The Art Newspaper: Digital Art Week comes to London with editions planned for Paris, Lisbon, New York, Miami, Seoul and Tokyo

London’s art scene is back in the spotlight next week with the launch of Digital Art Week (DAW) (3-10 November), a new initiative comprising six free events to be held throughout the capital. Pledging to bring “digital art to the masses through a week of awe-inspiring displays”, DAW provides a platform for players in the burgeoning NFT and metaverse arenas.

Elle Decor Italia: L'ULTIMA OPERA DI ANDRÉS REISINGER E SAM MASON È UN RACCONTO PER SIMBOLI TRA TERRENO E DIVINO

"Abbiamo riflettuto e illustrato la nostra visione della vita e il suo perpetuo stato d'essere; quali sono le forze trainanti che ne definiscono passato, presente e futuro?". Introduce così Andrés Reisinger l'ultimo progetto di digital art confezionato a quattro mani con Sam Mason per lo spazio W1 Curates (W1 Immersive).

NFT Culture: dgital Art Week launches its London edition with expert talks, world-class art displays and immersive events for debut edition

Digital Art Week will be debuting its London edition next week (3rd-10th Nov), intertwined with NFT London which will see a full week of free-to-attend curated events which will bring immersive art, parties and talks to the city. 40 of the biggest names in the global digital art world and Web3 space including Beeple, Andres Reisinger, Six N. Five and more will be active across venues including W1 Curates, Outernet London, 180 The Strand and Cromwell Place.

The Design Release: ANY DAY NOW

Digital artist Andrés Reisinger alongside director and visual artist Sam Mason present ANYDAY NOW, a new digital artwork that will be exhibited in London at W1 Curates digital exhibition space, W1 Immersive, from October 20th to November 10th. The unique gallery located in the heart of Oxford Circus uses state-of-the-art technology to showcase the most innovative digital creations, both projected on their large-sized public outdoor screens and in their interior spaces. The overall enveloping experience will plunge visitors intoReisinger and Mason’s shared vision, and will talk, simply, about life.

Design Boom: ANY DAY NOW, A Multisensorial Exhibit in the Heart of London

An immersive audio-visual experience in the heart of London, ANY DAY NOW brings together artists Andrés Reisinger and Sam Mason to envelop the facade of W1 Curates gallery with a hypnotic visual poem. Surreal moving imagery illustrated in pastel pink hues ponders the journey of life, inviting visitors inside the gallery to delve into an underground ‘portal towards divinity.’

Whitewall: Christie’s Hosts NFT Block Party in Dubai

"Block Party" aims to reconstruct the idea of digital art and the artists who make it, shining a specific light on more traditional artists who have joined in on the mainstream adoption of NFTs in the past two years. José Delbo, for instance, first got involved in the digital art world at 86 years old. After a successful career as a comic book illustrator—creating for titles like Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers, and The Mod Squad—he released his first NFT comic on the blockchain in 2020, since becoming known as Joséhas.

Mid East Information: BLOCK PARTY

‘This exhibition is a defining moment for Christie’s expanding our NFT presence in the Middle East and sets precedence in the region as a global auction house within a country that has become an international hub for innovation and sustainable thinking across all sectors…’ commented Suzy Sikorski, Specialist Middle Eastern Contemporary Art, based in Dubai.

Right Click Save: Welcome to the Block Party

RCS speaks to the artists currently showcased at Christie’s Dubai, who share their advice for new creatives entering the NFT space

Rewind Collective: The work exhibited here is part of our “Remember Us” series which celebrates powerful women throughout history . . . challenging viewers to think about gender roles throughout history and how they might be portrayed in the future.

Grazia: Christie’s Dubai is Hosting a Block Party for Crypto Art and NFTs

Dubai Art Week is approaching fast and what would be a better way to participate than through visiting a showcase collection, of explosively popular NFT Digital Art? Christie’s Dubai, one of the industry’s leading art businesses and the first-ever auction house to operate in the Middle East, will be hosting ‘Block Party,’ a gallery presentation of innovative Crypto Art and NFT’s.

