Tag: artfeedo
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Artist Conducts Experiment Where he Draws Himself While on Different Drugs and Alcohol
Art, drugs and alcohol have gone hand in hand for centuries. Van Gogh was an avid Absinthe drinker and was known to finish a long day by taking a seat on a terrace with glass in hand, absinthe and brandy following each other in quick succession. Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas were also fans of the aquamarine…
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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…
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Art Lives Online – How the internet is giving life to art online
Yesterday the artFido Facebook page reached 20,000 likes. Now for the Nikes and Cokes of this world, that may not seem like much of an achievement, but for a small Australian start-up, that is definitely something to celebrate. It’s almost twice as many as the National Gallery of Australia and seven times as many as…
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Art and Technology – Where will the future take us?
There can be no doubt that the advancement of technology has had an impact on art. Not only has it increased the ability to share, consider, adore, contemplate, and purchase traditional works, it has in many instances birthed completely new forms of personal expression. It’s doubtful that artists 200 years ago could have imagined creating…
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Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century – The Times Readers Poll
The Times recently released the results of its reader survey of the Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century. After 1,461,523 votes, the results are fairly conclusive, if not a little surprising. As the Times states, several artists would seem to be overrated whilst others seemingly unrecognised for their influence on modern art. Andy Warhol…
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Top Ten Tips for Visiting Galleries and Exhibitions
artFido may exist online, but that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate art offline as well. Many of the sellers on artFido are bricks and mortar galleries, who invest time and money in maintaining a place where we can all go and appreciate new, unique and collectable art pieces. So we thought we’d give them their…
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Drugs and Alcohol – Creative Inspirations, Crutches or Distractions
Art, drugs and alcohol have gone hand in hand for centuries. Van Gogh was an avid Absinthe drinker and was known to finish a long day by taking a seat on a terrace with glass in hand, absinthe and brandy following each other in quick succession. Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas were also fans of the aquamarine…
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How to catalogue Aboriginal art – The ACAA confirms standard guidelines
Aboriginal art has played a huge roll in raising awareness of Aboriginal culture, myth, and community within Australia and throughout the world. It has also been instrumental in addressing some of the inequalities Aboriginals suffered at the hands of colonial Australians. The first Aboriginal Australian citizen, Albert Namatjira, gained his citizenship as a direct result…