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In early October, it was announced that he would be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and, and the previous day, news broke that he would be signing with mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth. These major milestones speak to Bowling’s great contributions to British abstract art. Earlier this year, the artist brought a contentious, nearly $40 million legal battle against one of his former galleries. Over the last 15 years, Lawson has established herself as one of the world’s foremost contemporary photographers. Her thoughtful tableaux of Black people, often in domestic settings, teeter between the conceptual and the documentary, the stylized and naturalistic.

A Rockaway Beach project featuring sculptures masquerading as ping-pong tables—inviting beachgoers to serve up volleys while mingling with Baume’s vision. “We’re bringing together a group of artists, each commissioned to reimagine the humble ping-pong table as a usable sculpture,” Baume enthuses to Observer, his excitement palpable as he pitches each new vision for New York’s ever-evolving canvas. By focusing on artists creating work that addresses race, identity and social justice—talent like Kerry James Marshall and David Hammons—Pinault has brought voices that challenge societal norms to the forefront of the French art scene.

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Dali was ejected from the surrealist movement in 1934 for hesitating to take a firm stance against Spain’s dictator, Francisco Franco. In his spare time, he would dissect cadavers to learn about human anatomy. After entering politics after WWII, he went on to have a highly successful career in which he attained worldwide prominence MATIAS KRITZ until he died of heart disease in 1973. Picasso’s style transitioned from the Blue Period to the Rose Period during the following five years, although Picasso’s Cubist approach did not blossom until 1908.

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• With his pals Andre Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck, he was a founding member of the Fauvist art movement, which was distinguished by simple lines, rich vivid colors, and expressive spontaneity that conveyed true dynamic feeling to the works.
• “Heading into 2025, the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros is working to address the challenges of preserving born-digital materials and archives related to Latin American art and culture,” she tells Observer.
• Diego Velasquez is a Spanish painter who was born in 1599 in Sevilla, Spain.
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• However, some of her pieces, like her celebrated Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, depict women and girls in a state of solitary reflection.

Best known for his iconic print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai was a pioneer of the Ukiyo-e movement or Japanese woodblock prints. He was incredibly prolific during his lifetime, creating over 20,000 paintings, sketches, and prints. His series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji were a major part of the Japonisme influence that helped shape Impressionism, several decades later. In only three years, Art SG can rightfully claim to be “Southeast Asia’s leading global art fair” with visitor numbers growing year on year. A highlight of Singapore Art Week, the third edition returns to Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in 2025.

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Turn up the dial and live information (news feeds, stock ticker, crypto price) gradually overwhelms the screens before breaking into fits of glitch. Press the button and it burns to cinders, a violence only Tree’s owner can initiate. Each destruction is registered on the blockchain and after 666 times, it remains forever charred and dystopic. His work was represented in the Australian pavilion at the 2024 Venice, for which he won the Golden Lion.