Tag: Wangechi Mutu

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  • Auction Industry

    Artists and Auction Houses Brace for the U.S. Elections

    In the days leading up to a major presidential election in the United States, the art market joined the push to get out the vote. Many creators turned their attention to spreading education and encouraged U.S. citizens to exercise their rights.  Shepard Fairey broke into the fine art scene with…

    Artists and Auction Houses Brace for the U.S. Elections1
  • Auction Industry

    Artist to Know: Ndidi Emefiele

    Leonard Auction to Present Mixed Media Painting from Rising Nigerian Artist Among the leading voices of contemporary Nigerian art is Ndidi Emefiele, a painter in her early 30s who is working to subvert Western expectations of African art. The women shown in her paintings have wide eyes protected by colorful…

    Artist to Know Ndidi Emefiele1
  • Exhibitions

    The Met Acquires Commissioned Works by Wangechi Mutu

    Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, born 1972). The Seated I, 2019. Bronze, 80 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 37 1/4 in. (205.1 x 80.6 x 94.6 cm). Work of art © Wangechi Mutu. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Hazen Polsky…

    The Met Acquires Commissioned Works by Wangechi Mutu
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