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The story behind the “Delicate and Passionate” exhibition
Every exhibition has a story, just like every painting in it. The story of “Delicate and Passionate” began in December 2014 when the British gallery owner Andrew Hillier contacted me with an invitation to work together in his new gallery, where I was going to exhibit next to artists like Vladimir Volegov, Andre Kohn, Atroshenko. During our discussions, the vision of the desired collection of paintings gradually started to take shape – oil canvases with more delicate stories and ones of the more passionate flamenco series. Alas, the joint project with the gallery did not come to fruition due to Andrew’s deteriorating health, but the idea of the collection of…
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How to arrange paintings
Every now and then I need to visualize ideas for arranging paintings and prints for clients, thus I decided to put together some suggestions for home and office arrangements. The pictures in this post are from Pinterest and the rights belong to the respective authors. Some photos found on Pinterest, copyright belongs to the rightful owners.
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Art documentaries
Many people maybe wonder what the hell do the artists do all day. Here are some beautifully shot video materials that throw a little light on the matter.. and here are some artists studios – some of which are brutal…
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Teresita Fernandez Commencement Speech
photo source >> I have been following the articles of brainpickings.org for a while now and a few days ago, while going through the saved-for-later stuff, I found a true treasure: the speech of Teresita Fernandez, a New York based artist, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts. Very few things manage to impress me lately – maybe because of the immense amount of information around us, offering too little meaningful content, but the words of Teresita touched me, and inspired me, and are a source of true wisdom, not only for artists, but for any human being. > (opens in a new tab)”>the commencement speech >>
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On artwork pricing
Probably one of the most difficult and controversial things in art is setting its price. It’s not an accident that the emerging artists often ask gallery owners, art marketing specialists and established artists how to set the price of their artworks. there are different factors forming this price, but overall they can be reduced to several general ones. As I meet with very different opinions, questions and statements about the artworks’ price, I would like to share some thoughts on the topic: “This is too expensive” One of the most common responses of (let’s tentatively call them) art viewers – they usually are not true buyers – is “this is…
