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Insurance considerations for the art collector

by miadmin , February 19, 2013—12:44 PM

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Insurance Considerations for the Art Collector As a serious art collector, you_____™re likely quite aware that if your most prized piece of art is ever damaged or stolen, no amount of money or insurance will ever be able to truly replace it. However, you_____™ve likely invested a considerable amount of money in your collection, which you should be able to recover. Compare these methods for insuring your art collection, and make sure your investments are protected with the coverage that_____™s right for you. Option 1: Your standard home insurance policy A standard home insurance policy typically includes personal property coverage to help protect the valuable possessions in your home… Continue reading…

Most people are intimidated when it comes to buying original artwork. There are many reasons why this is the case. I believe most people feel that original art is out of their league and their budget. In today's contemporary art world, this is often not the case. Increasingly art is being sold on the internet and competition is stiff. The days of spending Saturday afternoons in a gallery district browsing through expensive pieces in ugly frames are gradually coming to an end, in favor of late nights on the computer. There is no intimidating, hungry for a sale gallery person to follow the perspective buyer around, and the would-be buyer doesn't have to keep an opinion to themselves! Another reason is that people don't know what they are buying… Continue reading… 7 comments

I have heard so many artists say that a website is a waste of time and money, because art does not sell on the Internet. I even know of some artists that have canceled their sites "because they had not sold anything". My experience is the proof that, that way of thinking, is wrong. A website is not only a sales tool, it is above all an online portfolio. It is a place where your customers can follow your new work, and keep in touch with you. I am glad Artid makes our sites so attractive, and that they work hard on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which makes our sites easy to find. A gallery owner from Boston, who is also an art consultant was recently looking for new material to hang in a health care facility… Continue reading… 16 comments

Body Of Work

by suzsaber , July 7, 2010—12:00 AM

Topics: artavenue, assemblage, collage, mixedmedia

A favorite art blog of mine is Chuck DeWolfe's "Selling Art Blog". http://sellingartblog.com . This week he posted concerning "a body of work". It hit home both in our studio, and at the co-op gallery we belong to. (Corner Gallery in Ukiah) So let it be said, again, a body of work is not necessarily everything you've done recently. Better maybe to coin the phrase, "a cohesive body of work." Let me give an example: This month, at the gallery, we all had the opportunity to invite "a friend" to show next door in our sister gallery. I was one of five to hang that show. We gave each guest his/her own space to show 2-3 pieces of work. How simple to hang 3 cohesive pieces. (same media, same pallette, similar frames.) How difficult to hang 3 unrelated works… Continue reading… 2 comments

Shaker Village Hallway

by , May 21, 2010—09:56 PM

Topics: Shaker, Village

It is always exciting when you can sell an original painting. I displayed the attached painting at an art show one cold and rainy Sunday in Louisville. A couple came by and said they wanted to buy it. The problem was, it wasn't finished. It still needed to be varnished. I hadn't had time to do it before the show but still wanted to display it. They paid for it on the spot and in a few days we finished it and then delivered it. They loved it even more than before… Continue reading… 0 comments

Independent Coffee Network News The Good News: Seven more coffee shops have been added to the network feed. The coffee shops are located in Pasadena, Burbank, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Redondo Beach, San Dimas, Hollywood and Ventura (2) and the network is growing rapidly. ICN has also struck a deal with Aardvark Records, check it out: "Aardvark Records and World Wide Arts' Independent Coffee Network have announced a licensing deal . which sees the British record label supplying the US-based music video entertainment provider with its promotional music videos. The video licensing deal will see popular videos broadcast in independent American coffee houses from coast to coast."… Continue reading… 2 comments

What if Oprah bought a painting on line, or Martha Stewart or Ty Pennington? All it would take, for online art sales to become less intimidating is for one celebrity, one television show, one main stream media giving their endorsement of buying art online and it would change the tide dramatically. If Oprah showed a piece of art on her show that she bought online, people wouldn't be able to get to art sites fast enough. If one HGTV decorating show included buying original art online for a project, it would break the barrier wide open. … Continue reading… 17 comments

Don't Skimp on the Frame

by clintavo , February 6, 2009—01:14 PM

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Have you ever gone to a restaurant and ordered a succulent, tender ribeye steak and on the side were instant mashed potatoes or frozen veggies? Very disappointing, indeed. If I am spending the money for a nice meal, I want the entire meal to be good, not just the main entrée. I have been to other restaurants with a similar price point as the first, but enjoyed delicious sides made from fresh, quality products. Which restaurant will I return to? The same holds true with art. If I were to buy a painting worth several thousand dollars, I would be disappointed to discover that the frame was a cheap assembly-line-made-in-Mexico-or-Taiwan piece of junk. I would expect and demand a quality frame to complement the painting… Continue reading…

Hmmm, I may change my mind on this, but I think I'm abandoning art magazine advertising...at least as far as trying to partner with magazines to help our clients by developing an easy online platform to place ads and save money. I read that Google has abandoned it's effort to bring print advertising into their wildly successful advertising network. And it got me to thinking about my own attempts to integrate print advertising into the online tools we offer artists to promote themselves. I had, for years, thought it would be really cool to have an online platform for our artists to place ads in art magazines. I figured we could make it easy to create the ad online, do all the legwork, collect all the money and purchase larger blocks of space and save the artists some money… Continue reading… 2 comments

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