Year: 2019

The Art of Investing in Art

The Art of Investing in Art

Investing in art doesn’t just add to your home décor, it makes you more introspective. If done correctly, it can also drastically increase your net worth. According to recent studies, the price of art has gone up more than 1000per cent in the past four decades

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Ethics and art in today’s world

Ethics and art in today’s world

Art has always been tightly interconnected with questions about morality and ethics. Wittgenstein (among many others) even said: “Ethics and Aesthetics are one.” and in reality liking or hating a painting or sculpture isn’t that far away from liking or hating a person, idea or belief.

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Borrow like an artist….

Borrow like an artist….

Many of us may be familiar wit the book Steal Like an Artist by written by Austin Kleon. In this book he describes how countless famous artists have been “stealing” other artists styles, ideas and just about anything else that they deemed valuable and used everything in their own work. But apart from a marketer’s standpoint, should this really be called stealing?

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Edgar Degas (1834–1917)

Edgar Degas (1834–1917)

Degas was born in 1834, the scion of a wealthy banking family, and was educated in the classics, including Latin, Greek, and ancient history, at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. His father recognized his son’s artistic gifts early and encouraged his efforts at drawing by taking him frequently to Paris museums.

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Winston Churchill – the Artist

Winston Churchill – the Artist

At the age of 40, Sir Winston Churchill found himself at a career low: After the World War I attack he ordered on Gallipoli, Turkey, went horrifically awry, he was demoted from his role as First Lord of the Admiralty in May 1915. He resigned from his government post and became an officer in the army. Deflated of power and consumed with anxiety, he took up an unexpected new hobby: painting.

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Investing in “Prim-Equus”

Investing in “Prim-Equus”

The definition of “Prism-Equus” is equine personality depicted in colour. The style and definition along with acknowledgment of her work has made Linda Finstad the founder of a new style of art. A style that is quickly gaining popularity and one which she is teaching to other budding artists.

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