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Selling American Paintings to Buyers Doesn’t Have to be Hard. Read These 5 Tips

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

It has a wide array of influences and draws on traditions from Europe, Native Americans, Africa, and Asia. The condition of the painting, size, and type of materials (oil paintings are worth more than watercolors) may also increase or decrease value. American artwork has unique style and feel. Know your painting.

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Fall Jewelry Trends You Need to Know

A Matter of Brilliance

Materials transcend the usual metals and can also include wood and plastics. You can go big (and say it’s in memory of the Queen) with a tiara or barrettes that draw the eye upward. Alexis Bittar choker Chunky bracelets As Vogue writes, “when it comes to bracelets, more is more and bigger is better.”

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Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history

The Art Newspaper

In place of plastic, the Ghanaian artist enfolded the building in a material evocative of global labour and trade—jute sacks made in Southeast Asia and imported to Ghana for the transportation of cocoa beans to European markets. The Kunsthalle recently relived the moment with another monumental intervention, this time by Ibrahim Mahama.

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2024 Moving into 2025 Design Trends Likely to Affect Value of Personal Property

International Society of Appraisers

Some refer to it as "rustic decor," which uses vintage furniture, salvaged materials, and outdoor elements indoors. Today, rooms' light fixtures, whether oversized pendants, floating orbs, geometric chandeliers, or hanging pieces of abstract shapes, are more eye-catching and draw the eye to them.

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In pictures: Art Basel's Unlimited section offers visions of utopia

The Art Newspaper

It was built in sections over four years: there are people with caravans, an area with the materials needed for the future—such as medicines and food—as well as monuments for the fallen.” It’s amazing: the energy of the kids or teenagers working, these fantastic colours, this sea of blue.

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These Vintage “Hidden” Flasks Cleverly Conceal Alcohol

WorthPoint

As flask sales soared, designs became more innovative, and materials evolved. Early flasks were made of glass and porcelain, while later examples were made of more durable materials, including pewter and stainless steel, which offered better portability. Prices depend on age, craftsmanship, material, and rarity.

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Gallery Hopping in Dallas

Art Advisor's Blog

All her work is done with found objects she gets from around the site she will be assembling them; her work questions material as our visual language, why we discard it, and how we construct and build structures around us. 42225 nails" | "28677" | "38307 nails" Drawing: Attn is up until December 23rd.