How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 7 June 08 – artmarketblog.com Several new avenues for artists to promote themselves and their work have recently popped up so I thought it was a good time to update this list. Enjoy!! Seesle http://www.seesle.com Seesle is intended for all visual artists (professionals and leisure artists) who [...]
Art Market Blog – Collecting Artists’ Books The old saying ‘a picture tells a thousand words’ could not be more true in the case of artists’ books, which are a relatively unknown and under appreciated collectible. As the name suggests, the general definition of an artist’s book is a work of art realised in the [...]
The Art Market Blog – Past, Present and Future As the art market prepares for the final round of sales that signify the end of another year I thought it a good time to reflect on the last six months and give a bit of an insight into what the next six months will bring [...]
Buying Affordable Art Online – Ten Awesome Online Art Galleries Get those credit cards ready because you won’t be able to resist all the fantastic artworks available at the awesome online galleries below. http://www.newbloodart.com Newbloodart offers affordable, original artwork by artists who are currently studying or have recently graduated from art courses in the UK. http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/build_your_own_collection/ [...]
The Dangers of Wealth – A Tale of Two Art Investors Consider these two scenarios: A very wealth person (Wealthy1) decides that he would like to invest in art and after going through the auction catalogues from the major auction houses for the next couple of months, Wealthy1 comes across a major painting by an [...]
How to Approach the Art Market Like a Pro Many art investors make the mistake of approaching the art market as a single entity when in fact the art market is made up of many different and often highly segregated markets. If an investor approaches the art market as a single entity they are basically [...]
Saatchi Gallery Online Saleroom is Open for Business !!! It is with extreme excitement that I announce that the Saatchi Gallery Online Saleroom (http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/saleroom) is now open for business. The Saatchi Online Gallery is the pet project of controversial advertising mogul and art super-collector Charles Saatchi whose entrepreneurial skill is responsible for the rise of artists [...]
Top Ten Australian Aboriginal Artists After the high level of interest in my recent post on buying Australian Aboriginal art and considering that Australian Aboriginal art is one of my specialties, I thought that I would go into a little more detail on the subject and share some more of my knowledge and experience. Having [...]
Art News Flash – Damien Hirst Arrested !!! ‘News Flash: Damien Hirst Arrested for Crimes Against the Art Market’ is a headline that I would love to see appear in every news source world wide. Although I am all for artists making money from their art and promoting art as a profitable investment I think [...]
Collecting Art is Child’s Play There have been several reports in the media recently of the growing number of children who are developing their own art collections which are being funded by their wealthy and well connected parents most of whom are themselves seasoned fine art aficionados. Apparently these children are being taken into some [...]
