Art price and value
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Fifty ways not to approach to an art gallery.
Yes, you read well, maybe I do not know how to approach to a gallery to show my work but I’m an expert in failing at that. I have so many experiences in being rejected by a gallery that I can write a book about it. Why it’s so difficult to show my work in…
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Restoration or Forgery?
The collector William Stern, in front of Wall Drawing #679 In 1991 Architect William Stern commissioned Sol LeWitt for a mural in his living room, the result was Drawing #679, this “drawing” or mural stayed in his living room until his dead and then he donated his home and art holdings to the Menil Collection…
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Professional or just hobby?
Every morning I woke up at 5:30 am for painting before going to job (my wife said “real job”, the one that pays bills). Yes I’m working as a electronic support technician and database analyst during the day but also I’m an artist, and everyday I make art. The other day I went to an…
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To porn or not to porn
Not long time ago Facebook put a warning to a friend’s wall because he posted “inadequate content”. I remember that his account was freeze for 24 hours or so and they ask him no to publish “inadequate content” again, if so, he will be banned from Facebook. Facebook refers to “Inadequate content” to that that won’t complain…
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Museum Selfies
Museums have been guardians of works of art for centuries. They have created state of the art rooms to keep works of art in optimal conditions: temperature, relative humidity, light, seismic meters… They don’t allow flashlights because of the damage that UV rays can cause to works of art. When photography was mainly made in…
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The Top Five Most Famous Works of Art
I have seen in several sites the impossible task of enumerating the top five or top 10 or even top 100s of everything from food, jewelry, vacation places, etc. I wonder what will be the top five most famous works of art of the world. Just by reading the header everyone can start to make…
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Martin Creed And The Mona Lisa
Art allows several approaches: one can see it from the standpoint of technical, historical, conceptual, spiritual, etc. However, the prevailing view in the ordinary people (the pedestrian) is a technical standpoint. For ordinary people is very important to master the technique and the exact representation of reality (they prefer things precooked), the ordinary people usually…
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Virtual Realtor Art Gallery
<a I was thinking that art galleries were funded by the sale of works of art, that artist and promotion were an important part of that sale. A healthy business in which everybody wins: The artist because his work is known by the public, the collector because they have a wide variety of product to…
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Classifieds
Classifieds: everybody is selling, everybody is buying; an slogan in Mexico said: “Somebody has what you are looking for and somebody is looking for what you have”… Is just like love! It’s funny the stuff that you can find on it. From real garbage at high rise prices to real work of art for free…
Carlos Fentanes 