Christie’s: Art Dubai, ‘The energy in the city is palpable’

Christie’s is also taking steps to engage the city’s burgeoning crypto community. Between 7 and 29 March, Christie’s Dubai will present Block Party, the first exhibition of NFTs in the region. Curated by Daria Borisova, it will explore the meteoric rise of NFTs over the past year, while examining the historical context from which they have emerged, alongside cryptocurrency, video art and virtual reality.

Decrypt: London's NFT Art Scene Thrives Even As Prestigious Frieze Fair Sits Out

Over at Somerset House, in a show facilitated by the auction house Christie’s and curator Daria Borisova, five works were displayed and offered by the Nigerian artist Osinachi for sale as NFTs. The works, styled after the paintings of David Hockney (not an NFT fan), consisted of colorful portraits made in Osinachi’s signature style, rendered in Microsoft Word—a refreshingly original take on natively digital art.

The Block: Nigerian NFT artist becomes the first to use social tokens during a Christie’s event

On Thursday, the Nigerian NFT artist Osinachi incorporated social tokens during an event at Christie’s — marking the first time social tokens have been used at the art auction house.

At the event at Christie’s in London, Osinachi displayed five NFTs in the collection “Different Shades of Water,” also marking the first time an African artist displayed an NFT at Christie’s Europe.

Financial Times: How London became a crypto-art capital

Its money, talent and tech have enabled blockchain think-tanks and galleries selling NFTs to flourish. One of the more creative disruptions accelerated by the pandemic has been the explosion of interest in crypto art, or art turned into tokens on the blockchain, both as an asset class and as a global cultural trend.

FAD Magazine: Nigerian crypto-artist Osinachi’s NFT series  Different Shades of Water on show at 1-54.

1-54 in collaboration with Christie’s presents an auction of Nigerian crypto-artist Osinachi‘s NFT series Different Shades of Water. The digital artworks associated with the NFTs will be on view at 1-54 London 2021, curated by Daria Borisova.

Decrypt: Africa's Top Crypto Artist Launches Social Token Experience at Christie's

Osinachi, the first African NFT artist to be featured at Christie's, is adding a new social token NFT experience to his show in London.

Africa’s best-known digital artist Osinachi—who uses Microsoft Word as his canvas— first got his hands on a computer when he was 16 years old. He was born in 1991 in Ada, Nigeria, a modest city of 2.5 million at a time when most people there couldn't afford a home computer. Instead, his father, an importer, would frequent a local cybercafe, where he rented time on a PC.

Financial Times: Osinachi to offer first African artist’s NFT at Christie’s Europe

Osinachi — a Nigerian digital artist who has also created his own cryptocurrency called Osina — will be the first African artist to auction non-fungible tokens through Christie’s Europe and in collaboration with the 1-54 African art fair. Five of Osinachi’s works, which reimagine a 1972 swimming pool painting by David Hockney, are estimated between £40,000 and £60,000 each in an online-only sale (October 5-19).

FAD Magazine: ‘RESTORATION: NOW or NEVER’

SaveArtSpace have announced their very first public art activation in London, UK, ‘RESTORATION: NOW or NEVER,’ co-organized by two independent curators, Anne Verhallen and Daria Borisova with support from Hauser & Wirth. Plus an NFT Drop by Olive Allen on Foundation on May 27th, 2021 more details here.

HYPEBEAST: Coco Capitán, Stefan Bruggemann and More Artists to Present Artworks on UK Billboards

Non-profit organization SaveArtSpace has connected with independent curators Anne Verhallen and Daria Borisova to launch an outdoor exhibition on billboards across the United Kingdom. Entitled “RESTORATION: NOW or NEVER,” the public installment aims to bring attention to the world’s climate crisis while presenting artworks outdoors — arriving at a time when arts spaces and cultural institutions have restricted viewing due to COVID-19.

The Art Gorgeous: Top Curators Activate Public Space In London For World Environment Day

We’ve all become so much more aware of how beautiful and how precious our environment is over the past year. While we’ve been cooped up inside, we all dream of the ocean, fields and flowers. Curators Daria Borisova and Anne Verhallen are now working in collaboration with SaveArtSpace to produce an exhibition across London advertisement spaces – think billboards, kiosks and bus shelters – to bring an intergenerational group of artists together to encourage awareness and provoke action that protects our environment.

