Collecting Tips • 02/06/2026 Art Insurance Explained: What Your Policy Actually Covers, What It Excludes, and When to Upgrade A clear, expert guide to art insurance, explaining what policies cover, key exclusions, agreed value vs cash value, and when collectors should upgrade coverage.
Collecting Tips • 30/05/2026 Judging a Bronze Before the Patina Settles: What the Foundry Mark, Edition Size, and Surface Tell You Expert bronze sculpture collecting guide covering lifetime casts vs posthumous editions, patina and condition, foundry marks, and long term placement strategy for serious collectors and designers.
Art Auctions • 26/05/2026 The Condition Report Decoded: What Every Line Means and When One Word Should Kill the Deal Learn how to read an art condition report like a professional collector: decode key phrases, understand imaging, link condition to price, and know when to walk away or negotiate.
Art Auctions • 21/05/2026 Seven Richters, One Dealer's Eye: What Christie's Marian Goodman Sale Teaches About Building a Collection That Lasts Analysis of the Marian Goodman Gerhard Richter collection at Christie’s, focusing on the Kerze candle painting, sale structure, price estimates and what this landmark auction means for collectors and the broader Richter market.
Collecting Tips • 14/05/2026 Limited Edition Prints Versus Originals: Where Each Actually Holds Value Over a Decade Learn how to choose between limited edition prints and original artworks, with data-backed auction examples, edition size guidelines, and a practical framework for deciding between a €4,000 print and a €12,000 painting.
Collecting Tips • 13/05/2026 Limited Edition Prints vs Originals: How the Secondary Market Really Treats Them Learn how limited edition prints and original artworks function as parallel asset classes, how auction houses price them, and when editions are a smarter buy for collectors, with real market data and cited case studies.
Collecting Tips • 11/05/2026 Luxury Wall Art for the Living Room: What to Buy When You Are Actually Choosing at $10k to $100k A practical guide to luxury wall art for living rooms: how to size and place artworks, work with light and palette, choose between painting, photography and mixed media, and read value across 10k–100k price bands.
Collecting Tips • 12/05/2026 Art Advisor, Gallery, Auction House: A Working Map of Which One Actually Serves You in 2026 Compare art advisors, galleries and auction houses through the lens of fiduciary duty, fees and transparency. See how a 100,000-euro budget plays out across channels, when an advisor earns their fee, and the key figures every luxury art collector should know.
Collecting Tips • 11/05/2026 Art Provenance Verification: What to Ask Before You Pay the Deposit Learn how luxury collectors can use art provenance verification to protect value, avoid legal risk, and build museum-ready collections, with concrete red flags, data points, and a practical checklist.
Watercolor Wonders • 06/05/2026 Watercolor Is Having a Quiet Moment: How to Read a Contemporary Watercolor for Craft and Value Discover why contemporary watercolor remains a quiet arbitrage in the art market, how to assess technique, paper, pigments and framing like a professional, and which price points and collecting strategies matter for serious collectors. by Odette Papillon
Collecting Tips • 04/05/2026 Why Photography Editions Are the Smartest First-Serious Purchase for a New Collector in 2026 A collector’s guide to collecting photography editions, from edition sizes and artist proofs to three mid-career photographers whose limited prints make strong first purchases. by Cyrus Blackwood
Art Auctions • 04/05/2026 How to Value a Painting: The Five Factors Auction Houses Actually Use A specialist-level guide to how to value a painting, from comparables and provenance to condition, rarity, and market demand, written for serious luxury art collectors. by Odette Papillon
Collecting Tips • 28/04/2026 Sound as a Collectible Medium: What the Vatican's Venice Pavilion Signals Explore how the Vatican’s Venice sound pavilion is reshaping institutional attitudes to sound art, and what collectors, designers and advisors must know about buying, insuring and reselling time based sound installations for luxury collections. by Phoebe Baelish
Collecting Tips • 24/04/2026 Reading the Human Hand: What AI Taught Collectors to Look For in an Oil Painting A practical oil painting collector guide on reading surface, labor, and documentation so you can buy human made works with confidence in a shifting art market. by Giles Trevelyan
How to Start an Art Collection in 2026 Without Being Rich, Connected, or Intimidated Collecting Tips • 22/04/2026 How to Start an Art Collection in 2026 Without Being Rich, Connected, or Intimidated Learn how to start an art collection with intent, from setting a budget and reading the sub-$25k market to working with galleries, buying editions, and tracking your purchases for long-term collecting success. by Grant Barlow
Collecting Tips • 21/04/2026 How to Start an Art Collection Without Buying the Gallery's Pitch Learn how to start an art collection with intent: set clear goals, ask the right questions in galleries, protect provenance and condition, budget real acquisition costs, and build a coherent visual argument with your first five pieces. by Phoebe Baelish
Digital Artistry • 04/04/2026 Elevated monochrome elegance for large black and white wall art collectors Explore how large black and white wall art elevates luxury interiors, from investment grade canvas and prints to curated gallery walls and refined monochrome decor. by Cyrus Blackwood
Studio Visits • 20/03/2026 People art as intimate luxury: the human figure at the heart of fine collections Explore people art in luxury collections, from drawing and figurative painting to ethical display, gallery walls and living with human centered fine art. by Phoebe Baelish
Digital Artistry • 06/03/2026 Genesis museum book as a curatorial jewel for luxury art collectors An elegant analysis of the genesis museum book 2025 as a luxury art object, exploring curation, memorabilia, editions, and collecting strategies for discerning connoisseurs. by Cyrus Blackwood
Collecting Tips • 26/02/2026 Hawaiian art prints as intimate luxury statements for the home Explore how Hawaiian art prints can become intimate luxury statements in your home, from limited editions and provenance to materials, framing, and long‑term value. by Bianca Auxerre
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