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Slawn – The good, the bad, and the Ugly Bastard
Ahead of our first collaboration, a satirical sculpture in his own image, we visited Nigerian artist Slawn in his London studio to talk about cartoons, racist tropes and lucid dreaming.
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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Framing inspiration
So you found the perfect artwork. What now? With room for magic comes room for mistakes. We took five prints by Liang Fu to Facility, an East London framer, to explore the myriad possibilities available to the contemporary collector.
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Miwa Komatsu – Painting live in London
Japanese artist Miwa Komatsu travelled to London to paint beneath the gilded ceiling of Fitzrovia Chapel. Once finished, her painting was transformed into a limited edition print.
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What is Generative Art?
Humans have been experimenting with generative art for centuries, but Web 3.0 technology such as NFTs and smart contracts has unlocked new possibilities. Here’s what you need to know about the movement that’s shaking up the art world.
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Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago is a legendary feminist artist who has irrevocably changed the face of art history. Inspired by her landmark retrospective, Revelations, at the Serpentine in London, we dive into her empowering and inspirational story.
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Ibrahim El-Salahi
Ibrahim El-Salahi’s mesmerising paintings represent the dream of postcolonial Sudan. His prison drawings expose the nightmare hidden beneath.
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Linda Dounia – Amplifying the self
Linda Dounia is a Senegalese artist working with generative systems to create art that challenges the tech status quo. Her abstract artworks are based on extensive research into various ecologies.
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Rising High II by Peter Halley – How it's made
Anastasia Vavilova, a printmaker at Make-Ready who specialises in experimental hybrid techniques, recounts the steps involved in an elaborate collaboration with Neo-geo painter, Peter Halley.
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Who are the new generation of art collectors?
1,500 of them took part in our first collector report. Here's what we found out.
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Actual Size: Explained
Ed Ruscha has spent his life toying with everyday words and objects – from roadside gas stations and billboards to the Hollywood sign. Featuring the SPAM logo and tin, Actual Size is one of his most iconic artworks. Here’s how a strange, satirical painting captured the essence of America.
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Mickalene Thomas
American artist Mickalene Thomas set out to change the face of art history back in the early 2000s – and that’s exactly what she’s done. We take a look at Mickalene’s humble beginnings and her artistic legacy as the contemporary art powerhouse she is today.
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Grant Yun – Growing Up
American-Korean artist Grant Yun arrives in Seoul with his first solo show. The series is minimal, intricate and personal, inspired by his identity.
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Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is a hallmark of 20th-century art. Since the 1970s she’s taken pictures of herself as different ‘types’ of people from American culture and beyond. In this Artist’s Artist, we look at how the representation of women in popular culture shaped her history-making career.
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Emily Xie – Plastic code
Chinese-American artist Emily Xie’s coded creations replicate old world fabrics in new world media. Combining AI and generative methods, she asks what it means to be material in a digital world.
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George Condo and Jessica Morgan
In a nostalgic conversation, George Condo recounts the beginnings of his career which was intrinsically connected to Dia Art Foundation. Forty years later, Avant Arte and Condo collaborate to support the future of Dia.
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George Condo – Rethinking reality
Condo coined two terms to describe his radical art style – artificial realism and psychological realism.
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