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Starting an art collection
by Ngaire Stone
I get asked by clients what they should do when Starting to collect art. My advice is buy what you love and will make you smile as you pass it hanging on your wall.
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If you can find up-and-coming artists that fit into this category that’s a bonus. By using a dealer gallery to make your purchase you can tap into the dealers knowledge and not rely on just the artist themselves.
Hearing an impartial back story about a painting or artist is part of the provenance that informs a buyer and make the acquisition more meaningful. It's always good to have some art from a renown artist too if the budget allows but then buy again a style or subject that attracts you.
I have clients whose walls are full from ceiling to floor and also rotate art from their wardrobes or storage areas in their homes. It is good to freshen up the collection by bringing out something that hasn’t been displayed for a while.
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As you change houses or acquire new ones your tastes may change – so a beach house maybe suitable for the up and coming artists paintings whereas the main house can stand the more recognizable artist.
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I get asked is it ok to buy one artist and yes as over time their style and subject matter will probably change and it is fantastic to see those changes.
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Always fun to challenge your buying habits and take on a piece of art that makes you and others who see it look beyond the obvious.
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Often partners will hold very different views about what is “Good Art” but later they change their mind and become a champion for something that when bought they were unsure of.
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Over the years our tastes change and we need to refresh our walls from time to time so they don’t get stale.
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Picasso said “Art washes from the Soul the dust of everyday life”
One Roof Article on how to
beautify your home with art
Click on the link below to read a well-written article on how art can add value and a sense of beauty to your home.
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https://www.oneroof.co.nz/news/nzs-gallery-chiefs-on-how-to-create-a-beautiful-home-with-art-48755
Contact Ngaire on info@artselect.gallery
New Artist:
Debra Thompson
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Upcoming Exhibition
Bernadette Parsons
Fox in Sock 50th Anniversary
Rare Availability
Serigraph on Coventry Rag Paper
Authorized Estate Edition
Image and Paper Size: 55” x 26”
Limited Edition of 295 Arabic Numbers
Adapted posthumously from the illustration for the 1965 book, Fox in Socks.
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For fifty years the flyleaf of Fox in Socks—Dr. Seuss’s 1965 charmer—has warned: “Take it slowly. This Book is Dangerous!” This wonderfully colorful Seussian tongue-twister was designed to help children get their mouths around language. That it certainly did!
From Random House’s “I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books Series,” Ted’s story features two main characters, an anthropomorphic “Fox” and “Knox,” who speak almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters.
After introducing Fox and Knox, as well as props, box and socks, Dr. Seuss takes these four rhyming items through several permutations, adding more items as he goes along. This prompts Knox to complain every so often about the difficulty of the tongue-twisters.
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Contact Ngaire on info@artselect.gallery or call 021 415449 for details.