Art world insights

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

En Iwamura working in his ceramic studio
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Communities: En Iwamura & Shigaraki Village

The first instalment of a new series telling the stories of artist communities worldwide.

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Julie Mehretu
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Julie Mehretu

This hugely influential Ethiopian-American artist has changed the game for abstract painting. Her epic, monumental works are based on real, historical events.

Photograph of Kehinde Wiley
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Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977 in Los Angeles, is a prominent American artist acclaimed for his vibrant and reimagined portraits that fuse contemporary subjects with classical European painting styles.

Photo of Larry Bell in front of his artwork
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Larry Bell

Larry Bell, born in 1939 in Chicago, is celebrated for pioneering Minimalism and Light and Space art by manipulating glass and geometry to investigate light's influence on perception.

large colourful sculpture in London's Coal Drops Yard
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Tschabalala Self in London

We all do it, but what does it mean to sit?

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Nan Goldin
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Nan Goldin

This iconic photographer captured day-to-day queer life in the 1980s. In 2022, he became the talk of the art world after the release of the documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. In this Artist's Artist, we take a look at her backstory.

framed print hung above a long bookcase
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Kudzi at Queercircle

Visit Queercircle in London to see Kudzanai-Violet Hwami’s first Avant Arte edition and peruse her literary picks.

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Cecily Brown
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Cecily Brown

Discover how British artist Cecily Brown made her mark as a painter despite spending her formative years on the installation-obsessed ‘90s British art scene.

Larry Bell sat on a stool smiling in his glass work studio
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Hospital Rooms

A new partnership with Hospital Rooms will support their inspiring work advocating and enacting the ways in which art can impact mental health.

Marina Abramović
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Marina Abramović

The GOAT of performance art didn't get where she is today without risking her life a few times. Born 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia, this trailblazing artist has taken on some of the most extreme feats of endurance and vulnerability – including one of the weirdest break-ups you've ever heard.

Tschabalala Self in her studio with a bronze sculpture and big yellow painting
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Seated

With her first ever public sculpture, Tschabalala Self brings ongoing explorations of body politics and domestic performance to London.

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Tyler Hobbs leaning down to write on a work surface
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In conversation with Tyler Hobbs

"Can I write a program that creates a painting?"

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George Condo standing in front of a mural
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George Condo

American artist George Condo was part of the it-crowd in 1980s New York, hanging out at Andy Warhold’s factory. He blends Surrealism, Cubism and Pop Art to paint his own weird and wonderful world.

Photo of Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat rose from New York's underground graffiti scene to become a legendary neo-expressionist artist. His bold canvases blend text, symbols and social commentary to highlight racial issues and challenge social norms.

Studio Works in Situ
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Studio Works

Studio Works offers the chance to collect original artworks by emerging global artists. The first instalment features Alfie Caine, b.wing, Bell Nakai, Lin Yen-Liang and Sun-Kyo Park - five artists we were excited to meet earlier this year.

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David Rudnick and Tim Marlow talking in a brightly lit room on charcoal grey sofas
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David Rudnick & Tim Marlow

Meeting for the first time, graphic designer David Rudnick and Design Museum Director Tim Marlow discuss false dichotomies, paradigm shifts, 'junk layer' culture and the multifarious challenges and opportunities faced by artists and designers in a Web3 age.

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