Art world insights

From interviews and opinions to collecting guides and live events, unpack the art world with Insights on Avant Arte.

Frida Kahlo painting a male portrait
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Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico City. She was painter known for her many self-portraits and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.

neon artworks by Peter Halley stacked against different walls of his studio
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Peter Halley: Galaxia II

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” printed by Lamina Studios – is his most ambitious yet.

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Paul Insect posters up in london
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Paul Insect: Peace

Throughout history, art has been a witness to war and a champion for peace. A new collaboration with Paul Insect stands in solidarity with everyone impacted by conflict worldwide.

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Nigel Howlett at work in his studio
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Nigel Howlett: The Face Before You Were Born

A solo show debut in London marked a tangible moment of inflection for Nigel Howlett and his faceless figures. In parallel, we collaborated to archive works from the show with a series of limited edition books and hand-finished prints.

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Alex Ness in a dark room looking at a colourful digital artwork
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Avant Arte & NFTs

Avant Arte’s core purpose is to make discovering and owning art radically more accessible. In 2022, we’re adding NFTs to the picture.

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close up of Khari Turner hand-finishing a print with gold paint
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Inner Visions 03

With a collection of hand-finished works, curator Larry Ossei-Mensah considers storytelling as provocation.

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Gemma Rolls Bentley interviewing Gisela McDaniel in a leafy outdoor space
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Gisela McDaniel & Gemma Rolls-Bentley

Ahead of a hand-finished debut collaboration, Gisela McDaniel explains the enduring and vital precedence of her sitters' stories.

Tomas sanchez inspecting his print in his studio
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Tomás Sánchez: En el paisaje interior

In conversation, Cuban painter Tomás Sánchez illuminates the spiritual underpinnings and sustainable production of his debut timed release.

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Adjei Tawaiah adding blue paint to a large, mixed media canvas
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Avant Arte in Accra

A series of studio visits in the Ghanaian capital.

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"If not now then when" projected onto the cliff face below Edinburgh Castle in block capitals
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Jenny Holzer: HURT EARTH

In a series of monumental light projections, HURT EARTH, art icon Jenny Holzer prompts urgent environmental action. Words from more than 40 global climate activists appear across the UK to coincide with COP26.

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Close up of Sola Olulode working on her print
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Curated by Aindrea Emelife: We Are History

Art historian, writer and curator Aindrea Emelife introduces hand-finished editions from Shannon Bono, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones and Sola Olulode.

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Jose Parla – The Founders
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José Parlá: The Founders

Read a text written by José Parlá to accompany the timed release of our our latest collaboration, The Founders.

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Artist Ludovic Nkoth is holding his print All Aboard
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Inner Visions 02

For the second instalment of Inner Visions, Larry Ossei-Mensah introduces a series of unprecedented works by New York-based artists Tau Lewis and Ludovic Nkoth.

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A wall with framed artworks, Exhibition shot WOAW Gallery & Avant Arte
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WOAW Gallery: WoP

Staged at WOAW Gallery in Hong Kong, WoP includes original works on paper from a cohort of 24 artists — setting long-time Avant Arte collaborators alongside a host of established and emerging talents from around the world.

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