Guides

Know-how for original art

Answers to the questions I hear most often when selling and lending: How do I recognise an original? What size suits my wall? And what makes sense for business premises: buying, renting or borrowing?

Art for cafés, practices and offices: buy, rent or borrow?

Art for business premises compared: what buying, renting, art libraries and art loans cost, the pros and cons, and what to agree on before anything goes up.

Original or print? How to tell a hand-painted work

How to tell a hand-painted original from an art print: raking light, a magnifying glass, the edges, the back, the certificate and the price, explained by a painter.

What size of art works above a sofa?

What size of art works above a sofa: the two-thirds rule, the right height, one picture or a group, with examples for sofas from 150 to 240 cm wide.

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