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Who are the new generation of art patrons?
3,100 collectors participated in our latest report. Here’s what we discovered.
Art world insights
From interviews and opinions to collecting guides and live events, unpack the art world with Insights on Avant Arte.
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Jammie Holmes – Painting Pan-Africanism
The Louisiana-born artist opens up about how his upbringing inspired 'Fred', our limited edition print that places Fred Hampton in Jammie’s childhood home.
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Ai Weiwei: 'A New Chatpter'
Ai Weiwei's latest exhibition has arrived at London's Lisson Gallery. Here, we take a deep dive into select works and key themes.
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Ai Weiwei – Combat fear with truth
Happy Lunar New Year! As we enter the Year of the Snake, Ai Weiwei shares his wisdom for the year ahead and explains why the snake is not only the most misunderstood animal in the Zodiac, but the most pertinent symbol of our times.
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Anna Ridler – Price Per Stem
To Anna Ridler, flowers are not only symbols of the natural world, but windows into the complex socioeconomic systems that create and control them. Our collaboration looks specifically at peonies, and everything that leads up to their price on the supermarket shelf.
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20,000 Middle Fingers
What power can be found in a gesture?
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Lisa Yuskavage
These magnificently smutty pin-ups are the work of a legend of contemporary painting, Lisa Yuskavage. Born in 1962 in Philadelphia to an Irish working class family, Lisa turns ‘wrongness’ into salacious works of art that give Classical painting a run for its money.
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Bridget Riley
Discover the illusionary artworks of a trailblazing British painter.
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Carmen Herrera
For decades, Cuban painter Carmen Herrera was the unsung hero of Minimalism, but now she holds her rightful place in history.
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Laila Shawa
Laila Shawa (1940-2022) was a Palestinian pop artist who championed the arts in Gaza.
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Anna Ridler – What's it worth?
Conceptual artist Anna Ridler has been using artificial intelligence and machine learning for over a decade. Her work with tulips explores value, speculation and desire.
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Ai Weiwei – Under surveillance
To understand the origins of a quasi-camera by Ai Weiwei, we trace the history of surveillance in his life and work.
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How to collect art
So, you're an art lover. Either you buy art, or you'd like to – but where to channel this passion? You're in the right place. This guide covers everything you need to kickstart, develop and deepen a collection.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto uses his 19th century box camera to photograph man-made projections of human existence.
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Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a Turner Prize winning artist working in ceramics, textiles and performance. He is also famous for crossdressing as Claire. Discover his unusual journey to becoming an art world icon.
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Iskra Velitchkova – Can machines make us more human?
We rely on computers in nearly every area of our lives, including creativity. Iskra Velitchkova explores the relationship between humans and technology. With generative artworks, she uncovers the ‘second self’ that emerges when we interact with machines.
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