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Own Timeless Masterpieces. Museum-Quality Reproductions of Iconic Art.BRUSH STROKES & BANK NOTES
The Art of Wheeling, Dealing, and Revealing
Behind every masterpiece lies a tale of intrigue, where audacious dealers rub shoulders with dubious wheelers, and every canvas could be either a ticket to fortune or an elaborate ruse. Here, in the opulent labyrinths of the art world, van Gogh meets venture capital and Monet mingles with money laundering. Inspired by the prodigious artisans of Dafen, we serve not just reproductions, but also a healthy dose of cynicism, poking fun at the excesses of an industry that often values price tags over palettes. Welcome to ‘Brushstrokes & Banknotes’, where the lines between homage and hustle are as blurred as a wet watercolor. Dive in, and relish the scandalous spectacle.
We Are Verbs Not Nouns
In Keep Going, I have a chapter called, “Forget the noun, do the verb,” and after seeing it on the poster, a reader asked if it was inspired by Stephen Fry. I had no idea what she was talking about, so I did a little googling. In 2010, Fry was interviewed by...
33 Rules for Being an Artist
33 rules to take you from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least help you live life a little more creatively), by Jerry Saltz. Art is for anyone. It’s just not for everyone. I know this viscerally, as a would-be artist who burned out. I wrote about that...
Wonderfully Offbeat Assignments From John Baldessari
In 1970, when conceptual artist John Baldessari was teaching studio art at the experimental CalArts campus near Valencia, CA, the 109 Art Assignments, John Baldessari he handed out to his class were art in themselves. Humorous, confounding, sometimes very specific but...