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How I Became an Artist

I’ve always had a love for artwork since I was little, and when I got old enough to decide what I wanted to do, I knew being an artist was the best way for me to make a career. While I wasn’t the best, I knew that with enough hard work I could be the

Posted on August 10, 2018October 7, 2018 by Jack Mitchelle
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Art Movements

The Flow of Art Movements

Much like history, music, and entertainment, art movements are titles that connect certain types of artwork to one another for historians. If various artists and popular artworks had similar styles or followed certain trends from one time period to the next, then they are grouped together. This is mostly done by historians who want to

Posted on August 8, 2018October 7, 2018 by Jack Mitchelle
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Artists/Galleries

The Strange and Complex Relationship Between the Artist and the Gallery

For a few, the art gallery business is immensely lucrative. Here’s how it works, the super-rich invest in artworks which are going to increase the value of their overall portfolio. As art prices rise, the individual’s investment rises but the entire market value rises as well. This is good news for the wealth manager and

Posted on August 5, 2018October 7, 2018 by Jack Mitchelle
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Art glamour

Price fixing, glamour and vast amounts of money

The art world doesn’t work the way people think it does. In the contemporary art world most of us would imagine an artwork would become sought after because it has some meaning. We’d also assume the artist was talented and their commentary was at least worth hearing. But it doesn’t quite work that way. The

Posted on August 3, 2018October 7, 2018 by Jack Mitchelle
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Art Galleries Management, starving artists

There a big disconnect here and it doesn’t smell good

In 2015 Les Femmes d’Alger set a record, selling at auction for $179.4 million. If you don’t know it or you don’t happen to have $180 million in spare change sitting around the apartment you might not care. You might be right not to care. Is art something we should care about? Before the auction,

Posted on August 1, 2018October 7, 2018 by Jack Mitchelle
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The Lara Wijsmuller Blog (named after the Lara Wijsmuller Fine Art establishment in Amsterdam) discusses the latest art pieces, industry related news and personal stories from the owner, Jack Mitchelle.

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  • How I Became an Artist
  • The Flow of Art Movements
  • The Strange and Complex Relationship Between the Artist and the Gallery
  • Price fixing, glamour and vast amounts of money
  • There a big disconnect here and it doesn’t smell good

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