Piero Manzoni

The next Artist You Need To Know is Piero Manzoni (1933 – 1963). Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo was an Italian artist whose approach to art making had strong elements of irony and a caustic sarcasm, often with a hint of mockery that exposed some essential truths...

Lee Bontecou

The next Artist You Need To Know is Lee Bontecou (1931 – 2022). Bontecou was a groundbreaking American artist primarily situated in the art community of New York City. Her works are immediately recognizable : her abstract sculptures (her most prolific period was in...

Polly Apfelbaum

The next artist you need to know is Polly Apfelbaum. She is an installation and mixed media artist. Apfelbaum’s most recognizable and significant works are the pieces she refers to as “fallen paintings” : these vibrantly colourful floor works...

El Anatsui

The next Artist You Need To Know is El Anatsui. El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor who for the majority of his artistic career has been based in Nigeria. Best known internationally for his “bottle-top installations”, these massive artworks / installations...

Anna Boghiguian

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Anna Boghiguian. Anna Boghiguian (born 1946) is widely regarded as one of Egypt’s finest and most significant contemporary artists. Her work is innately political, and is focused upon “various historical events in a...