Early closure
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London – Rome · Public catalogue
A living collection, told one work at a time.
Visual Poetry presents a first selection of modern and contemporary art. Images and artwork details are published only after verification.
Weekly selection
VP Market Notes · Issue 09
26 October 2026 · Weekly outlook
Paris: strong sales, practical risks
Art Basel Paris delivered encouraging early sales: Artnet reported more than 300 works sold for approximately $147 million during the first two preview days, based on figures compiled by the fair.
Selected works
The showcase
Ten works by different artists, renewed every Monday. Select an artist to see all their works, or explore the complete catalogue here.
10 works
Banksy
Love Rat
Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Garttez
Vinicio Berti
Guardare in alto
Art Vladi
Michael Jordan
Jeff Koons
Balloon Dog (Blue)
Mr. Brainwash
Mickey
Angelo Accardi
Some New Works
Lamberto Pignotti
Dante Alighieri
Ugo Carrega
No names were made
Giovanni Fontana
Priapeus 3
The selection is currently unavailable. You can view the catalogue on Artsy.
Artist focus · 01
Mr. Brainwash
Thierry Guetta · French, born 1966 · Based in Los Angeles
All works by this artistBiography
Mr. Brainwash is the name adopted by Thierry Guetta, a French-born artist based in Los Angeles. After documenting the street-art scene and artists including Invader, Shepard Fairey and Banksy, he became the central figure in Banksy’s 2010 film Exit Through the Gift Shop. His practice combines screenprint, stencil, spray paint, collage and painting, reworking images from popular culture and art history through an optimistic visual language.
Exhibitions and presence
His public profile began with Life Is Beautiful in Los Angeles in 2008 and expanded through projects in New York, London and Miami. Artsy records an active programme of solo and group exhibitions and fair presentations, including Galerie Montmartre, Vision XR Gallery, In Arte Veritas, Frank Fluegel Gallery, Clarendon Fine Art and Taglialatella Galleries.
Publications and culture
Exit Through the Gift Shop introduced his trajectory to an international audience and received an Academy Award nomination for Documentary Feature. Mr. Brainwash also created the artwork for Madonna’s Celebration album; Artsy has featured his work in editorial coverage devoted to street art and market demand.
Market and collecting
Artsy identifies an active secondary market and records results reaching six figures for major works. The artist’s recognisable iconography, international gallery presence and mix of unique works and editions support broad collector visibility. Values nevertheless vary materially according to uniqueness, technique, size, year, condition, provenance and certificate: each work must therefore be assessed individually and should not be presented as a guaranteed investment.
Artist focus · 02
Banksy
British · Identity undisclosed · Active since the 1990s
All works by this artistBiography
Banksy is an anonymous British artist whose stencil-based interventions combine direct visual language, dark humour and political critique. Emerging from the Bristol street-art scene in the 1990s, he has addressed war, surveillance, consumerism, inequality and the institutional art system through murals, prints, installations, books and film.
Works and public presence
His interventions have appeared in Bristol, London, New York, Los Angeles, the West Bank and other international locations. Major projects include Turf War, Barely Legal, Banksy versus Bristol Museum, Dismaland and The Walled Off Hotel. His works have also entered major public and private collections, while unauthorised exhibitions must be distinguished from projects endorsed by the artist.
Publications and film
Banksy’s books include Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall, Existencilism, Cut It Out and Wall and Piece. He directed Exit Through the Gift Shop, released in 2010 and nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. His official authentication body is Pest Control Office.
Market and collecting
Banksy has one of the most active secondary markets in contemporary art. Artsy records an auction high of £18.6 million at Sotheby’s in 2021. For editions, value depends decisively on signed or unsigned status, edition number, condition, provenance and a Pest Control certificate. These factors must be verified work by work; past results do not guarantee future returns.
