Wednesday, September 16, 2020

On creating art and not knowing where it ends

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When I was in Miami doing the Miami International Art Fair a few years ago, I received a phone call from a very well-known poet.  Once he id...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Can art prices be negotiated?

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That is one of the most common questions that newbie art collectors ask me and one that pops up all the time at the ubiquitous expert panels...
Monday, September 14, 2020

How to make Fufú

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  Fufú : This is how you do it   That image to the right is not a banana, but a plantain (in Spanish  platano ).  The plantain is most commo...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

The curious and disgusting case of H.G. Carrillo

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Via The WaPo, GWU Professor Lisa Page sounds very apologetic as she reveals that a guy from Detroit passed himself off as a Cuban for years...
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Jacob Lawrence

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When I was in the Navy, moving every 2-3 years was part of the deal - and I hated each one! One of the few good things about moving is when ...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

On Referral Commissions

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Artists and art dealers should always remember this rule (especially in a small town such as the Greater DC area is): You reap what you sow....
Friday, September 11, 2020

Lest we forget

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  "Studio View, 9/11" Oil on Canvas c. 9/11/2001 by David FeBland
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Artists and Art Fairs

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Years and years ago  I related how now almost two decades ago, the founders and organizer of a European art fair called Art Basel (which of ...
Monday, September 07, 2020

New uniforms

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  When I was in the Navy I did dozens of illustrations for newspapers (such as  The Stars & Stripes ), and sketches of his shipmates and...
Sunday, September 06, 2020

Art ethics in the Age of Google

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Today is my birthday! I started to sell other artists' works while I was an art student at the  University of Washington  in beautiful S...
Saturday, September 05, 2020

Senso Unico

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Sailor in Naples Eyeing Italian Girl A 1983 cartoon by F. Lennox Campello  
Friday, September 04, 2020

Day Eight Conference

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Day Eight is having their third annual arts journalism conference upcoming. This year they are focusing on "Crossing Borders", co...
Thursday, September 03, 2020

Trawick Prize Winners Announced

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 From the organizers: The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, a juried art competition produced by the Bethesda Arts & Ente...
Wednesday, September 02, 2020

The more things change...

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The more they stay the same! The below was published four years ago... I'm still waiting to see some movement... any movement! About a d...
Tuesday, September 01, 2020

What to do and what not to do

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If you're an artist: Do not hand out your own personal business cards at your opening and/or an art fair where your work is being exhibi...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Anatomy of an art commission

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It all started at the  2016 SOFA Art fair in Chicago , where my work was being shown by the hard-working Audrey Wilson, when (after the fair...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

More Bad Things Galleries do to Artists

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This has happened to artists several times in my memories, both in the US and in Europe: Artist and gallery owner agree to do a show of the ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

A bad thing that unethical galleries do to artists

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The vast majority of independently owned, commercial fine arts galleries are ethical, hard-working labors of love, the second most-likely bu...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Bad things galleries do to art collectors...

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Our area, like most major metropolitan areas, is peppered with stores that have the word  "gallery"  in their business name, but a...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Hatuey Webinar is on now!

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  OK my art peeps! Need all my peeps to support Ric Garcia Join me in an Artist Conversation with Ric Garcia TONIGHT at 7:00 PM EDT. In co...