Harold Ancart Explained

Harold Ancart
Occupation:	Painter, sculptor
Education:	La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium

Harold Ancart (born 1980)^[1] is a Belgian painter and sculptor.^[2] He currently lives and works in New York City.^[1]

Education

Harold Ancart studied at La Cambre in Brussels, Belgium where he received a M.F.A in 2007.^[1]

Major works

"Untitled (the great night)" – Painting the night – Group Show at Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2018)

Harold Ancart created a 15 by 44 feet site-specific painting^[3] for the Shigeru Ban designed front window of the Centre Pompidou-Metz during the group show "Painting the Night" that was shown from October 13, 2018, to April 15, 2019.^[4]

"Subliminal Standard" – Public Art Fund project in Brooklyn, New York (2019)

He painted a freestanding, 16-foot-high concrete sculpture paying tribute to handball courts in Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn with the support of Public Art Fund that will be on view from May 1, 2019 to March 1, 2020.^[5]

Collections

Harold Ancart's work is held in the following public collections:^[1]

• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
• Beyeler Foundation, Basel^[6]
• Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris^[7]
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris
• Menil Collection, Houston^[8]
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC^[9]
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles^[10]
• Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
• Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
• Lenbachhaus, Munich
• Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
• K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
• Yuz Museum Shanghai, Shanghai

External links

• "How the Self-Deprecating Belgian Painter Harold Ancart Charmed the Art World" Article by Artnet, September 2018
• "Meet the Art World’s Rising Stars" Article by WSJ, June 2019
• "Back and forth with artist Harold Ancart" Article by Cultured Magazine, April 2019
• "How Small-Scale Paintings Became the Art World's Big New Trend" Article by Vogue, August 2016
• "Harold Ancart – Artforum" Review by Artforum, 2015
• "Harold Ancart – Frieze" Review by Frieze, 2015

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Zwirner – Harold Ancart biography . 29 May 2019 .
2. Web site: Artnet Article September 2018 – "How the Self-Deprecating Belgian Painter Harold Ancart Charmed the Art World" . 29 January 2019 .
3. Web site: Mutual Art – Harold Ancart: Untitled (the great night) . 9 April 2019 .
4. Web site: David Zwirner – Harold Ancart in Painting the Night . 9 April 2019 .
5. Web site: Time Out New York . 9 April 2019 .
6. Web site: Beyeler Foundation – Harold Ancart . 29 January 2019 .
7. Web site: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Harold Ancart . 29 January 2019 .
8. Web site: Menil Collection – Harold Ancart . 29 January 2019 .
9. Web site: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden . 29 January 2019 .
10. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles . 29 January 2019 .