Art world insights

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

The Guerrilla Girls: Four Decades of Disruption

From the streets to the Supreme Court, the punk feminist art collective are still fighting for social justice in the art world and beyond.

March 08, 20233 min read

Artist William Kentridge sitting in a white shirt in from of monochrome drawings

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William Kentridge

Born in Johannesburg in 1955, William Kentridge uses performance, collage and charcoal to discuss and challenge the problems of Apartheid.

March 08, 2023

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Cai Guo-Qiang

What do you know about the art of blowing things up? Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang has been doing it for fifty years…

February 22, 2023

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Ed Ruscha

Meet Ed Ruscha, the American Pop artist who fell in love with gas stations on a road trip to Los Angeles in the 1950s.

February 08, 2023

black and white photo of Yayoi Kusama and a horse, both covered in polka dots

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Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton: When Will The Dots Stop?

Bags, billboards and Bella Hadid. The commodification of Yayoi Kusama.

February 03, 20233 min read

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Marlene Dumas

The influential South African painter Marlene Dumas is famous for her portraits, but interestingly, she doesn’t see them as portraits at all.

February 01, 2023

Yayoi Kusama sitting in front of her painting of a pumpkin

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Yayoi Kusama

How much do we really know about the dot-obsessed Japanese art icon?

January 25, 2023

black and white photograph of Andy Warhol wearing sunglasses in front of a stack of Brillo boxes

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Artificial Inspiration

What does recent progress in artificial intelligence mean for art and artists?

January 24, 20233 min read

Ayako Rokkaku holding a paper bowl which she is using as a paint palette

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Ayako Rokkaku: Painting in public

Relive a first of it's kind live painting event with Japanese artist Ayako Rokkaku, then discover the process involved in transforming it into a limited edition print.

January 23, 20233 min read

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Walton Ford

American painter Walton Ford loved drawing animals as a kid and never stopped painting the wildlife he cherished.

January 18, 2023

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Zhang Xiaogang

After growing up during the Cultural Revolution in China, Zhang Xiaogang became internationally revered for his intimate portraits of Chinese history.

December 28, 2022