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==Art market== * 2006, ''Untitled (Diagonal Curve)'' (1966), a black-and-white canvas of dizzying curves, was bought by [[Jeffrey Deitch]] at [[Sotheby's]] for $2.1 million, nearly three times its $730,000 high estimate and also a record for the artist.<ref>Carol Vogel (26 June 2006), [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/design/26auct.html Prosperity Sets the Tone at London Auctions] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> * February 2008, the artist's dotted canvas ''Static 2'' (1966) brought Β£1,476,500 ($2.9 million), far exceeding its Β£900,000 ($1.8 million) high estimate, at [[Christie's]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/bridget-riley-static-2-5037926-details.aspx |title=Bridget Riley (b. 1931) | Static 2 | POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART Auction | 1960s, Paintings | Christie's |publisher=Christies.com |date=6 February 2008 |access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> * July 2008, ''Chant 2'' (1967), part of the trio shown in the [[Venice Biennale]], went to a private American collector for Β£2,561,250 ($5.1 million), at Sotheby's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.pdf.L08022.html/f/5/L08022-5.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.sothebys.com |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141522/http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.pdf.L08022.html/f/5/L08022-5.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * March 2022, ''Gala'' (1974) sold for Β£4,362,000 ($5.8 million) at the 2022 Modern British Art Evening Sale in Christie's, London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2022 |title=Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale {{!}} Gala |url=https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6362407 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830113807/https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6362407 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |website=[[Christie's]]}}</ref>
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