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Seated
With her first ever public sculpture, Tschabalala Self brings ongoing explorations of body politics and domestic performance to London.
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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interview
In conversation: Tyler Hobbs
"Can I write a program that creates a painting?"
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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.
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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.
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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 & 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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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.
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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: 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: 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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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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Inner Visions 03
With a collection of hand-finished works, curator Larry Ossei-Mensah considers storytelling as provocation.
interview
Gisela McDaniel & Gemma Rolls-Bentley
Ahead of a hand-finished debut collaboration, Gisela McDaniel explains the enduring and vital precedence of her sitters' stories.
article
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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Avant Arte in Accra
A series of studio visits in the Ghanaian capital.
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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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