COA
A COA (certificate of authenticity) is a document that accompanies a piece of artwork to verify its authenticity.
The COA is typically issued by the artist, the gallery, or the publisher and includes details like the edition number, the size of the edition, and the materials used. It serves as a guarantee of the work's authenticity and can be important for valuation and resale. A COA provides collectors with the assurance they need when investing in a piece of art, adding credibility and value to the artwork.
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El Anatsui
Pioneering Ghanaian artist El Anatsui makes monumental, ever-changing sculptures out of bottle caps and rubbish. His sublime artworks have made him an international sensation and earned him a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 56th Venice Biennale.
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.
What is silkscreen printing?
Printmaker Kaius takes a break from crafting world class editions at Make-Ready to guide us through the fundamentals, foibles and speculative future of screen printing and serigraphy.
Is racism the price we pay for representation?
Tschabalala Self’s sculpture was vandalised by racists who painted her skin white – symbolically erasing exactly what it was intended to represent.
What is an edition?
At Avant Arte, limited edition artworks are our bread and butter. As with many good things, they come wrapped in jargon. Read on for a quick fix summary of everything you need to know to start collecting.
The Guerrilla Girls: Four Decades of Disruption
From the streets to the Supreme Court, the punk feminist art collective are still fighting for social justice in the art world and beyond.
William Kentridge
Born in Johannesburg in 1955, William Kentridge uses performance, collage and charcoal to discuss and challenge the problems of Apartheid.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
A true pioneer, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s fictional portraits have influenced the 21st century renaissance of the black figure in mainstream art.
Maxwell Mustardo
"Can a mug be lustful, sweaty, & gluttonous?"
And the Oscar for Best Movie Poster goes to…
We speak with Hollywood’s favourite poster artist James Jean about art, film and a new category for the Academy Awards.
Butt plugs, Santa Claus & Paul McCarthy
"A joke, but serious."
Tschabalala Self in London
We all do it, but what does it mean to sit?
Seated
With her first ever public sculpture, Tschabalala Self brings ongoing explorations of body politics and domestic performance to London.
Nigel Howlett: The Face Before You Were Born
A solo show debut in London marked a tangible moment of inflection for Nigel Howlett and his faceless figures. In parallel, we collaborated to archive works from the show with a series of limited edition books and hand-finished prints.
Avant Arte & NFTs
Avant Arte’s core purpose is to make discovering and owning art radically more accessible. In 2022, we’re adding NFTs to the picture.
Inner Visions 03
With a collection of hand-finished works, curator Larry Ossei-Mensah considers storytelling as provocation.
José Parlá: The Founders
Read a text written by José Parlá to accompany the timed release of our our latest collaboration, The Founders.
WOAW Gallery: WoP
Staged at WOAW Gallery in Hong Kong, WoP includes original works on paper from a cohort of 24 artists — setting long-time Avant Arte collaborators alongside a host of established and emerging talents from around the world.
Inner Visions 01
In his first collaboration with Avant Arte, critic and curator Larry Ossei-Mensah introduces three artists, Grace Lynne Haynes, Ferrari Sheppard and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
William Mapan
French artist William Mapan (he/him) was born in 1988 and is currently based in Paris.
Luis Ponce
Luis Ponce (he/him) was born in Mexico and now lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
Maxwell Mustardo
Maxwell Mustardo (he/him) was born in 1993 in rural New Jersey. He lives and works in Quakertown, New Jersey.
Maiko Kobayashi
Maiko Kobayashi (she/her) was born in Yokohama-City, Japan, in 1977. She currently lives and works in Tokyo.
Ryan Travis Christian
Ryan Travis Christian (he/him) was born 1983 in California, USA. He currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
Alfie Caine
Alfie Caine (he/him) was born in 1996 in London, England, and now lives and works in Rye, East Sussex, England.
George Rouy
George Rouy was born in 1994 in Kent, UK, and now lives and works in London.
Jaime Muñoz
Jaime Muñoz (he/him) was born in Los Angeles, California, and currently lives and works in Pomona.
