Artcurial Urban Art show
- Artcurial opened its Urban Art exhibition on April 18, featuring street and contemporary names like Invader, DRAN, and Shepard Fairey. (x.com) - The house set an auction for April 21 at 6:00 p.m. as part of the event’s market moment. (x.com) - The exhibition mixes established and street artists, positioning the auction as a focal night for urban-art collectors. (x.com)
Artcurial has opened its latest urban-art exhibition in Paris, with the market test coming fast: a live sale set for April 21 at 6 p.m. (artcurial.com) The sale, listed by Artcurial as “Urban Masterpieces,” is scheduled at the house’s Paris headquarters and follows the exhibition opening on April 18. Artcurial’s homepage lists the auction for April 21, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in Paris. (artcurial.com 1) (artcurial.com 2) The auction catalog spans early graffiti and later street-art names, including Crash, KAWS, Keith Haring, Lady Pink, Futura 2000, José Parlá, JR, EL Seed, Vhils, Invader, DRAN and Shepard Fairey. The first 20 listed lots alone run from a 1983 Zephyr work to JR and ROA pieces from the 2010s. (artcurial.com) That mix shows how auction houses now package urban art less as an outsider category than as a cross-generational collecting field. Artcurial says urban art has become “one of the most dynamic emerging sectors of the market” and says it began holding dedicated sales in 2006. (artcurial.com) The estimates on the April 21 sale also show the spread inside that market. Artcurial lists Keith Haring’s *Untitled (Study for Dusseldorf Sculptures)* at €30,000 to €50,000, Zephyr’s *ZEPH* at €12,000 to €15,000, and Lady Pink’s *My girlfriend, my lover* at €15,000 to €25,000. (artcurial.com) Third-party market listings point to higher-ticket works deeper in the sale, including a DRAN work estimated at roughly $35,327 to $47,103, an Invader ceramic estimated at about $47,103 to $70,655, and a Shepard Fairey piece estimated at about $35,327 to $58,879. (artprice.com) Artcurial has been building this category for years through both marquee evening sales and lower-priced online auctions. Its results page shows an “Urban Online” sale on April 3, 2026, while archived Artcurial records show a November “Urban Project” sale with works by Invader, Shepard Fairey and Banksy. (artcurial.com 1) (artcurial.com 2) The April 21 auction is where the exhibition turns into a price signal. By Tuesday evening, collectors will have a clearer read on which names in this street-to-contemporary lineup still pull the strongest bids in Paris. (artcurial.com)
