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Starting-Out Artists: Are Your Career Expectations Realistic?

Daniel Grant | Posted 01.04.2012 | Arts
Read More: Ben Aronson, New York Times, Julian Schnabel, Business of Art, Kenny Scharf, Mark Kostabi, Robert Longo, Arts News
Daniel Grant

The 1980s generated the idea of the fine artist as rock star, coming on fast and furious at a young age, entering the international art circuit, cashing in quickly because no one lasts more than a decade. It can happen, it has happened, but it doesn't happen very often.

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The Disappearing Art Catalogue Essay

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Ben Aronson, Findlay Gallery, Tibor De Nagy, Emily Mason, Business of Art, Kim Levin, International Association of Art Critics, Karen Jenkins-Johnson, Art Catalogues, Art Criticism, Art Catalogue Essay, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Many gallery exhibition catalogues continue to include critical essays, but most gallery owners claim that buyers are sold on the images, rather than what is said about them and who is saying it.

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'Plein-Air' Painting Has Its Drawbacks, too

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Ben Aronson, Business of Art, Wildlife Art, Jamie Wyeth, Monet, Plein-Air, Landscapes, Van Gogh, Painting, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Dangers of painting outdoors can be quite real. One may include guns and flatbed trucks as plein-air accouterments, since a number of artists use one or the other.

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