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Who are the new generation of art patrons?
3,100 collectors participated in our latest report. Here’s what we discovered.
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Catch up on goings on with Avant artists around the world and dive deeper into our collaborations.
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Jammie Holmes – Painting Pan-Africanism
The Louisiana-born artist opens up about how his upbringing inspired 'Fred', our limited edition print that places Fred Hampton in Jammie’s childhood home.
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Ai Weiwei: 'A New Chatpter'
Ai Weiwei's latest exhibition has arrived at London's Lisson Gallery. Here, we take a deep dive into select works and key themes.
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Ai Weiwei – Combat fear with truth
Happy Lunar New Year! As we enter the Year of the Snake, Ai Weiwei shares his wisdom for the year ahead and explains why the snake is not only the most misunderstood animal in the Zodiac, but the most pertinent symbol of our times.
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Anna Ridler – Price Per Stem
To Anna Ridler, flowers are not only symbols of the natural world, but windows into the complex socioeconomic systems that create and control them. Our collaboration looks specifically at peonies, and everything that leads up to their price on the supermarket shelf.
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20,000 Middle Fingers
What power can be found in a gesture?
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Ai Weiwei – Under surveillance
To understand the origins of a quasi-camera by Ai Weiwei, we trace the history of surveillance in his life and work.
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Ai Weiwei – Everyone is a dragon
It's the year of the dragon. Dragons wield godlike power in myths and folklore, but Ai Weiwei insists that everyone is a dragon. Here's why.
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Danielle Mckinney – Soul & Solace
Paintings by Danielle Mckinney articulate the soul through its ritual comforts, making the interior lives of Black women visible. We set out to capture the feeling in words, and with a community playlist.
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Slawn – The good, the bad, and the Ugly Bastard
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.
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Miwa Komatsu – Painting live in London
Japanese 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.
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Rising High II by Peter Halley – How it's made
Anastasia 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.
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Who are the new generation of art collectors?
1,500 of them took part in our first collector report. Here's what we found out.
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Actual Size: Explained
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.
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Grant Yun – Growing Up
American-Korean artist Grant Yun arrives in Seoul with his first solo show. The series is minimal, intricate and personal, inspired by his identity.
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George Condo and Jessica Morgan
In 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.
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