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Sizing up the On-line Art Market

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Entries from August 2008

Reviewing art market dedicated sites on the web – focus on artnet

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

According to Alexa, artnet is Internet’s most visited art portal. Confirming its role as a global player, artnet brings both breaking and in-depth news about the international art market while offering online subscription services to past and present auction prices in venues across the world. The website provides furthermore extensive international gallery listings, artist monographs, […]

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The support in easel painting

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

In easel painting as much as in mural painting, some knowledge of the supporting material is indispensable for correctly judging a painted work of art.
The support in easel painting has a long history. In the days of the natural wood panel, the traditionally square surface destined to receive the artwork was either hewn […]

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