1. What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art by Will Gompertz The book that made me decide to be an Art Historian. What Are You Looking At? is a delightfully engaging stroll from the birth of what we call Modern Art through to today’s […]
As I stood in my office unrolling paintings and prints that once adorned the walls of my Paris apartment, stories leapt to life within me that had been long forgotten. The artworks had been rolled up like scrolls for 3 years, quietly waiting to have light and eyes upon them once more. In those 3 […]
Pivoting from art as decoration to art as collection is a matter of mindset. Here are a couple of reasons to choose original art. REASONS TO BUILD A COLLECTION: Create a heritage to pass on to future generations Add depth and story to the spaces you spend time in Support artists and creators Fill empty […]
1. MAKE IT PERSONAL Choose pieces that don’t just speak to you, but sing to you. When the beauty of the art touches your soft spot, then you know it’s yours. Artwork chosen in this way will become the cornerstone of your home, and will just get better with time. 2. FORGET WHAT’S “IN […]
Art is not only something that hangs in museums and galleries. Around the world, art is abundant and in the streets; it is the zest on gray city walls, and it is held in the hands of a side-of-the-road sculptor. It is often easy and and not thought about too much— effortlessly created in the […]
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