Artist focus · 03
Jeff Koons
American, born 1955 · Lives and works in New York
All works by this artistBiography
Jeff Koons was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1955 and trained at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since the late 1970s he has transformed familiar objects and images from consumer culture into precisely fabricated sculptures and paintings, exploring desire, taste, reflection and acceptance.
Exhibitions and presence
Koons’s work is held by institutions including MoMA, Tate, the Guggenheim and the Whitney. His 2014 Whitney retrospective travelled to the Centre Pompidou and Guggenheim Bilbao. Landmark presentations have also taken place at Versailles and in major galleries internationally.
Publications and editions
His practice is documented in extensive museum catalogues, monographs and interviews. Alongside monumental works, authorised editions produced with specialist makers such as Bernardaud bring his best-known imagery into a precisely controlled collectible format.
Market and collecting
Koons is among the most visible artists in the international contemporary market. For editions, value depends on authenticity, edition number, condition, provenance, certificate and completeness. Auction records for unique or monumental works are not directly comparable with porcelain editions, and past results do not guarantee future returns.
Artist focus · 04
ZHERO
Young emerging artist · Contemporary abstract painting
All works by this artistArtistic research
ZHERO is a young emerging artist whose practice develops through abstract painting, matter, rhythm and transformation. Acrylic colour becomes a field of tension between controlled gesture and visual disorder: layers, traces and chromatic contrasts record an evolving contemporary language rather than a fixed image.
Works and presence
Visual Poetry is building and documenting the artist’s archive through unique works on canvas and wood. The Kaotik, Confusion, Rain, Earth, Black Forest, Deep Sea and Fire groups trace a progression from energetic fragmentation towards increasingly structured, atmospheric compositions. Selected works are presented internationally through Visual Poetry and Artsy.
A developing contemporary project
The research is continuing with Enigma: A Life in Ten Acts, a planned cycle of ten unique, autonomous works connected by a continuous diagram. The project links origin, growth, fracture, resurgence and silence through matter, numbers and movement, strengthening the conceptual dimension of ZHERO’s painting.
Collecting a young artist
The interest of collecting an emerging artist lies in following a language while it is still developing. ZHERO’s works should be assessed through quality, coherence of the series, uniqueness, dimensions, condition, signature, certificate and archive record. This is an early-stage market: artistic relevance and documented provenance come before expectations of financial return.
Artist focus · 05
Angelo Accardi
Italian, born 1964 · Figurative and contemporary painting
All works by this artistBiography
Born in Sapri in 1964, Angelo Accardi is an Italian artist whose work studies people and the spaces they inhabit. He constructs recognisable interiors and urban settings, then disrupts them with animals, pop-cultural figures, quotations from art history, drips and painterly erasures. The result is a surreal, ironic tension between realism and visual displacement.
Exhibitions and presence
Accardi’s official chronology documents an international exhibition path from the 1990s onwards, with presentations in Rome, Milan, Munich, Madrid, Salzburg, London, New York, Miami, Dubai and other centres. It includes the 2011 Padiglione Italia at the 54th Venice Biennale and recurring exhibitions devoted to the Misplaced and Blend cycles.
Language and collections
His practice moves through the Underpressure, Misplaced and Blend bodies of work. Ostriches, pandas and other unexpected presences replace the conventional visitor and unsettle spaces associated with museums, galleries and daily life. The artist’s official website, exhibition chronology and digital archive provide the primary framework for documenting individual works.
Market and collecting
Accardi has an international gallery presence and an active primary and secondary market. A work’s position depends on cycle, date, uniqueness, dimensions, technique, condition, provenance, signature and documentation. The Official Archive is therefore especially relevant to identification and continuity of provenance; market visibility should not be presented as a guarantee of financial return.
VP · Visual Poetry
A catalogue that grows with precision.
Visual Poetry presents original works of contemporary, pop and street art, together with a collection devoted to Visual Poetry. Every new publication follows a review of the image, title, year and essential artwork details.
- 01Selection We choose the works to present.
- 02Verification We review images and artwork details.
- 03Publication We update the public showcase.
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