May 20, 2012
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How is one color placed against another? It is like a puzzle in many dimensions, about contrast and complement, about harmony and how it fits with the composition, about mood and excitement. Paintings are often worked in phases of color, … Continue reading
October 3, 2011
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Just because top incomes in the arts exceed those in other professions does not mean that the average income of artists is also higher. On the contrary, evidence indicates that the average income among artists is lower than in comparable … Continue reading
September 26, 2011
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Why do the contemporary visual art experts have more cultural authority than the modern (traditional) visual art experts? Apparently the avant-garde’s cultural capital is more valuable than the traditionalists. The avant-garde experts belong to the so-called ‘new cultural elite’, which … Continue reading
September 26, 2011
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The visual art market is a deep-pocket market. It offers a good opportunity for us to discuss the possible deviations between aesthetic and market value. In numerous countries over the last decades, a divergence between market and aesthetic value has … Continue reading
September 3, 2011
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Society either harbors beliefs about art that contribute to the fact that it is perceived as sacred, or such beliefs follow from art’s sacredness. These widely shared beliefs can also be called myths, because people don’t believe that they need … Continue reading