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New Renaissance: Where Creative People Connect
A place for artists, collectors, curators and curious minds to share work, discover one another and build relationships around art and culture.
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Patronage · 2 min readPatronage begins with responsibility
Supporting culture starts with attention. What follows is a decision about the conditions we are willing to help create.
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Working together · 2 min readWhat a cultural brief should make clear
A useful brief connects an ambition to the people, place and decisions that will give it form.
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Places & encounters · 2 min readA place for art is a place for people
A cultural space takes shape through the attention, conversations and relationships it makes possible.
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Art & technology · 2 min readMaking room for judgment in a technological culture
As the means of making multiply, attention to purpose, authorship and material becomes more valuable.
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New Renaissance · 4 min readNew Renaissance Opens Its First Showroom in Malta
A new physical space brings creatives, collectors, and institutions together - and marks the beginning of a new chapter for New Renaissance.
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Art & technology · 6 min readA Legal Primer for Digital Art
How do you protect the rights of intangible art and its creators within a legal system that was designed around the physical object? With the proliferation of AI images and videos that seek to expedite and effectively replace…
Fiona DéGiacomo Buck ·
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Art & technology · 8 min readModernism in Dialogue: Stein, Picasso, and AI
Picture Paris at the turn of the century: the blur of streetlights streaming against the rain-stained window of a ricocheting cab — a cacophony of wafting jazz lingering amidst mingled languages and cigarette smoke —t he sip…
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Artists · 2 min readJad Maq Opens the Largest Art Studio in Jordan’s History
In the middle of Amman’s industrial zone — long known for factories, workshops, and machinery — a new kind of factory has emerged. Artist Jad Maq and fashion designer Sylwia Nazzal have transformed a former wood factory into…
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Artists · 3 min readA Place Beyond Time - Chan13
What does it mean to live inside of time, yet reach beyond it? For Chan13, this question is the core of his practice. His path from graffiti to painting to watchmaking is less about mediums than about consciousness, a search…
Jess Mouawad ·
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New Renaissance · 2 min readOpening The Compound: A New Chapter Unfolds
This past weekend marked a milestone for artist Joe Taveras, founder of New Renaissance Art Advisory : the first opening of The Compound , his secluded art sanctuary in the Northeast.
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Art & technology · 4 min readArt in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction – and AI
We are entering a new technological age of innovation with Generative AI, and it is developing new processes at breakneck speed. Benchmarks are being surpassed, tests are being aced, and limits are constantly expanding. Though…
Terra Muhammad ·
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New Renaissance · 3 min readNew Renaissance Art Advisory: Founding Story
After selling several hundreds of my paintings, I could've easily gone into hiding.
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Art market · 3 min readWhy Top Galleries Are Closing—and What Comes Next in this Art Market Shift
The art market is in the midst of a structural shift. Longstanding institutions are adjusting under the weight of outdated models, unsustainable margins, and a lack of innovation. In July 2025 alone, two high-profile closures…
Joe Taveras ·
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Artists · 3 min readISRAEL YANIR: Can We Go Higher?
A Portal into the World of Israel Yanir and the Spirit of the New Renaissance
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Artists · 1 min readIntroducing Chanthirteen — Artist, Thinker, Watchmaker
Chanthirteen moves across disciplines with an ease that’s rare and intentional. A graffiti writer, painter, architectural scholar, and watchmaker, his work is a study in precision—each mark, object, and idea deeply considered.…
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New Renaissance · 1 min readReflections from Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
A couple team members and I just got back from an unforgettable trip to Art Basel Hong Kong 2025—one that felt less like a business mission and more like a pulse check on the future of culture.
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Ideas · 3 min readWe Need a New Renaissance — And It’s Already Happening
In the past 60 days, I’ve painted in Singapore, Paris, Thailand, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Los Angeles.
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New Renaissance · 2 min readNew Renaissance Art Advisory 2025: A 40-Day Journey Across Four Continents
The momentum behind New Renaissance Art Advisory is stronger than ever. By mid-March, members of the team had already completed their first major mission of the year—spreading authentic expression across four continents in…
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Ideas · 1 min readThe New Renaissance Ideals
If I am able, I will do what I can to help another person authentically express.
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