Sentences with phrase «art collectors rather»

But the collections of those institutions are composed of donations and purchases from a large number of art collectors rather than from just one person.

Not exact matches

Thanks to an ever - volatile market, the market for special, bespoke cars have ballooned way out of reach of the average enthusiast and the segment is now populated mostly by over-moneyed collectors who would rather park it as a four - wheeled art piece than a functional vehicle.

If you want to pre-order the game you'll get yourself on in - game content, though if you want a little more you can pick up a rather nifty collectors edition that includes a steelbook, a model airship (no, really), an art book and much more.

From the art collector's perspective, numerous reasons exist for borrowing against, rather than selling, art.

I like being in charge and I rather have more Collectors who can afford my Art than a few through high end Art Galleries.

However, collectors have many valid reasons to keep their art rather than sell it if they want to tap into that wealth.

We bring the art to the collector rather than bringing the collector to the art.»

Barnes was one of the first American collectors to regard African art as fine art rather than ethnographic curiosity, though his acquisitions were made possible by the imperialist colonization of Africa.

One of the first American collectors to regard African sculpture as fine art rather than ethnographic curiosity, Barnes displayed African masks and figures alongside paintings by Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani.

«For years, our most loyal collectors and supporters came to San Francisco to see us in the gallery rather than only seeing us at art fairs.»

Inspired by downtown spaces like Kenkeleba House, the New Museum, and Exit Art, Sussman works directly with collectors, curators, and artists, rather than galleries, to find new voices that hadn't yet been screened by the market.

Foretold is a return to romance of true collectors, long pushed out of the market as prices escalated, returning to the fold to purchase art for its quality and meaning -LSB-...] Discerning collectors have collections to assemble, rather than investments, and are not swayed by the latest trends.

Contrasting with Frieze London, FIAC has once again emerged as a connoisseur's fair — a place where collectors can expect to find art with involving content and historical context, rather than simply bellwethers of the latest market trends.

Art fairs helped the gallery get greater international reach, push their brand and meet new clients, but artists prefer the showcase of the gallery exhibition rather than the art fair, as do collectors, who get to see the work «in context», he said, rather than one piece per artist in a fair - booth group shArt fairs helped the gallery get greater international reach, push their brand and meet new clients, but artists prefer the showcase of the gallery exhibition rather than the art fair, as do collectors, who get to see the work «in context», he said, rather than one piece per artist in a fair - booth group shart fair, as do collectors, who get to see the work «in context», he said, rather than one piece per artist in a fair - booth group show.

Is it possible, some academics and art experts ask, to create an «oasis of culture» in a place that has no history of museums, no community of artists to speak of, no collectors, no donors, and where the local passions run to falcons and racehorses rather than to Pablo Picasso and Jeff Koons?

To perpetuate their brand, they work a lot harder, taking their catalog to international collectors at art shows in Miami, New York, and California, rather than hoping that a collector from China will happen to walk through their door in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.

This doesn't mean he was the greatest American artist of the period, rather that his multiplicity of roles - photographer, patron of modern artists, dealer, collector, exhibition curator, writer and publisher - collectively had a greater impact on American art than that of any other individual, during the period.

Hugely respected and admired by collectors and artists for his discernment and for an ability to see beauty in unusual objects, Cochrane was an art dealer with a passion for the aesthetic rather than the financial value of a work of art.

The charming collector is more interested in the quality rather then the quantity of her art, and she can not even estimate the number of works she has in her collection.

Declerck, one of the ten collectors in the Art Brussels presentation, has a rather broad collection.

The show featured works by Wood, Benton, and Curry, and in its catalogue Walker appealed to collectors to buy the art on display rather than the «shiploads of rubbish that have just been imported from the School of Paris.»

Oscar Murillo: «A Mercantile Novel» (through June 14) Rather than present new canvases that might counter his reputation as an artistic lightweight — or at least satisfy art - flipping collectors — this hot young painter has shifted gears with an elaborate slice - of - life installation piece.

Rather than keeping their vast holdings in storage these collectors have shown their commitment to art by giving the public a place to enjoy incredible works of art that may normally be only for private eyes.

The relocated and revamped Focus section, this year organized by former LACMA associate curator of contemporary art Jarrett Gregory around a thematic show rather than a regional focus, was nonetheless drawing collectors to the southern pier.

I could see that in downtown Portland, we have a rather vibrant arts community, including The Maine College of Art, Portland Museum, several galleries, and a modest collector base.

+ Art collectors seem to be donating their works to smaller nonprofits — think: hospitals, nursing homes, and libraries — rather than museums, where pieces stand a greater risk to slip onto dusty shelves and into obscurity.