6 Quick Tips: How to Begin an Art Collection

What are the 6 Quick Tips to begin an art collection … during a pandemic? This short video spells it out for you from Why to How and Where.

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The Art of Voting

Planning your vote for the United States Presidential Election

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Indigenous Peoples' Day

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, a holiday to celebrate and honour First Nation (Native American) people and commemorate their histories and cultures. Five First Nation artists, across genres: Supaman, Maria Tallchief, Lloyd Kiva New, Joan Hill, and Radmilla Cody, are exemplary models of their heritage. Their work is beautiful, contemporary, and worthy of cultural celebration.

How to Sell Art on Consignment: 10 Tips

We’ve put together 10 tips to help you decide what to do with your unwanted artwork. These tips are thoughts and questions everyone should consider before selling art on consignment. Here’s what you should know:

Art, ValueMicaëlaAugust 28, 2020consignment, selling art, auction, secondary market, contract, appraise, valuation, collector tips, art market, fine artComment

Thoughts About Collecting and Value

Collecting artwork can be challenging and fun. For experienced and novice collectors alike, it's about aesthetics and personal value, the search for artwork that represents a collector's aesthetic and illustrates what she values.

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Smithsonian's African American museum opens a conversation about race

From the Art Newspaper: Smithsonian’s African American museum opens a conversation about race. The goal of the online portal is to spur dialogue about racism and its corrosive impact. By Nancy Kenney

Corona Virus Times in 5 Lines (and more)

We’re hit by a pandemic of historical proportions that’s changed our culture and our lives.

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Opening remarks: Martine Jardel and Thierry Rosset

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A Celebration of Famous Mothers in Art and Literature

Women have a profound impact on culture, both as subjects in works of art and creators themselves. With Mother’s Day around the corner, there’s no better time to examine the impact that women artists have made on the art world, and the impact that art has had on representations of motherhood.

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Kara Walker to Create Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall Commission

Kara Walker has been selected to create a new installation for the Tate Modern’s vast Turbine Hall, which will go on show in London on 2 October 2019 as part of the gallery’s Hyundai Commission series.

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Banksy’s Fake £10 Note Will Become the First Work by the Artist to Enter the British Museum’s Collection

The British Museum has added its first piece by notorious British street artist Banksy to its collection, a counterfeit—counterfeit currency, that is. In 2004, Banksy printed £1 million worth of fake £10 notes that replaced the visage of Queen Elizabeth II with that of late Princess Diana. Banksy then dropped the money on crowds at the Notting Hill Carnival and at the Reading Festival.

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2019 Art Fair Calendar

Art Fair Calendar for 2018, a comprehensive list of important art fairs for antiques, craft, design, fine art , and lifestyle.

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Private Collection: Interview Anna and James Innes-Smith

Recently married James and Anna Innes-Smith live in an airy penthouse apartment in East London’s Shoreditch. With James working as a journalist and Anna a full-time writer, neither are afraid to let their feelings be known! We take a peek around their beautiful home and at their private art collection, and find out about Anna’s experience at an art PR Agency and James’ (scientifically proven) man’s flu.

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From the Priciest Painting to the Richest Wine Bottle, Here Are the Most Expensive Objects Ever Sold at Auction

The value of art often feels like an impossible thing to measure. But the auction business has consistently shown us that everything has a price—and then, a few years later, often an even higher one. So what makes a work of art command millions, or even hundreds of millions?

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The Science of Color Explained by Art

Color theory—the rules and guidelines regarding color in art and design—was first referenced in 1435. In the late 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci suggested an alternative hierarchy, but it wasn’t until the 18th century that modern color theory emerged from Isaac Newton’s conceptualization of the color wheel, detailed in his book Opticks in 1704.

Lifestyle, ArtMicaela Contemporary ProjectsOctober 22, 2018science, color, psychology, Leonardo da Vinci, theory, Isaac NewtonComment

The drama of that Banksy sale at Sotheby's

"The urge to destroy is also a creative urge" —Picasso

ArtMicaela Contemporary ProjectsOctober 6, 2018banksy, sothebysComment

Ahhh...Banksy! Always shaking things up!

Banksy creates the improbable concept of the value of destruction: the "self-destructing" artwork. Does the artwork become a new artwork? Is it a performance? What determines new value?

Your comments are definitely welcome.

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Private Collection: Ivo Wessel - Berlin, Germany

Internet entrepreneur Ivo Wessel has three main obsessions—computing, literature, and art. Although he likes to combine them he decided early on that he had no interest in making money from art—just in collecting it. FAM takes a tour of Wessel’s collection and discovers his attraction for all that’s provocative!

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Private Collection: Beyoncé’s Mom! Here's what Tina Knowles Lawson collects:

Over lunch today, I was asked whether anyone is still collecting art. I replied that when art became a bona fide member of the asset class during the recent downturn, the act of collecting art became a thing that was initiated and developed.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsAugust 7, 2018collection, art styleComment