Nigel Howlett
Nigel Howlett was born in 1979 in Croydon, UK, and now lives and works in London.
Shaina McCoy
Shaina McCoy (she/her) was born in 1993 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she continues to live and work.
Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg
Nathalie Djuerberg was born in 1978 in Lysekil, Sweden, and Hans Berg was born the same year in Rättvik, Sweden. The pair have practiced as a duo since 2004.
Neo Image Matloga
Neo Image Matloga was born in 1993 in Mamaila, South Africa, and now lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Daniel Crews-Chubb
Daniel Crews-Chubb (he/him) was born in 1984 in Northampton, United Kingdom. He currently lives and works in London.
Kevin Francis Gray
Kevin Francis Gray was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and now lives and works in London, UK.
Jenny Brosinski
Jenny Brosinski was born in 1984 in Celle, Germany, and now lives and works in Berlin.
Roby Dwi Antono
Roby Dwi Antono (he/him) was born in 1990 in Semarang, Indonesia, and now lives and works in nearby Yogyakarta.
Tomokazu Matsuyama
Tomokazu Matsuyama was born in 1976 in Japan and is now based in Brooklyn, New York.
Aya Takano
Aya Takano was born in 1976 in Saitama, Japan, and now lives and works in Tokyo.
Ferrari Sheppard
Ferrari Sheppard was born in 1983 in Chicago, and now lives and works in Los Angeles.
Super Future Kid
Super Future Kid, real name Steffi Homa, was born in East Berlin in 1981, 9 years before Germany’s reunification. She now lives and works in London.
Inner Love
Internal and external reflections coalesce in a print by Tomás Sánchez.Cuban artist Tomás Sánchez paints surreal visions of utopia in mind-bending detail. The artworks embody his commitment to preserving what remains of the wilderness, and a personal relationship with meditation spanning five decades.Inner Love places its cross-legged subject on a mirage-like island, mirrored perfectly in the water that surrounds it. As with many of the artist's landscapes, the scene is inspired by verdant forests and tranquil rivers close to his studio in Costa Rica. For Sánchez, the artwork provides space for a moment of self-reflection."I believe that Inner Love is a painting that can transmit to others the same peace that it transmits to me and, today, it is invaluable to receive a bit of peace."The edition transforms a larger painting into a fine-tuned UV pigment print complete with a silkscreen varnish seal. Printmakers paid particular attention to fidelity and colouration, both of which are integral to Sánchez’ work, throughout the process.
Ali Banisadr
Ali Banisadr was born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran, and now lives and works in New York, USA.
Chromie Squiggle #8107
Snowfro's debut Art Blocks series is venerated in print.Chromie Squiggle #8107 celebrates the ‘Ribbed’ trait of Snowfro’s Chromie Squiggle series. A personal favourite of the artist, the trait symbolises layers of the human mindset. The black ribbed layer shrouds the rainbow layer, inferring how a layer of guardedness can often prevent our inherent joy from fully radiating.The print process of the edition replicates how each Chromie Squiggle is digitally arranged. Each of the 10,000 digital squiggles were created with a standard full spectrum rainbow layer, adorned with a trait on top. Here, the rainbow layer is masked by black ribs which are applied with a silkscreen layer.With the artist taking no profit from the project, Snowfro hopes the print edition will allow the broadest possible audience to enjoy Chromie Squiggles with a high quality physical representation.The exact edition size will be determined by the number of prints ordered in the 7 day release window. When this window ends, artworks will be printed and shipped worldwide free of charge.
Perfect All Alone Ironic
Tomokazu Matsuyama reflects on the paradoxical pleasures of solitude.In Perfect All Alone Ironic, wisteria, lilies and irises surround a contemplative lone figure. To create the edition, Matsuyama worked closely with printmakers to introduce new layers of detail to an already-intricate painting. Floral motifs traced in silver echo the lavish textiles that enshroud his lakeside subject, while snow-like spots add depth and – in contrast with verdant foliage – a sense of seasonal surrealism.Characteristic of the artist’s original paintings, an irregular outer edge adds a final stroke of arbitrariness. Prints arrive float-mounted in bespoke white frames, contoured to match.
