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Notes on collecting and the marketplace.

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What a condition report actually protects you from

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“A condition report photographed on the day a work ships sounds like paperwork. In a dispute, it's the only thing standing between 'he said, she said' and an actual resolution.”

Pricing your first painting when there's no sales history yet

Pricing your first painting when there's no sales history yet — the business side of a studio practice, from an artist's perspective rather than a collector's.

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Studio profile: Sigrid Lunde

A look inside how Sigrid Lunde, working out of Bergen, actually gets from an idea to a finished piece — and why the process shows in the work.

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Studio profile: Rei Nakamura

A look inside how Rei Nakamura, working out of Kyoto, actually gets from an idea to a finished piece — and why the process shows in the work.

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Sourcing materials: why the linen, the pigment, the paper all matter

Sourcing materials: why the linen, the pigment, the paper all matter — a look at the parts of a studio practice that rarely make it into an artist bio.

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Provenance for beginners: why the paper trail matters

A practical look at provenance for beginners: why the paper trail matters — one of the more common questions new collectors run into.

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Studio profile: Joris Maes

A look inside how Joris Maes, working out of Antwerp, actually gets from an idea to a finished piece — and why the process shows in the work.

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Behind the work: "Polar Signal"

A single sheet of aurora over a frozen bay, painted from three weeks of field notes. The horizon line sits deliberately low so the light has room to behave. A closer look at how Ingrid Halvorsen built the piece, and what it's actually made of.

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Why outside critique changes what an artist notices in their own work

Why outside critique changes what an artist notices in their own work — a look at the parts of a studio practice that rarely make it into an artist bio.

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Insuring a home collection before it's worth insuring

A practical look at insuring a home collection before it's worth insuring — one of the more common questions new collectors run into.

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Hand-registered woodblock printing, step by step

Carving, registering and pulling a multi-block print, and why no two impressions from the same block are ever quite identical.

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Oil on linen vs. oil on canvas: what actually changes

Two supports for the same paint, and two very different long-term behaviors — what to know before assuming they're interchangeable.

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Moving house with a collection, without damaging it

Moving house with a collection, without damaging it — the logistics side of collecting that rarely gets discussed until something goes wrong.