The Top 15 Emerging Artists of 2015

It took more than market momentum or critical acclaim to have a breakout year in 2015. As re@ected by Eric N. Mack, Simon Denny, and Mira Dancy in the Flm above, tragedies like Charlie Hebdo and big shiIs from Black Lives Matter to the legalization of gay marriage, have drawn artists to place renewed consideration into making work that resonates with not just the art world but the wider world, too. Here, we survey 15 of the most exciting practices this year, by artists who made great strides to cement themselves as part of the growing canon of contemporary art.