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==Art market== Emin's primary galleries are White Cube in London (since 1993), Lorcan O'Neill in Rome and [[Xavier Hufkens]] in Brussels.<ref name="blouinartinfo.com">Colin Gleadell (20 January 2013), [http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/857213/artist-dossier-how-tracey-emin-lured-buyers-from-kate-moss-to "Tracey Emin Lured Buyers From Kate Moss to Charles Saatchi"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529230151/http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/857213/artist-dossier-how-tracey-emin-lured-buyers-from-kate-moss-to |date=29 May 2016 }}, ''[[ARTINFO]]''. Retrieved 10 May 2016.</ref> In 2017, Emin and Lehmann Maupin ended their working relationship.<ref>Georgina Adam (6 May 2017), [http://theartnewspaper.com/reports/frny17/tracey-emin-and-lehmann-maupin-no-longer-in-bed/ Tracey Emin and Lehmann Maupin no longer in bed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506095545/http://theartnewspaper.com/reports/frny17/tracey-emin-and-lehmann-maupin-no-longer-in-bed/ |date=6 May 2017 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> [[Charles Saatchi]], who was best known as the most high-profile, high-spending collector of contemporary British art, bought ''My Bed'' (1998) for £150,000 ($248,000) from Lehmann Maupin's "Every Part of Me's Bleeding," the exhibition that won the artist a nomination for the 1999 [[Turner Prize]].<ref name="blouinartinfo.com"/><ref name=TTeeman>Teeman, Tim. "Get into Bed with Tracey Emin for $2 Million: The Sale of a British Art Icon." ''The Daily Beast'' 28 May 2014 ProQuest. 3 March 2017</ref> In 2013, on the occasion of a [[Christie's]] London sale that raised a total of 3.1 million pounds ($5 million) in aid of the [[Saatchi Gallery]]'s policy of free entry, ''To Meet My Past'' (2002) sold for $778,900, establishing a new record for the artist.<ref>Scott Reyburn (18 October 2013), [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-17/tracey-emin-s-bed-sells-for-record-778-900-in-london.html "Tracey Emin's Bed Sells for Record $778,900 in London"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113174706/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-17/tracey-emin-s-bed-sells-for-record-778-900-in-london.html |date=13 November 2013 }}, ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]''.</ref> At another Christie's auction in 2014, ''My Bed'' was sold to White Cube founding director [[Jay Jopling]]<ref>Anny Shaw (3 July 2014), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/London-contemporary-sales-put-their-best-faces-forward/33100 "London contemporary sales put their best faces forward"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912091513/http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/London-contemporary-sales-put-their-best-faces-forward/33100 |date=12 September 2014 }}, ''The Art''.</ref> for 2.5 million pounds, including buyer's commission, once again to benefit the Saatchi Gallery's foundation.<ref>Katya Kazakina (2 July 2014), [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-01/emin-s-messy-bed-fetches-4-3-million-in-artist-s-record.html "Emin's Record Messy Bed Boosts Christie's London Auction"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218230346/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-01/emin-s-messy-bed-fetches-4-3-million-in-artist-s-record.html |date=18 December 2014 }}, ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]''. Retrieved 10 May 2016.</ref> It was estimated that the price of ''My Bed'' would sell between 800,000 and 1.2 million pounds.<ref name=TTeeman/><ref name=CMilliard>Milliard, Coline. "Christie's Rides Tracey Emin's ''Bed'' to £99 Million Night." artnetnews 1 July 2014. 3 March 2017</ref> Before the sale, Emin said that "what I would really love is that someone did buy it and they donated it to the Tate."<ref name=CMilliard/> Her most commonly auctioned sculptural works are phrases in her own handwriting set in neon, usually issued in editions of three, with two artist's proofs.<ref name="blouinartinfo.com"/> In 2011, British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] added an artwork with 'more passion' in neon by Emin in his private apartment at [[10 Downing Street]].<ref>"Passion, please", ''[[The Spectator]]'', 4 April 2015, p. 5.</ref> In January 2022, Emin requested that the artwork be removed in response to the [[Westminster lockdown parties controversy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tracey Emin requests No 10 take down her neon artwork |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60066844 |website=BBC News |access-date=20 January 2022 |date=20 January 2022}}</ref> In April 2014, Emin participated at The Other Art Fair for unrepresented artists.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tracey Emin Creates 'Affordable' Work for The Other Art Fair|url=http://www.designcurial.com/news/tracey-emin-creates-affordable-work-for-the-other-art-fair-4219541/|newspaper=Design Curial|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> ''I’ve Got It All'' (2000) sold at £74,500.<ref name="collectordaily/christies-london">{{cite web |title=Auction Results: Post War & Contemporary Art Evening and Day Auctions, October 16 and 17, 2015 @Christie's London |url=https://collectordaily.com/auction-results-post-war-contemporary-art-evening-and-day-auctions-october-16-and-17-2015-christies-london/ |website=Collector Daily |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=en |date=21 October 2015}}</ref><!-- https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2001.721 https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6101431 https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/collection/17884-tracey-emin-i've-got-it-all --> ''Like A Cloud of Blood'' (2022), among the first paintings Emin made following her six-month recovery from cancer treatment, was sold by the artist in October 2022 at Christie's, to benefit the Tracey Emin Foundation, in support the work of TKE Studios, a subsidised professional artist's studios with an additional twenty residencies including a free arts educational program. The deeply personal large-scale canvas sold for £2,322,000 — a new record price for a painting by the artist.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Hockney, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Beauford Delaney lead Christie's 20th/21st Century Frieze Week season in London |url=https://www.christies.com/features/20th-21st-century-london-frieze-week-wrap-report-12475-3.aspx |website=Christie's |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=14 October 2022}}</ref>
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