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Thornton Dial
American artist Thornton Dial became an international art world sensation at 60. He started his career many decades earlier, making toys out of junk. Today, he is considered one of the great artists of his generation.
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From interviews and opinions to collecting guides and live events, unpack the art world with Insights on Avant Arte.
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Devan Shimoyama in Pittsburgh
From the Warhol Museum to Croatian murals, Devan Shimoyama shows us why Pittsburgh deserves a spot on any American art pilgrimage.
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Are graffiti tags the purest art form?
Tagging offers no reward beyond the rush of its creation, and the chance to be part of something bigger.
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Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp was a visionary Dadaist renowned for his "readymades", challenging and redefining artworld conventions.
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Art in the Age of Femme Pleasure
As Janelle Monáe’s new album heralds the age of pleasure, femme visual artists are also imagining sexualities liberated from the male gaze.
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Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid is the Turner Prize winning artist, curator and professor championing Black British art. Here's the story of how she got there.
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Is racism the price we pay for representation?
Tschabalala Self’s sculpture was vandalised by racists who painted her skin white – symbolically erasing exactly what it was intended to represent.
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Elizabeth Peyton
Since the birth of art, humans have painted themselves. But what do portraits mean today? And how do they continue to capture precious moments of history?
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Living with LUV
LY arrives in London to showcase new horizons in the world of LUV. Discover the pop-up, plus new opportunities to collect.
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Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe was a pioneer of American Modernism. Her sensual paintings, from the early 1900s to her death in 1986, reflect the promise and pitfalls of the 20th Century.
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Sensory Inspiration
The origin story for a new collaboration with New York legend José Parlá got us thinking about some of the unexpected places where artists find their art.
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Stanley Whitney
Stanley Whitney was born in 1946 in Philadelphia, USA. His blocks of high-key colours have made Whitney America’s greatest Black abstract artist.
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One Thousand Portals: Keita Morimoto in Tokyo
Tokyo might be the densest metropolitan area in the world, but it isn’t all go-go-go. Keita Morimoto introduces a quieter side of Tokyo.
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Ai Weiwei: Printing Power
Go behind the scenes at Make-Ready in London as Ai Weiwei reflects on the profundities of printmaking, and its lineage within his practice.
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