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.
8 min readJapanese 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.
2 min readAnastasia 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.
3 min read1,500 of them took part in our first collector report. Here's what we found out.
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.
5 min readAmerican-Korean artist Grant Yun arrives in Seoul with his first solo show. The series is minimal, intricate and personal, inspired by his identity.
2 min readIn 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.
Condo coined two terms to describe his radical art style – artificial realism and psychological realism.
2 min readExplosive serenity is the paradox at play in Snow Lotus, a new collaboration with Cai Guo-Qiang. Hear his reflections on reflections, and discover the printmaking processes involved in transforming one of his gunpowder paintings into a limited edition print.
6 min readGenerative artist Matt DesLauriers and printmaker Tom Murphy meet after hours at Make-Ready to reflect on the creation of Sierra. The collaboration forges a harmonious relationship between silkscreening and generative art.
Norman Rosenthal, guiding force behind the artist's first silkscreen print, reflects on his relationship with artworks by Anish Kapoor – shiny, dirty and sublime – since they first crossed paths in 1978.
5 min readUsing improvised line and dot to portray familiar skylines and dazzling city lights, Yoon Hyup’s freehand acrylic marks align spontaneously with the rhythm of New York. Ahead of our second collaboration, we made a short film to tell the story.
On the 25th anniversary of landmark series Twilight, revisit Gregory Crewdson's supernatural vision of suburbia and collect a trio of limited edition photographic prints.
4 min readRaphael Dapaah is the founder of Dapaah Gallery – an art agency and consultancy specialising in art from Africa and the global diaspora. This Black History Month we sat down with him for an open conversation about his journey into the art world, and the triumphs and challenges facing Black artists today.
5 min readHow Takashi Murakami transformed his painting Manji-Fuji into the perfect album cover for Kid Cudi and Kanye West’s joint project, KIDS SEE GHOSTS.
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