Are graffiti tags the purest art form?
Tagging offers no reward beyond the rush of its creation, and the chance to be part of something bigger.
Tagging offers no reward beyond the rush of its creation, and the chance to be part of something bigger.
At Avant Arte, limited edition artworks are our bread and butter. As with many good things, they come wrapped in jargon. Read on for a quick fix summary of everything you need to know to start collecting.
Marcel Duchamp was a visionary Dadaist renowned for his "readymades", challenging and redefining artworld conventions.
As Janelle Monáe’s new album heralds the age of pleasure, femme visual artists are also imagining sexualities liberated from the male gaze.
Lubaina Himid is the Turner Prize winning artist, curator and professor championing Black British art. Here's the story of how she got there.
Tschabalala Self’s sculpture was vandalised by racists who painted her skin white – symbolically erasing exactly what it was intended to represent.
Since the birth of art, humans have painted themselves. But what do portraits mean today? And how do they continue to capture precious moments of history?
"Can a mug be lustful, sweaty, & gluttonous?"
LY arrives in London to showcase new horizons in the world of LUV. Discover the pop-up, plus new opportunities to collect.
Georgia O’Keeffe was a pioneer of American Modernism. Her sensual paintings, from the early 1900s to her death in 1986, reflect the promise and pitfalls of the 20th Century.
The origin story for a new collaboration with New York legend José Parlá got us thinking about some of the unexpected places where artists find their art.
Stanley Whitney was born in 1946 in Philadelphia, USA. His blocks of high-key colours have made Whitney America’s greatest Black abstract artist.
Tokyo might be the densest metropolitan area in the world, but it isn’t all go-go-go. Keita Morimoto introduces a quieter side of Tokyo.
Go behind the scenes at Make-Ready in London as Ai Weiwei reflects on the profundities of printmaking, and its lineage within his practice.
Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol was a pioneer of the American Pop Art movement. His work is widely recognised for its iconic colourful style — mixing contemporary art with celebrity culture and consumer goods.
We are collaborating with Nina Chanel Abney to open the opportunity to acquire a print of her Super Cool World NFT collection. On April 28th, the 48 hour printing window opens. Discover everything you need to know below.
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