If you are wondering how this A- list north of the border artist manages to travel the world all the time and seemingly not do any painting, but still churns out lots of paintings each year, ask her about China.

She outsources the painting to China and then claims it as her own.

Anna Weyant

How this young Canadian went from painter’s assistant to million-dollar New York art phenom

A 27-year-old Calgary-born painter touted as the newest darling of the New York art scene is experiencing a whirlwind rise to fame.

In late May, Anna Weyant’s painting, “Falling Woman,” sold at a Sotheby’s auction for US$1.6 million, multiple times its $150,000 to $200,000 estimated value. Weeks earlier, another oil painting, “Summertime,” hammered at US$1.2 million at a Christie’s auction while Buffet II, a 2021 painting, sold for US$580,000 to a Hong Kong bidder at an auction at Phillips.

Three years ago, Weyant’s figurative drawings and paintings were laid out on blankets and priced at US$450 each at a “staggeringly chill” art fair in the Hamptons, ARTnews reported.

Since the Long Island beach sale, three of Weyant’s solo shows have sold out, the Wall Street Journal likened her in a lengthy weekend profile to “Botticelli as a millennial” and she recently became exclusively represented by the powerhouse Gagosian gallery, whose 77-year-old founder, Larry Gagosian, Weyant is now dating. – Source

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