Diamond Vibration (Caught by the fuzz)
Indigo and aluminium converge in a diamond print by Jonny Niesche. Diamond Vibration (Caught by the fuzz) continues the artist’s explorations of colour, evoking emotion through seamless gradients and seductive simplicity. Ombre hues build on colour spectrums observed in nature – in particular the surroundings of his Australian coastal home – as well as childhood memories following his mum around cosmetic stalls. The pale outer edges gradually seep into a buffed aluminium border, which plays on reflective metal qualities seen throughout the artist’s practice.
Ruki-chan (Black)
Kotao’ Tomozawa's interrogations of the uncanny continue in an edition of sculptural slime dolls.Ruki-chan appears as if picked up by an ankle, Achilles-style, and dipped head-first into a pool of slime. A recurring character in Kotao’s practice, Ruki-chan is based on her childhood doll – a companion who played a part in her early experiments with slime. The bronze sculpture is covered in a layer of urethane paint, contrasting a black gloss coating reflecting the hyperreal shine of slime. Absurd, intriguing and yet elegantly-minimal, Ruki-chan continues the artist’s mediations on senses and texture.
Ruki-chan (Red)
Kotao’ Tomozawa's interrogations of the uncanny continue in an edition of sculptural slime dolls.Ruki-chan appears as if picked up by an ankle, Achilles-style, and dipped head-first into a pool of red slime. A recurring character in Kotao’s practice, Ruki-chan is based on her childhood doll – a companion who played a part in her early experiments with slime. The bronze sculpture is covered in a layer of urethane paint, contrasting a red gloss coating reflecting the hyperreal shine of slime. Absurd, intriguing and yet elegantly-minimal, Ruki-chan continues the artist’s mediations on senses and texture.
The Earring
Arghavan Khosravi threads cultural commentary through Surrealist beauty in The Earring. The assemblage print edition makes use of recurring motifs seen throughout the artist’s two and three-dimensional practice: ropes, obscured facial features, ball and chains, all framed within an overriding beauty and delicately painted details. Khosravi spins influences from Persian miniatures, textiles, Greco-Roman figures, merging to reflect restrictions experienced by the artist in Iran, where she was born.
GIANTS, High jump in Rio
A miniature giant by legendary photographer, JR. In his ongoing Giants series, JR takes over buildings and monuments worldwide with enormous black and white portraits. The project began in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympics – championing determined world class athletes who didn’t quite make the cut. Mohamed, a Sudanese high-jumper, took his place on the roof of a foreclosed apartment building overlooking the ocean. A first-of-its-kind sculpture archives the moment at a domestic scale. The figure, printed on acrylic, can be affixed to a scaffold made from welded steel rods and displayed in isolation, or placed on top of a bespoke plinth which doubles up as an edition box. “All my works are ephemeral. If you go back to Rio it’s not there, but it’s there in people’s minds. For the people who haven’t seen it, here is the proof that it at some point existed.”Watch the accompanying film to hear JR’s reflections on scale, scaffolding and the importance of protecting his naivety.
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Your questions, answered
We collaborate with artists to create both limited editions and works on paper.
A limited edition is a set number of similar or identical artworks. The size of the edition denotes the total number of artworks that will ever be made, underscoring their value.
Framing options vary for each piece and are listed on the individual artwork pages. Our standard glazing offer is a minimum 90% UV acrylic plexiglass, or you can upgrade to an anti reflective Optium museum plexiglass.
Yes, 100%. We work directly with our artists to create editions that accurately represent their body of work. Additionally, every artist personally reviews and approves their final editions.
Every artwork is signed or stamped, and individually numbered. You will also receive a stamped and numbered certificate of authenticity.
No—the copyright is not transferred to the purchaser of the edition.
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