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Collecting Art: The Essential Guide
Collecting Art: The Essential Guide There is a big difference between buying art and collecting art. Buying art is a more random activity, based on personal tastes and preferences, and with a specific purpose (usually decorative). Collecting art is a long-term commitment, with a more strategic purpose in mind. In both cases the buyer /… Continue reading
What happens to a collection when a museum closes?
What happens to a collection when a museum closes? Have you ever wondered what happens to the artworks that are part of a museum collection when the space is forced to close doors? Fortunately this is an unusual situation, but how can an instituion deal with the need to discard the artworks that compose its assets? Many… Continue reading
This map shows the most expensive artists in Europe
This map shows the most expensive artists in Europe There is, undoubtedly, a growing trend in the art market, especially with the collectors interest in the great masters of Impressionism and Modern Art increasing. Proof of that is the fact that Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger (version 0), have reached the status of most expensive work sold at auction… Continue reading
What’s behind Mona Lisa’s smile? Like, literally!
What’s behind Mona Lisa’s smile? Like, literally! We are used to observe the masterpieces in museums, getting overwhelmed by the beauty of its features, but what would be the feeling of seeing an artwork, literally, from the back? It is precisely this “small” curiosity of seeing the most important pieces “free from prejudice” that the Brazilian artist Vik… Continue reading
The 10 most expensive works of the history of art auctions
The 10 most expensive works of the history of art auctions With the most recent affirmation of auctions as one of the major “players” in the art market, and looking to the succession of record sales, we are certain that the “who is who” of numbers and artworks is something shuffled . Thinking about the need of… Continue reading
‘The importance of art in the era of the digital body’, by Ana Monteiro
‘The importance of art in the era of the digital body ‘ by Ana Monteiro The search for the ideal body, which has always been connected with a certain notion of sacrifice, is not a phenomenon of contemporary societies but, in fact, it is based on a heritage from classical antiquity. The Socratic notion that… Continue reading
Picasso seen in detail with the new Google’s camera
Picasso seen in detail with the new Google’s camera That it was no longer necessary to go to a museum to “walk” through it’s masterpieces is not exactly new. That you can enjoy and explore those artworks, to the smallest detail, without needing to be in the same physical room, has also ceased to be a limitation. Google has just announced its… Continue reading