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Tony Heywood | A ‘Human Rights Greenhouse’
6 December 2024 To mark the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UDHR, world-renowned horticultural installation artist,... Read more -
Artnet Work of the Week: Jordy Kerwick’s ‘Le Tigre’
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Ibrahim El-Salahi at 1-54 New York
The Financial Times 1 June 2024 Please find the FT's discussion of Ibrahim El-Salahi's Pain Relief series at 1-54 New York here. Read more -
London Gallery Weekend 2024
1 June 2024 London Gallery Weekend Opening Hours Friday 31 May: 11am – 6pm Saturday 1 June: 11am – 6pm Sunday 2 June:... Read more
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MoMA acquires work by Ibrahim El-Salahi
5 March 2024 Vigo is proud to announce that The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has acquired Ibrahim El-Salahi's, No Shade but... Read more -
Jordy Kerwick at the Thyssen Museum
22 September 2023 Vigo is delighted to announce that the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum , Madrid, is exhibiting nine works by Jordy Kerwick, ranging... Read more -
Ibrahim El-Salahi at 90: artist, diplomat, prisoner ... revolutionary
Malika Browne, The National News 2 August 2023 Read more -
The great face off: 16 of the most wonderful portraits ever painted
Guardian, 19 June 2023 20 June 2023 Read more
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An Anecdotal History of Art (According to Matthew Collings), Part 3: The Ecstasy of Color
New Orleans Review, Emily Farranto 9 May 2023 Read more -
Artist Salah Elmur: ‘I have to come back to Khartoum every now and then to fill my imagination and my vision’
Guardian, Zeinab Mohammed Salih, Friday 24 March 2023 13 April 2023 Read more -
ERIN LAWLOR
5 Artists on Our Radar in February 2023 – Artsy Editorial 6 February 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE 'Artist s on Our Radar” is a monthly series produced by the Artsy team. Utilizing our art... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Pippa Garner: Act Like You Know Me / Ibrahim El-Salahi: Pain Relief Drawings – e-flux Announcements 3 February 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE Kunsthalle Zürich is pleased to announce new solo exhibitions by Pippa Garner and Ibrahim El-Salahi. Born in... Read more
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IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Entanglements and Exchanges: Calligraphic Abstraction’s International Pull at Midcentury – MoMA – Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi 1 February 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE Our newly opened fourth-floor collection exhibition Calligraphic Abstraction focuses on artists from around the world who turned... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena’s joyful art wraps an electrical substation in London – Creative Review – Megan Williams 20 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE London-based artist Lakwena Maciver has developed a design for an energy facility in Brent Cross Town in... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Kaleidoscopic substation in London "celebrates the spirit of the local community" – dezeen – Tom Ravenscroft 19 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE UK architecture studio IF–DO and artist Lakwena have wrapped an electrical substation in Brent Cross, London ,... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Doses Of Relief In Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Drawings Of Pain – Live Theatre UK – Rebecca Anthony 8 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE Pain is an inherent part and parcel of human experience. It can be difficult to measure or... Read more
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IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Endless Organic Growth – The New York Review – Robyn Creswell 5 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE The face is a mask, vaguely leonine, narrowing from its enormous eyes to a snout of flared... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
A Fisk Exhibition Shows the Importance of Cross-Continental Communication – Nashville Scene – Laura Hutson Hunter 14 December 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE In December 1961, the exhibition Art From Africa of Our Time opened at the Harmon Foundation in... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver’s Murals Offer a Blueprint for a Better World – Anothermag – Connor Garel 5 December 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE The artist’s new exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park considers questions of power and ownership, colonialism and free... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
Instagram hit Jordy Kerwick draws on myths and folklore in his raw and bold paintings – Creative Boom – Dom Carter 29 November 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Recently hailed by Artsy as the second most in-demand artist worldwide, self-taught Australian painter Jordy Kerwick has... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
