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.

Lifestyle, Art, ValueMicaëlaFebruary 2, 2021art collection, Art Consultant, Quick Tips, How to, pandemic, VideoComment

The Art of Voting

Planning your vote for the United States Presidential Election

LifestyleMicaëlaNovember 3, 2020Christies, Social Justice, vote, citizenryComment

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.

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.

Lifestyle, Value, ArtMicaëlaMarch 25, 2020coronavirus, COVID-19, novel coronavirus, pandemicComment

2019 Art Fair Calendar

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

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJanuary 1, 2019art fairComment

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.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsDecember 6, 2018Private Collection, CollectionComment

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

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!

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsAugust 10, 2018collectionComment

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

Ai Weiwei is under attack again.

The artist, Ai Weiwei, a longtime vocal critic of the Chinese government and known as a dissident for his artwork addressing human rights is under attack, again.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsAugust 6, 2018politics, artistComment

Private Collection: Leonard Lauder on How Vintage Postcards Can Help Us Understand Propaganda in the Present

As an exhibition of his postcard collection opens at MFA Boston, the storied collector explains what draws him to these diminutive works.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsAugust 1, 2018collectionComment

Private Collections: Can You Identify Kendall Jenner’s Art Collection?

Kendall Jenner shares a peek of her art collection with her Instagram followers

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJuly 25, 2018collection, art market, art style, artComment

‘The Reaction Has Been Overwhelming’: Susan Unterberg Comes Forward as a Major Anonymous Patron of Female Artists

The artist and philanthropist's organization has given out $5.5 million in grants to artists aged over 40.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJuly 25, 2018women, artist, philanthropy, moneyComment

God’s own Pop artist

In 1960s Los Angeles, Sister Corita Kent gained national fame and stirred up the Catholic authorities with vividly coloured prints that conveyed a message of hope and protest. Jonathan Bastable tells her remarkable story.

Art, LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJuly 23, 2018women, artistComment