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:
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.
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.
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?
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?
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Lance Armstrong isn't a thing anymore. He disgraced himself and lost his honour. But Annie Leibovitz is an American icon for her contributions to photography. Would I recommend this acquisition? Yes. It tells a powerful story of how the mighty can fall. And it addresses value.
Washington, DC – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a new rule governing how cash and noncash charitable contributions should be valued. The new rule specifically cites the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) of The Appraisal Foundation.
The lost value of the male gaze. Taste is changing. When private collectors and public museums acquire works of art, the considerations for acquiring art has shifted to include women and people of color.
