Category Archives: Collectors

EditionedArt.com

The online space creates access to the art world in ways that have never previously existed. I want to share EditionedArt because I’m so excited about it. It is an online gallery where you can buy limited edition fine art prints with literally the click of a button. I was impressed by the range of [...]
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Art market debate in NYTimes

I found this discussion on the New York Times ‘Opinion’ section online and thought it was particularly relevant in lieu of the recent events of the February and May auctions in London and New York. Can Art Be ‘Priceless’ in Rocky Times? I would like to specifically focus your attention to Donald Kuspit and Kathryn Graddy’s comments. Both [...]
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Bravo Monsieur Picasso

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Philagrafika 2010

Philagrafika is an international festival based in Philadelphia that celebrates print in contemporary art. This year it runs January 29th – April 11, 2010 What is this all about?
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Lower East Side Preview February 10, 2010

Join the Print Maven this Wednesday at the Lower East Side Printshop Benefit Preview! This is a great opportunity to scope out works that will be on sale at the benefit auction February 24th. If it is your first time to learn, please join us and learn more about the printshop! Light refreshments will be served.
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Christie’s New York announces sale of Major Works from the Collection of the late Michael Crichton

LONDON.- Christie’s is honored to announce that it will offer at auction this spring in New York major works from the collection of the late Michael Crichton. Best-selling author and screenwriter, film director and producer, Crichton is renowned for his terrifying and sometimes controversial scientific thrillers such as The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Timeline, The [...]
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Julie Mehretu

Julie Mehretu was on my radar for some time, but I was completely blown away by the exhibition at the Williams College Museum of Art in May of 2008,  Julie Mehretu: City Sitings April 19–July 27, 2008.  Here is the Press Release. After this I started paying special attention to her prints. Rogue Ascension (2002) [...]
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artonpaper magazine

Another cultural casualty of the recession, artonpaper magazine just announced it has temporarily ceased publication. “ART ON PAPER is an international magazine that presents award-winning coverage of artists working in a range of paper-based media, including limited-edition prints, drawings, photographs, books, and ephemera. Published bi-monthly (6 times per year), artonpaper is available via subscriptions worldwide or at [...]
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Manolo Valdés

I was so excited to come home yesterday and have my framed Manolo Valdés etching waiting for me! I first saw this work at the IFPDA Print Fair in November, thought about it, a lot, and then saw it again in Miami at the Ink fair. Inspired by the warm weather, abundance of great art [...]
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Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns at the National Gallery of Art

Deborah Ripley, artnet Online Auction’s head Print Specialist and print world guru had recommended the Johns exhibition at the National Gallery of Art to me, so when I found myself in DC this weekend, I had to go. Wow, was I floored. The exhibition, titled Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns (running October [...]
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