A Green and Pleasant Land (HA-HA) review. laughing across social divides – The Guardian – Hannah Clugston 15 November 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE In the contemplative halls of the art world, inviting laughter in response to carefully created paintings is... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Artist Lakwena Maciver Digs Below the Surface of Our Green and Pleasant Land – Esquire – Miranda Collinge 12 November 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE It was in 2021 that the British-Ugandan artist Lakwena Maciver was asked to put together a solo... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Worldly Wise – Ibrahim El-Salahi's memories is packed with extraordinary encountrers – APOLLO – Zoe Cormack 30 October 2022 DOWNLOAD Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS
Former Whitechapel director Iwona Blazwick and #artistsupportpledge founder Matthew Burrows receive Critics’ Circle awards in London – The Artnewspaper – Simon Tait 27 October 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE THE PAIR WERE HONOURED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART INDUSTRY. The curator and art historian Iwona... Read more
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JORDY KERWICK
Jordy Kerwick, Q&A – Modern Forms – Nick Hackworth 28 September 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Learn To Feel Again Modern Forms Floreat House 33 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QU 14 October –... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
We Asked Art Experts Which Young Artists Are Primed to Blow Up This Fall. Here Are 10 They Chose – Artnet – Naomi Rea 15 September 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Simon de Pury, Meriem Berrada, Nicky Wilson, and others share the artists on their radar. The art... Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS
Artist Support Pledge – a perfect storm creates a sustainable economy for artists – The Inspirer 6 September 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Artist Support Pledge is an an unbelievable social media movement, started by contemporary British painter Matthew Burrows.... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
The Rise of Naive Art – Live Art Monitor 21 August 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE IF TWO ARTISTS CAN BE CALLED a movement, then there’s a new movement popular among collectors. Call... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
MINI RECHARGED X LAKWENA: A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE. – MINI 9 August 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Colourful, bold and very, very loud. London-based artist Lakwena Maciver has transformed a classic Mini into a... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Time Out’s art director on orchestrating an illustrated love letter to London for its last print issue – It's Nice That – Liz Gorny 24 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE “My God, the amount of emailing”: art director Bryan Mayes talks us through the highs, lows, and... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER – HASSAN HAJJAJ
Time Out London comes to 'happy, natural end' in print – Press Gazette – Bron Maher 21 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Time Out distributes its last London print copies on Thursday. The final edition leads on a “London... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver’s ‘The Jump Paintings’ Captures the Beauty of the Game by Reimagining Basketball Courts – SLAM – Sammy Gunnell 17 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings Hastings Contemporary 18 June – 25 September 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Basketball tells stories. Some... Read more
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IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Little Bits of Everywhere: Ibrahim El-Salahi’s ‘At Home in the World’ – ArtReview – Mark Rappolt 10 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Before he was widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of African Modernism, Ibrahim El-Salahi lived a... Read more -
HEYWOOD & CONDIE
Repurposed Stained Glass Comprises a Disorienting Illuminated Greenhouse by Heywood & Condie – Colossal – Grace Ebert 16 May 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE A brilliant greenhouse suffused with a rich spectrum of color stands at 25 Porchester Place in London.... Read more -
JOHNNY ABRAHAMS
London Gallery Weekend 10 May 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE You & I Are Earth, 1661 4 – 27 May 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
The self-taught Instagram artist who’s now courted by billionaires – The Telegraph – Colin Gleadell 3 May 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Vertical Planes Wellington Arch, Apsley Way, London W1J 7JZ 6 April – 29 May 2022 LINK TO... Read more
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IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Venice Biennale kicks off with brightness and joy amid global tensions – The Guardian – Charlotte Higgins 19 April 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE A choir of joyful, experimental, virtuosic Black female voices greets visitors to the British pavilion at the... Read more -
The Venice Biennale Power List: Here Is Every Gallery Representing an Artist at the 59th Edition of the Venice Biennale – ArtNet News – Naomi Rea 18 April 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Being included in the Venice Biennale is a very big deal. For emerging artists, it can be... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
