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George Condo – Rethinking reality
Condo coined two terms to describe his radical art style – artificial realism and psychological realism.
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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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Cai Guo-Qiang – Explosive serenity
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.
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Ai Weiwei: Decoded
A guide to the symbols at play in a divine self portrait by Ai Weiwei.
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Matt Deslauriers – Generative printmaking and systems of colour
Generative 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.
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Norman Rosenthal on Anish Kapoor
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.
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Yoon Hyup - In The City
Using 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.
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Gregory Crewdson – 25 years of Twilight
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.
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The Changing Face of African Art
Raphael 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.
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The story behind the KIDS SEE GHOSTS album cover
How 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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In conversation: Dmitri Cherniak at LACMA
After the acquisition of Ringers #962 into LACMA's collection, Generative artist Dmitri Cherniak and LACMA Curator Dhyandra Lawson discuss the artistry of systems, curating randomness, and the origins of Ringers.
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JR: Miniature Giants
Installations by JR are some of the most viewed artworks in the world. Ahead of our first collaboration, we visited the legendary photographer in Paris to talk about scale, scaffolding, the ever-growing ambition of his public projects and why he wants to stay naïve forever.
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Curated by Julian Schnabel
Palazzo-dwelling painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel is back. This time, with a selection of original works by artists from his own collection.
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Devan Shimoyama in Pittsburgh
From the Warhol Museum to Croatian murals, Devan Shimoyama shows us why Pittsburgh deserves a spot on any American art pilgrimage.
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Maxwell Mustardo
"Can a mug be lustful, sweaty, & gluttonous?"
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Living with LUV
LY arrives in London to showcase new horizons in the world of LUV. Discover the pop-up, plus new opportunities to collect.
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Sensory Inspiration
The origin story for a new collaboration with New York legend José Parlá got us thinking about some of the unexpected places where artists find their art.
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