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Coverage

“ ..Bridget Riley may be best known for her optical black and white paintings – now synonymous with the 1960s – but in the stunning colour work that followed she continued her exploration of perception through... ”
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Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (Goethestrasse)

“ ..Throughout her writings, Riley emphasises the importance of 'looking' when in front of paintings or in nature... ”
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Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (Goethestrasse)

“ ..Riley examines the perception of nature by means of colour and forms... ”
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Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris

“ ..These asymmetrical compositions anticipated the ensuing diagonal grid paintings that Riley began in 1986... ”
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David Zwirner, New York (525 W 19th Street)

“ ..Bridget Riley’s paintings require our active participation – there’s no chance of uninvolved viewing either from a distance or closer up... ”
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Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu