Harold Ancart (born 1980) is a Belgian painter and sculptor. He currently lives and works in New York City.
Education Harold Ancart studied at La Cambre in Brussels, Belgium where he received a M.F.A in 2007.
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 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.
"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.
Collections Harold Ancart's work is held in the following public collections: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Beyeler Foundation, Basel Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris Menil Collection, Houston Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 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 Rubell Museum, Miami
References
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