7 Artists to Watch – and Invest in – This Year. From NFTs to fabric sculptures, these are the art movers and shakers to put on your radar. – Travel+Leisure – Dobrina Zhekova 2 April 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Collecting art is more than a hobby. It's also has potential as a long-term investment and is... Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS
Artist Support Pledge sales campaign, which raised more than £80m on Instagram during the pandemic, turns attention to Ukraine crisis – The Art Newspaper – Louisa Buck 17 March 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Just over a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie was transformed into a two-day, non-stop... Read more
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AMIR NIKRAVAN
Inside a Magical Florida Home That Looks Like the Fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon – Architectural Digest – Troy J. McMullen 11 March 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE From the outside, the newly built, intensely contemporary home in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami perfectly... Read more -
8 Artists Who Had Breakout Moments at London's March 2022 Auctions – ARTSY – Colin Gleadell 9 March 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE This past week, London’s March sales of modern and contemporary art chalked up £577.5 million ($760 million).... Read more
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SALAH ELMUR
Salah Elmur Sudan made me an artist – WePresent 22 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1966, artist Salah Elmur has since moved through Kenya, and now lives... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Art review: Jump Paintings and Back in the Air by Lakwena – Church Times – Jonathan Evens 11 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 2 8 – 28 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION In 2020, as a muralist... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
My Art Diary And Other Thoughts February 2022 – ArtLystRevd – Jonathan Evens 9 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 2 8 – 28 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Living through the pandemic and... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Spin the Ball – Cent Magazine Catarina – Figuiredo Soares 4 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Spinning the... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
A Venice Biennale Informed by the Pandemic Will Spotlight Women – The New York Times – Robin Pogrebin 3 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE The Milk of Dreams @ The 59th Venice Biennale – Curated by Cecilia Alemani Fondazione La Biennale... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Time capsules, more women and a room for Paula Rego: curator Cecilia Alemani reveals her plans for this years Venice Biennale – The Art Newspaper – Gareth Harris 2 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE The Milk of Dreams @ The 59th Venice Biennale – Curated by Cecilia Alemani Fondazione La Biennale... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver interview: I like to think my work will bring hope to people – Studio International – David Trigg 28 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION The London-based... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Macivers paintings celebrate Black joy on the basketball court. Jump Portraits is a vibrant ode to the beauty, majesty, and divine inspiration of the sports most iconic players – DAZED – Emily Dinsdale 27 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE You may have already encountered Lakwena Maciver’s “Afrofuturistic portals to utopia” across sites in London, Paris, Munich,... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Why do artists ignore sport? It's time for changeOur critic blows the whistle on this cultural failing – The Sunday Times – Waldemar Januszczak 23 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Sport. The... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
The Sky isn't the Limit: Artist Lakwena Maciver's Jump Paintings are an expression of Black Joy – Twin Factory – Gabriella Nkom 14 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION For some,... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver blasts colour and energy into a hidden corner of London – South West Londoner – Soraya Aslam 14 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Lakwena Maciver’s... Read more -
ZAK OVÉ
Navigating Worlds an Ocean Apart, Through Art. Four artists featured in a major London exhibition about Britain and the Caribbean reflect on identity, the art world and living through changing times. – The New York Times – Desiree Ibekwe 7 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s - Now Tate Britain 1 December 2021 – 3 April 2022... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
12 Artists Poised to Break Out in 2022, Based on Our Survey of Top Dealers, Advisors, and Curators – Artnet 4 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Who will be the next big thing? We asked some of the art world’s leading curators, writers,... Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS – MARCUS HARVEY
Top 10 Alt Power 100 2021 Artlyst – Artlyst 29 December 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Presenting the much-coveted Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2021. This is our way of acknowledging our industry’s hard... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Why, for me, Frieze London is a satellite art fair. Ahead of its time, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is more than just a satellite to the Regent's Park event – The Art Newspaper – Chibundu Onuzo 17 December 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
