Artcurial Urban Art auction set
Artcurial is running an Urban Art auction on April 21 that lists major street artists like Invader and Shepard Fairey on the catalogue ( ). The auction appears in multiple art feeds this cycle as a marquee spring sale for urban and street works (x.com).
Artcurial has scheduled its “Urban Masterpieces” sale for Tuesday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in Paris, putting street and urban art at the center of its spring calendar. (artcurial.com) The sale appears on Artcurial’s public schedule as auction no. 6500 at its Paris headquarters on the Champs-Élysées, with bidding available live or online. (artcurial.com) The catalog lists works by Keith Haring, KAWS, Futura 2000, Lady Pink, Crash, Zephyr, José Parlá, JR, Vhils, ROA and eL Seed, with estimates ranging from €1,000 to €50,000 in the first 20 lots alone. (artcurial.com) That lineup shows how auction houses now package graffiti, post-graffiti and street-born practices as a single collecting category, spanning 1980s New York names and newer international artists in one evening sale. (artcurial.com; artcurial.com) Artcurial has been building that category for two decades. The house says it began staging dedicated urban art sales in 2006 and calls itself one of the early auction-house specialists in the field. (artcurial.com) The company also uses past prices to signal depth in the market. On its urban art overview page, Artcurial highlights results including €985,000 for KAWS’ “Final Days,” €492,600 for Invader’s “Rubik Space,” and €379,500 for Banksy’s “Rodeo Girl.” (artcurial.com) Its recent sales history shows the same names circulating repeatedly. In the November 2025 “Urban Project” auction, Artcurial sold Banksy’s “Choose Your Weapon (Blue)” for €91,840 and several Invader works between €9,840 and €47,232, while Shepard Fairey’s “Liberté Egalité Fraternité Letterpress” brought €6,560. (artcurial.com) An earlier “Urban Masterpieces” sale also leaned heavily on Invader, JR and Shepard Fairey, suggesting Artcurial has turned these branded urban-art sessions into a recurring format rather than a one-off event. (artcurial.com) The next test comes on April 21, when buyers will show whether this spring catalog can extend Artcurial’s long-running bet that street art belongs in the main auction season, not at its margins. (artcurial.com; artcurial.com)
