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Collecting art is fun! Reselling…not as much. But inheriting someone

Traditionally, women artists have had to make a choice between

In the Spring issue of Sculpture Quarterly, the magazine is

The fine art print market is a great way to

An astute art collector once told me that whenever he’s

I’ve met many collectors who get tongue-tied when it comes

In the art world, grand gestures and schemes may make

Oh, how I love juicy art forgery stories! Those fabulous

I’ve written about how art is priced in the blog Making

Humans are hardwired for stories. Stories came before written words.

A friend of mine asked if I taught luddite artists

How to Succeed as an Artist Let’s face it, the

With so many online opportunities to sell your art, a

If you lined up a hundred successful artists and asked

This month, March 2023, marks the end of an era.

The loss of local newspapers has led to the decline

Here's something I've been wondering. Is it possible to feel

Here’s something I don’t get. Why do people lose their

Pricing art is complex. Where do new artists start? When

From genealogy searches to knowing how to sniff out pinnacle

Meet Nancee Jean Busse My friend, the wonderful artist Nancee Jean

In “The Long Lasting Benefits of Childhood Creativity,” published in

In the art world, preservation is vital as well as

How I discovered I was an artist By Carm Fogt,

I've lived with this sense of not knowing what I

Back in the early days, the Coors Show was flying

If you're a collector, chances are you've considered selling off

Over the course of curating and installing the 2022 Coors

In the art world, a lot of business is done

I always thought I was a minimalist, that my life

As important as light is to the creation and enjoyment

Bob Ragland was one of the first artists I met

Over the years, curating the Coors Show and other exhibitions,

In the age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” more

I think some people are born collectors. As Gertrude Stein put

I have to admit, I’m not a fan of the

Miss Manners: What to tell artist friends, besides ‘That’s pretty!’

In the process of responding to a woman who commented

Navajo artist Steve Yazzie is circling back to painting after

Diego Romero’s work does this crazy thing: it draws you

This was a refreshing interview on so many levels. First,

I had so many questions for Sonya Kelliher-Combs that I

Oh, Joe Feddersen. What a beautiful soul. To hear him

I took title for the PACE Center exhibit, Allegories of

I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Neal Ambrose-Smith, in advance

I had this idea to write about finding your voice.

When curating Allegories of Transformation for the PACE Center, I

What a thrill to meet such a talented artist approaching

Pinning down Jaune Quick-to-See Smith for an hour is no

Corky Clairmont was one of the first artists I interviewed