It is important that you never turn down an opportunity to visit a new exhibition. Curators work hard to present even the most well-known and widely studied material in new ways and by shunning exhibitions you are likely to miss out. Most exhibitions at smaller galleries take less than an hour to look at closely [...]
One of the most useful exercises in producing your own art is to try and recreate styles that you see and like or find interesting. This is the perfect way to add strings to your artistic bow because it expands the mediums and the techniques you have in your repertoire. Great artists learn by reproduction [...]
Whenever you visit an art exhibition it is important that you are inquisitive and observant. You should not limit yourself to just looking at the art on display, although this is obviously a great place to start in terms of forming your own opinions of any given show. You must also assess the curatorial aspects [...]
Art is something that ordinary people are perfectly capable of investing in. A recent trip to the Buy Art Fair 2011 made me realise that you don’t need to be a millionaire to start thinking about art investment as the way forward. If you want to put your savings into an investment and you don’t [...]
