[ METHODOLOGY · NOVEMBER 2026 ]
How the register works. What we include, where it comes from, and what we leave out.
What it is
Tyrio is a register, not a ranking. It records where contemporary artists have shown since 2022: at fairs, in solo exhibitions at a short list of institutions, and at biennials. We publish no scores and no positions, only facts from public sources.
Who is included
Artists presented by commercial galleries at NADA (New York, Miami), Art-o-rama, Liste, Paris Internationale, Independent, 1-54 (London, New York, Marrakech) and ARCOmadrid (Opening), and in the curated sections of Art Basel (Statements, Feature, Emergence, Discoveries, Positions, Nova, Zero 10) and Frieze (Focus). Main-sector presentations are included where the fair publishes them. Non-profit spaces and foundations are not counted.
What a profile shows
Fairs with year, section and gallery, as listed by the fair. Solo shows at the 13 institutions below. Participation in the biennials below. For early-career artists, one neutral sentence: which galleries, how many fairs since when, and the most recent one.
Labels
Labels state facts and only ever add. Curated section: shown in a curated section at Art Basel or Frieze. Biennial: took part in Venice, documenta, the Whitney, São Paulo, Berlin, Gwangju or Sharjah. Institutional solo show: a solo or two-person show at one of the 13 institutions. Historic: born before 1950; shown for information, with no other label. No label is ever negative.
Institutions
Kunsthalle Basel, Serpentine, Palais de Tokyo, Pirelli HangarBicocca, MoMA PS1, Hammer Museum, Hamburger Bahnhof, Para Site, Atelier Hermès, Museo Tamayo, Pivô, Zeitz MOCAA and Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
Biennials
With label: Venice (2022, 2024, 2026), documenta fifteen (2022), Whitney (2022, 2024, 2026), São Paulo (2023, 2025), Berlin (2022, 2025), Gwangju (2023, 2024, 2026), Sharjah (2023, 2025). Shown on the profile only: Sydney, Lyon, Taipei, Kochi-Muziris, Istanbul, Liverpool, Made in L.A.
Sources
Official websites and press material of fairs, galleries, institutions and biennials; Wikidata for years of birth; information sent by artists and galleries through the correction form, checked before it is published.
Known limits
Art Basel and Frieze publish the artists of their main sectors only in part, so the register sees emerging artists better than established ones. Some archives are incomplete. 1-54 only keeps its current edition online. The galleries listed are those that presented the artist at the events we track, not necessarily all the galleries that represent them. Most years of birth are not verified. Lists published before a fair takes place are marked as announced until the fair has opened.
Checks
Duplicate names, two-person entries and non-artist entries are cleaned by hand. In November 2026 we checked 263 facts against their original sources, in four samples: random ones and ones drawn from the sources most likely to contain errors. We found no errors. With 95% confidence, this puts the error rate below about 1.5%. It does not measure what is missing.
Independence
Nobody pays to be listed. The register is independent of the Tyrio market: buying, selling or registering interest never changes an artist's record or labels.