ALERT! The High Risk of Trusting Certificates of Authenticity (COAs)

ALERT! The High Risk of Trusting Certificates Of Authenticity (COAs)

The art market has been flirting with disaster for decades and it is time for the artist and buyer alike to be fully aware of its disastrous impact. In this age of the World Wide Web and the Information Highway we have an advantage over our distant forefathers. The following relates the highlights of an article that is definitely a REQUIRED READ, if in fact one is desirous of acquainting him/herself with the pitfalls existing in the world of art today.

The CERTIFICATE Of AUTHENTICITY is a skillfully written article that points out what Read more

Artists: How Do You Capture a City?

Wild – Eccentric – Mythical and Unknowable Cities

Open Letter to Artists (From an Art Critic) – Part 36

The vividly descriptive terms used in an article titled Urban Streets are Tough to Paint: Open Letter to Artists (From an Art Critic) scolds those who portray cities poorly in their works of art, pointing out, that if you do not REALLY know the city you certainly can get it all wrong. If in fact you only portray the seamy side or perhaps just the angular lines of sun dancing along the buildings in a technical fashion, you are missing the whole point. Read more

CAUTION – Pitfalls Ahead For Art Sellers and Purchasers

Tips on how to buy and sell art painlessly

Too many people today take very lightly the purchase of and/or selling of works of art. ART BROKERS REVISITED is an insightful article authored by Cindy Hill, Esquire, experienced in such law (or the lack thereof) that surrounds the sale and purchase of art. Most people don’t realize the fact that art brokers, who act as agents for either buyer or seller, (they can only represent one or the other) are for the most part, unregulated by laws which in most other fields, such as real estate or automobile sales are taken for granted.

There stands a beautiful Read more

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