New York Art Week 2023 will be hosting a good number of art fairs, auctions, gallery openings, and exhibitions. There will be works from emerging and established artists on display. The main art fairs include The Armory Show, Frieze New York, NADA, Independent, 1-54, Future Fair, and TEFAF New York, along with several satellite fairs and exhibitions throughout the city.
Based on Artsy’s in-house data, here are 5 artists to watch out for at New York Art Week 2023.
Yinka Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare CBE, RA is a British-Nigerian artist well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film, and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class, and the artificial construct of cultural identity. A key material of Shonibare’s art is the brightly coloured Ankara fabric he uses.
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Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones draws on his Yoruba heritage and diasporic experience to paint Black bodies that honours his ancestors’ ceremonies and celebrations. Committed to refining his art style, the artist has been represented by White Cube, Morán Morán, and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery. His work has been shown in group shows at the Dak’art Biennale, the Ashti Foundation, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the ICA Miami.
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Ange Dakouo
Malian-born artist Ange Dakouo is inspired by the cosmos and costumes of Mali’s traditional hunters, who have a refuge value of authenticity and protected knowledge. Dakouo was part of the official selection of the Congo Biennale and at Documenta fifteen in Kassel (Germany), alongside Abdoulaye Konaté and Seydou Camara, presented by the Festival sur le Niger Foundation. His works have been exhibited in Mali and globally, and have been acquired by the Fondation H (Madagascar), the Société Ivoirienne de Banque (Côte d’Ivoire), the Fondation Blachère (France and Senegal), and other private collections.
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Aplerh-Doku Borlabi
Ghanaian artist Aplerh-Doku Borlabi is known for his portraits. With the use of the coconut sheath to make the skin of the figures in his portraits, he embodies his own culture and ethnic identity. The artist captures the joy of the human experience lived by Black people globally – in Ghana, and the continent at large. His works have been shown in solo and group shows all over the world.
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Mous Lamrabat
Moustapha “Mous” Lamrabat is a Moroccan-born Belgian photographer, of Moroccan and Flemish descent. He developed his own unique vision of fashion photography and he managed to merge his Moroccan roots, tradition, and culture with the Western world he grew up in. His need to express his rich Moroccan heritage through an aesthetic lens pervades his work, and the inspiration he receives from his history is endless. Represented by Loft Art Gallery, Lamrabat has worked for Elle, Vogue Italia, Vogue Arabia, GQ Middle East, and Esquire.
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