art market
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Why People Don’t Buy Art: The Stories We Tell and the Rituals We Keep
For most people, the morning is a ritual of familiarity. My grandfather used to read the newspaper while the radio droned the morning news, offering him a constant stream of updates to critique over breakfast. My mother, more focused, restricts herself to the local news—traffic, weather, maybe a fire or two. My wife, in contrast,…
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Love Conquers All, another story about censorship
In 1602, Caravaggio completed Amor Vincit Omnia, or Love Conquers All. It was the kind of work only Caravaggio could create: Cupid, standing with arrows in one hand, seems to tread casually over symbols of human accomplishment—armor, a lute, a lined notebook—suggesting that love supersedes all human endeavors. The painting was an instant sensation among Rome’s…
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The Silent Demand
I know it seems odd, as if taken from an episode of The Twilight Zone, but I assure you this was real. It began in the quiet solitude of my studio, where I was immersed in the creation of a life-sized charcoal drawing. My focus was razor-sharp, the deadline looming large. I couldn’t afford distractions.…
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Ethics and Art: A Tale of Social Media Woes
Ethics, the elusive butterfly of the modern age. What is it, and how does it impact us? More importantly, how does it mess with my work as an artist? This concept is as abstract as a DeKooning painting and just as slippery. You can’t grab it and hold onto it for long; it’s free-spirited and…
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Marketing 101 for Artists
OK, let me try to explain what I am doing now with my Instagram account and other social networks. My ultimate goal would be being represented by two or three galleries across North America and Europe, basically I have been working only with 33 contemporary and PoetsArtists in Chicago and in the last three years…
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Art Credit
Can you imagine the perfect world where every human can help each other and don’t try to take advantage of the situation? No negotiation or bargain, just yes or no about buying a service or a product? In a perfect world you don’t even need money to make a transaction, everybody will have “credit”, from…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 100: Gagosian
Carlos Fentanes: Don’t you see? the fire is not in London, nor NYC, not even Hong Kong. The fire is inside you and also inside me. The gallery didn’t answer. If you have the opportunity to ask something to Larry Gagosian, what would it be? “Hey, do you want to take a look at my…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 99: White Cube, London and Hong Kong
Carlos Fentanes: Hello, I’m painter, I’m poet and writer but more importantly I’m a thinker. You’ll see in the future.Regards The gallery didn’t answer. I know, they’re out of my league so I didn’t mind to write any kind of message, actually I didn’t ask for an opportunity or reviewing my portfolio. The question here…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 98: Galería Óscar Román, Mexico City Mexico
Carlos Fentanes: Me intrigan sus posts que dicen: OBRA A LA VENTA. Si es una galería la que pone el post, puedo intuir que está en venta en su galería, ¿Por qué ponerlo?Saludos The gallery didn’t answer. Here’s the translation: I’m intrigued by your posts that say: WORK FOR SALE.If it’s a gallery the one…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 97: Two Art Gallery, Murcia Spain
Carlos Fentanes: And then I saw a brilliant number 6 in the horizon and realized that it was unreachable so I just watched it until it disappeared. The gallery didn’t answer. OK, this nonsense didn’t work I have to be more creative next time. The website of this gallery seems made by professionals but they…
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