Porter Magazine: How to build a remarkable art collection, according to a curator

Art advisor and curator Daria Borisova speaks to Katie Berrington about mastering the skill of curation, raising up emerging artists and channeling the changemaking power of the arts.

“I really believe that art can help save the world. This is what wakes me up in the morning,” says Daria Borisova, an art advisor and curator based in London. From collaborating with non-profits working on bringing communities together, to using her platform to support artists and projects that are pushing for change, she puts her belief in the transformative and unifying ability of the arts into action.

The Art Gorgeous: 10 Female Art World Mentors to Follow on IG

It’s a new year, and we’re guessing you’re looking for some new inspiration? Need some art world tips from leading ladies? Well, have we got a treat for you! Here are ten art world mentors to follow on IG. From curators to educators, they have all the knowledge and wisdom to get you through 2021!

London-based curator and art advisor Daria Borisova regularly posts amazing IG stories about important moments in modern art history that can be really helpful to anyone working in the contemporary art world. She’s also always at all the hottest openings, giving us inspo for our gallery hopping sessions.

Artnet: Looking to Support a Good Cause? These Artworks Benefit Black Woman-Led Organizations Around the World.

The works are included in a project titled "Herstory," which is intended to benefit organizations dedicated to empowering women. In a year that has revealed the depth of many societal inequities, many well-intentioned artists, curators, and collectors have been seeking to do more than simply pay lip service to the causes of racial injustice and economic disenfranchisement. Borisova organized “Herstory,” an exhibition to benefit Beauty for Freedom along with three additional Black-led, women-led grassroots initiatives

She Curates Interview

HOW WOULD YOU REFRAME THE CONVERSATION AROUND ART TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED? 

I think there’s this tendency to think of art as something out of reach, or as only accessible to those with money. In the past, art was something only the upper class and aristocrats had access to, but now it’s available to everyone. Social media has democratized the art world by creating new entry points of accessibility and communication. You don’t have to be in New York or London to participate, but you can look to Instagram or even your local art scene to be a part of it.

ArtSheSays: English Countryside

Counting Sheep - London art advisor Daria Borisova has spent the summer in the English countryside and she can’t help but be fascinated by one particular animal - sheep! This selection highlights sheep as they are featured in works of art from old masters to the present day.

Les Nouveaux Riches:
Daria Borisova. Curator & Advisor

Daria Borisova, born in Russia, is a London based, curator and art advisor. Daria Borisova focuses on established and young emerging artists who inspire progressive understanding and promote lasting change.

Art She Says:
Women We Love: Daria Borisova

London-based, Russian-born curator and art advisor Daria Borisova has been making a name for herself in the art industry with her passion for discovering emerging talent and advocating for gender equality around the globe.

Distassi Art:
COVID-19 - WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE ON THE ART MARKET?

Daria - "As the world economy is collapsing, opportunities will rise in the art market. Good collectors tend to hold onto important work, but eventually as people will start to lose more money, they will have to sell! Especially those who previously invested in the stock market. For any one who is looking to invest now, I would suggest to focus on buying historically important artists and not the trendy artists." .

Fad Magazine:
WinteR Show is a group show celebrating emerging talent in London opening at Harlesden High Street

WinteR Show is a group show celebrating emerging talent in London, presented at Harlesden High street and curated by Daria Borisova.

Broadway World:
'WinteR Show' Comes to Harlesden Highstreet

WinteR Show is a group show celebrating emerging talent in London, presented at Harlesden Highstreet and curated by Daria Borisova.

Arte Fuse: FIAC Paris Review by Daria Borisova

Navigating through “VIP” openings and unavailable artworks, I met many individuals that were looking to find the importance of all. Why do we like these art fairs and art activations during the fairs so much? What makes this all so exciting?

Whitehot Magazine:
New Galleries, New Money: Meet Art Dealer Daria Borisova

In New York's competitive and overwhelming art scene of 2017, a former fashion model named Daria Borisova is becoming one of the most sought after young art dealers.

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