Graphic design is the art or technique of integrating text and images in advertisements, magazines, or books.
Graphic design is the art and craft of visual communication, uniting images, words, and concepts to convey information to an audience, often with a specific purpose. In simpler terms, graphic design is communication through visuals and design, a method of expressing ideas.
The humble yet powerful tarot card has inspired artists for centuries. Today, tarot is more popular than ever, so we take a look at its long history and the creatives celebrating it now. Along the way, we speak to two of our favourite artists and tarot creators, Claire Yurika Davis and Marcella Kroll.
From dropping out of art school to being copied by Supreme, Barbara Kruger is the queen of NYC cool.
New York Neo-Geo icon Peter Halley has been making prints alongside his fluorescent, rectilinear paintings for more than 3 decades. Galaxia II – “a technical tour de force” – is his most ambitious yet.
Avant Arte’s core purpose is to make discovering and owning art radically more accessible. In 2022, we’re adding NFTs to the picture.
"Modern art is great, but you have to take care of plants – right?"
Read a text written by José Parlá to accompany the timed release of our our latest collaboration, The Founders.
Our first Work on Paper Week presents an unmatched opportunity to access works by Roby Dwi Antono, Sarah Lee, Alexis Ralaivao and Antonia Showering.
Dmitri Cherniak (he/him) was born 1988 in Canada and now lives and works in New York City.
Pablo Tomek (he/him) was born in Paris, 1988. He continues to live and work in the city.
Kara Joslyn (she/her) was born in San Diego, California. She now lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Rooo Lou was born in Osaka, Japan in 1988. He lives and works in Tokyo.
Koichi Sato (he/him) was born in 1974 in Tokyo, Japan, and now lives and works in New York City, United States.
Cleon Peterson (he/him) was born in 1973 in Seattle, Washington, and now lives and works in Los Angeles.
Mark Whalen (he/him) was born in Sydney in 1982, and now lives and works in Los Angeles.
Roby Dwi Antono (he/him) was born in 1990 in Semarang, Indonesia, and now lives and works in nearby Yogyakarta.
David Rudnick (he/him) was born in 1986 in London. He is now based in Ghent, Belgium, where he works from a collaborative studio – Terrain.
The classical bronze nude is reframed in Toy Car by Yu Nagaba.With an arm melodramatically thrown over her head, the sleek female figure is based on a recurring character in Yu’s two and three-dimensional artwork, and represents the artist’s first figurative sculpture edition. The only clue as to where she is reclining is the toy car placed that accompanies her.Inspired by Yu’s endeavours in graphic design, the edition constitutes a modern, minimal reworking of motifs and references from art history, such as Matisse’s reclining nudes. Frosted white paint is applied in several layers to the cast bronze sculpture – finished with flashes of platinum leaf.
For a timed-limited edition of silkscreen prints, available for 24 hours only, Yu Nagaba composes a minimal scene of fish, flowers and solitude.In a sharp, linear style influenced by his endeavours in graphic design, Nagaba depicts a person and three fish, sitting in front of a patterned wall. Goldfish and floral motifs pay homage to French Fauvist Matisse – a longstanding source of inspiration for Yu’s curvaceous forms and figures.Each print is finished with an ACE Hotel stamp in vibrant red. The stamp is a calling card seen throughout the artist’s practice, adding a touch of colour to his monochrome palette. It calls to Nagaba’s childhood memories of his father’s travels and the simple mementos he’d return with, and more recently to an imagined alter ego who travels the world leaving cryptic sketches on hotel notepads.
DRx, Neighborhood SRL & CRamics
Avant Arte presents a multimode collaboration between DRx (category-defying creative and ‘fortune telling’ collector, Darren Romanelli), SRL (Specimen Research Laboratory, an offshoot of trailblazing streetwear brand Neighborhood) and CRamics (graphic designer turned ceramicist, Candice Romanelli).Comprising a vinyl figure complete with removable mask, hands and apron, a limited edition Neighborhood SRL T-shirt and a slab-made, fired stoneware vessel by CRamics, the collaboration connects eclectic subcultural references with a profound appreciation for collecting, cactus cultivation and botany at large. True to Romanelli’s reputation as a multi-hyphenate practitioner, the 3 artefacts deftly entwine tenets of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture – questioning how said categories have been and might be defined to begin with. Read an interview with Darren and Neighborhood founder Shinsuke Takizawa to find out more.Please note that dimensions listed below reference the vinyl figure.
We collaborate with artists to create both limited editions and works on paper.
A limited edition is part of a unique series of pieces. Limited editions are fixed in quantity, meaning we will only ever produce a certain number.
Framing options vary for each piece and are listed on the individual artwork pages. Our standard glazing offer is a minimum 90% UV acrylic plexiglass, or you can upgrade to an anti reflective Optium museum plexiglass.
Yes, 100%. We work directly with our artists to create editions that accurately represent their body of work. Additionally, every artist personally reviews and approves their final editions.
Each edition comes with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity (COA) signed by the artist. Additionally every edition will be signed, marked, or numbered on the edition itself.
Works on paper and some originals don't come with a COA.
No—the copyright is not transferred to the purchaser of the edition.
All the ins and outs can be found on our orders and shipping page.
