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.
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.
What power can be found in a gesture?
To understand the origins of a quasi-camera by Ai Weiwei, we trace the history of surveillance in his life and work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1,500 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.
American-Korean artist Grant Yun arrives in Seoul with his first solo show. The series is minimal, intricate and personal, inspired by his identity.
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.
Condo coined two terms to describe his radical art style – artificial realism and psychological realism.
Explosive 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.
A guide to the symbols at play in a divine self portrait by Ai Weiwei.
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