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How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’

The Art Newspaper

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer and now an artist with a focus on the digital, Gretchen Andrew creates works that make the invisible impacts of technology visible. First, an oil paint printer makes the original, unmodified image and then the wet oil painting is put through an XY-axis drawing robot.

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Why Artists Should Stop Donating Art

Art Appraisal Resources

Current tax laws only allow artists to write off the expenses spent on the physical art supplies. The paint, the canvas and possibly the frame, but never the value of the art, or the time spent creating these paintings. I remember the exact moment where my thinking shifted and I felt such clarity.

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In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

The Art Newspaper

Art Basel is this year introducing a section called Premiere, which invites galleries to exhibit presentations of work made in the past five years by up to three artists, staged around a loose curatorial concept. The ten exhibitors in the inaugural section are typically smaller to mid-sized galleries presenting mid-career artists.

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Great Discoveries: 17th-Century Painting Found in Barn, Sells for Over $7 Million

WorthPoint

17th-century painting by Dutch artist Frans Post. Image Source: Sotheby’s via Robb Report Last month, auction house Sotheby’s sold a painting from 17th-century Dutch painter Frans Post for $7.37 When the painting was discovered, it was “filthy, black, (and) dirty,” Wachter noted.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

WorthPoint

Painted in Monza Red and showing just over 58,000 miles, this car was one of only sixty-six made that year with this configuration, making it an incredibly rare find. It was painted around 1950–1955 and is catalogued in the Edouard Cortes Virtual Catalogue Raisonné. both exceptional values given the rarity and quality of the work.

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Antique Porcelain Dolls: How Much Are Porcelain Dolls Worth?

Invaluable

With this Chinese ceramic material, doll makers could finally create intricately painted faces, lifelike features, and beautifully constructed clothing. You can also examine the doll for artist signatures or maker’s marks, manufacturer marks or other details that can help you identify it. The painted, molded hair.

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What Makes Certain Antique Paintings Valuable–or Worthless?

Sarasota Antique Buyers

If there is one thing that antique painting buyers often ask themselves, it is this: What makes a painting valuable? What is it that makes certain antique paintings valuable and others worthless? Perhaps the most obvious quality that impacts an antique painting’s value is its authenticity. Or is it a copy?