ZAK OVÉ
As interest in artists of Caribbean heritage grows, Tate Britain show aims to create 'landmark' moment – The Art Newspaper – Anna Brady 30 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s - Now Tate Britain 1 December 2021 – 3 April 2022... Read more -
NIKA NEELOVA
Nika Neelova interview: Everything in the world around us is constantly undoing and you can just grasp a moment of it – Studio International – Veronica Simpson 15 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Silt Brighton CCA Brighton, BN2 0JY 22 October – 22 December 2021 LINK TO EXHIBITION The artist... Read more -
NIKA NEELOVA
CELINE: New London Store Captures Hedi Slimane's Exacting Sense of Taste. Including a new series of art commissions, and furniture made by the designer himself. – HypeBeast – HB Team 10 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Hedi Slimane’s aesthetic sense is famously precise, combining as it does his encyclopaedic knowledge of modern and... Read more
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NIKA NEELOVA
Celine New Bond Street: a carnival of materials, furniture and art – Wallpaper – Dal Chodha 10 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE The French maison opens Celine New Bond Street, an art-filled flagship store in central London. Commissioned artworks... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A different perspective: the changing status of Black British art – The Guardian – Rianna Jade Parker 8 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver paints a "vision of paradise" on the roof of London tube station – dezeen – Alice Finney 26 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
From the shredder to the metaverse – Financial Times – Melanie Gerlis 21 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
The Artists Garden with Lakwena 1400sqm Temple Station Roof Terrace Comes to Life – FAD Magazine – Mark Westall 20 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Back in the Air, The Artist's Garden, review: A colourful dose of joy on a forgotten rooftop by the Thames – i Review – Florence Hallett 19 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Why black Art MattersI was a sceptic, but diversity in art has been wondrous and may be its salvation – The Sunday Times – Waldemar Januszczak 17 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Fiorucci And Lakwena Celebrate Their Rousing Collaboration In Colourful Style – Vogue – Emma Weymouth 17 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE The power of connectivity is at the heart of Lakwena and Fiorucci’s bold collaboration. “My name means... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Court Artist Says It With Flowers – The Art Newspaper 15 October 2021 Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R 1LA 14 –... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Ibrahim El-Salahi on the importance of stories, trees and why he misses Sudan – The Art Newspaper – Lee Cheshire 15 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Frieze Sculpture. Meditation Tree Regents Park, London 14 September – 31 October 2021 LINK TO EXHIBITION “Ibrahim... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A private party with Radiohead and big questions on the big screen: the latest gossip from Frieze London. Court Artist says it with flowers – The Art Newspaper 15 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Fiorucci 15 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Based in London, artist Lakwena Maciver employs bright colour and bold text to create paintings which, often... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Are There Any Left?: A Sales Frenzy at London's 1-54 Fair Reflects the Heated Demand for African Contemporary Art – ArtNet – Amah-Rose Abrams 14 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Nets Lakwena Maciver Basketball Paintings – Ocula – Sam Gaskin 13 October 2021 Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R 1LA 14 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Frieze And Fanciful Art: London's Artistic Highlights This Fall – Forbes – Sarah Turner 12 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Artist Lakwena Maciver Unveils her expansive, immersive floorscape tiles - Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground, commissioned by theColab. – The Telegraph 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
A colourful rood and giant feet: Best Photographs of the Day – The Guardian – Natasha Rees Bloor 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A razzle dazzle makeover for Temple Station's Roof Garden – Londonist – Will Noble 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Artist turns secret tube station roof into technicolour garden – Metro – Jordan King 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE It may seem pointless painting a roof hardly anyone can see, but this artist wanted to create... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
The Most In-Demand Artists on Artsy in September – Artsy – Benjamin Sutton 5 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE The chart above shows the artists who had the biggest increases in the number of collectors inquiring... Read more
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