Category: Random
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Copyright or wrong – Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios on artFido
by Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios I’m sure I’ve used that headline before. But it’s too good to resist. According to The Art Newspaper (TAN), Italian artist Claudio Capotondi has made inroads into the Chinese art world. A version of the work he produced in 1978, Sferosnodo, was selected for permanent display at the front of a station…
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Mark Fitz – On street art, getting people to buy art and how to sell art online
Mark Fitz first caught our attention during our “Put Your Art in Print” competition in 2012. He was yet to sell art on artFido but was obviously open to the new online art platform and wanted to reach a new market keen to buy art online. His “Creative Gun” was one of the most popular…
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Want to buy art online? Why not check out Emelie Coffey’s work on artFido
Emelie Coffey is a massage therapist with knack for creating comfort, remedy and beauty with her hands. For the next two weeks, artfido will be featuring Emelie and her work. The art that is. Not the massage. Sorry for those who need the latter. We spent a couple of minutes getting Emelie’s take on art…
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The dilemma of selling art online – no touch, no smell, no see
We’ve written about selling art online before. No surprise really, as we are first and foremost a platform built just for that, to buy art and sell art online. However we generally do so with a positive bent. Mentioning how easy it is to connect buyers and sellers across the world. How cost effective it…
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And the ballroom dancers went around…and around…and around again. A lesson in reading art auction figures.
By Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios Hello, old friend. Nice to see you again. It’s good to know some things never change. As regular as clockwork… John Brack’s Backs and Fronts is back on the art auction podium for the fourth time in nine years. Wouldn’t be the first, and certainly won’t be the last rapid-fire repeat customer…
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Selling art online works for David Giles – artFido’s featured artist
While some artists are reluctant to venture into the world of selling art online, David Giles has done so with enthusiasm and energy. One of artFido’s earliest members, David is currently the most successful individual seller on the platform and to date (March 4, 2013) has sold 38 paintings through artFido. We thought we’d ask…
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A Warhol for Every Wall – Online Auction of work by Andy Warhol
By Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios In what can best be described as the modern art-world equivalent of a garage sale, Christie’s is currently running an online auction of work by Andy Warhol. As would be expected, Christie’s has tapped into the cultural zeitgeist, and the very pretty micro-site features ‘Warholian Questionnaires’ with the usual suspects – ‘voice-of-her-generation’…
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Hey now, hey now, my bunting’s back! You can take it to the banksy
By Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios. Alternatively, just take the Banksy. Either way, I think someone’s been taking some creative licence with the disappearing Banksy that has just reappeared on an auctioneer’s rostrum in Miami. Fascinated as I am about the transformation of street art to commodity, I’ve written about Banksy and his compadres a number of times…
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Do artists want to sell their art online? We hope so.
artFido has now been up and running for almost 9 months. Over that 9 months we’ve learned a lot. We’ve redesigned the site to make it easier for buyers to find the art they’re looking for. We’ve created featured artist and featured gallery sections. We’ve included testimonials and have just introduced a “popular art” page…
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Will new art do away with old art?
There is no doubt that new forms of communication are putting pressure on old forms of communication to ship up. Or shut down. Every week there seems to be another newspaper folding (excuse the pun) or another magazine going online. Will art have to do the same? Will new art forms, like digital art, street…