Since 2016 the best selling Contemporary artist has been American Graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988); while the works of American Prisoner artist C-Note has been used to save lives and has raised millions in public-private funding towards criminal justice.
#1
(top) $17.7 million, Jim Crow, 1986, Jean-Michel Basquiat
(bottom) Return to Vitality, 2020, Donald "C-Note" Hooker
#2
(top) Black Love Matters, 2015, Donald "C-Note" Hooker
(bottom) $17.7 million, Jim Crow, 1986, Jean-Michel Basquiat
#3
(left) 23.7 million, Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta, 1983, Jean-Michel Basquiat
(right) Decarcerate Now!, 2020, Donald "C-Note" Hooker