How to finance for artistic projects?

A list for financing for artistic projects

As a young talent you may have a lot of ideas to develop your artistic career. That’s not a problem! But as you will soon discover if you haven’t already: having ideas is not always enough. To set them in motion, it takes, most of the time, money. There are many creative ways to find financing to develop your various projects: grants, microcredit (or community credit), crowdfunding and private sponsorship, among others.

Step by step, let’s take a look at the 1001 ways to finance your artistic projects.

The subsidies

While this is not the easiest way, grants can help you fund different types of projects. You will be able to participate in artistic events outside the country, devote more time to your production, promote your art and even improve yourself.

Grants can come from your municipality, the government or from various organizations such as Artère, the RAAV or the Conseil des arts et des lettres au Québec, or the Maison des artistes en France (discover many other organizations by watching our webinar).

The first thing you do when you want to apply for a grant is to set aside your embarrassment, pick up the phone and call the organization with your question. You will be able to ask the person in charge for help to verify your eligibility and also to ensure that you present your project according to their criteria.

Microcredit

Microcredit allows artists who do not have access to traditional credit to obtain a loan of less value ($2,000 or $3,000 for example). To be eligible, you must have a clear project to submit, be over 18 years of age, have a low income and reside in the organization’s territory. In addition, you will have to commit to attending one or more information meetings, and accept the support of proximity (mentoring).

The sponsorship

Sponsorship is a financial contribution made in exchange for visibility or equivalent service. You could, for example, post the name of your sponsor on your website or install a small banner on your booth during a show. Try to find sponsors whose activity is related to what you do!

Don’t be afraid to ask; companies are open to sponsorships. It augments their sense of presence at events, gives them visibility and can even bring them new customers. In addition, for a company, sponsorships are advertising expenses. It is therefore tax deductible for them!

Socio-financing

Crowdfunding has been growing around the world for a number of years. You may have contributed to a campaign yourself. With crowdfunding, small individual contributions are collected from a large pool of donors through an online platform such as Kickstarter (international), La Ruche (Quebec) or Kiss Kiss Bank (France), to name a few.

See here a list of all crowdfunding platforms around the world. Take your time to review and analyze some of them. Each platform has its own speciality and some will be better suited to artistic projects than others.

Here are a few steps to consider when you choose to engage in a crowdfunding campaign :

Have a clear plan! What do you want to do with the money raised? Why would people want to give you money?

Determine the financial objective of your campaign. How much do you need to complete your project?

Determine the length of your campaign. We suggest that it does not exceed 3 or 4 weeks—enough to make your campaign known to a large pool of people, but not that much that to make them feel bombarded by the promotion on your part.

Determine your counterparty model. You will rarely find people willing to give you money just to support your career. In a crowdfunding campaign, you have to offer something in exchange for a certain amount! For example, in exchange for a $20 donation, you could offer a postcard illustrated with one of your works, with a personalized word written by hand. For those who donate $50, you could offer a print of one of your paintings! There are many possibilities to discover.

Create a video. Film yourself, present your project, sell it!

Promote your campaign. That’s an obvious calculation. Without promotion, your campaign simply won’t work. You have to tell people that your campaign exists, attract them, and motivate them to take part in it. Talk about your campaign on your website, on your newsletter, and on your social media. And don’t just mention it— Talk about it first, and talk about it at the same time.

How can you be exhibited in an art gallery?

Get your works exhibited in an art gallery

Galleries and renowned art dealers often receive an impressive number of requests from artists who wish to be represented or promoted by them.

Learn how to stand out by learning to avoid the most common mistakes made by artists and present a file that will turn the Gallery on to work with you.

Main steps to canvass a gallery

Find a gallery that suits me: type on your search engine “Art gallery” followed by the name of your region or cities of interest. For a more targeted search, you can add the artistic family (art brut, figurative, abstract…). Example: gallery of abstract art bordeaux, gallery of figurative art annecy. You can also consult the online gallery directories.

Find out about the galleries found by visiting its website, the sites of the artists exposed and ensure that the works exhibited are close to your work.

Contact the gallery: There is no recipe, each gallery owner works differently. However, we must not announce brutally that you are soliciting to expose.

Please note :

Avoid sending a book or photos by post, the gallery owner usually does not return the documents.

In Paris, opt for emails and the use of openings to get to know the artists of the gallery.

In the regions, do not hesitate to establish a local contact by regularly visiting the galleries that interest you.

Tips for canvassing galleries when you’re an artist:

Avoid canvassing the galleries by going with your book to a gallery without knowing it and without having made an appointment, you risk falling badly. You can start by calling and asking the ritual question, “Do I disturb you”.

Don’t forget to run through the website of the gallery.

The 10 fatal mistakes:

1. Enter a gallery without looking at what is presented

2. Say that one likes what is exhibited while does not appreciate the works presented

3. Criticize what is exposed when you have not been asked

4. Enter an abstract art gallery and show a book of figurative works

5. Disturb the gallery owner on the phone to request an appointment

6. Distribute your business card during the opening of another artist

7. Present to the gallery a book with old works

8. Canvass without inquiring about the gallery beforehand

9. Canvass galleries during contemporary art fairs

10. Having no knowledge of the artists are exhibited in a gallery that interests you

10 keys to success:

1. Visit the galleries without soliciting them

2. Enter a gallery because you like what is on display

3. Discuss with the gallery owner about the current exhibition, making sure the time is right

4. Don’t say right away that you’re an artist, let the gallery owner discover

5. Be a buyer of a work or even a catalogue if the work you like is not within your means

6. Locate the galleries that exhibit artists to whom you are sensitive and visit them regularly

7. Have connection with one or several of the artists exhibited in a gallery where you would like to be exhibited

8. Target galleries that have just opened (they do not yet have their quota of artists)

9. Be discreet and know how to put aside your ego as an artist

10. Present a professional artist’s book

Sotheby’s creates an NFT sales platform

NFT sales platform from Sotheby’s

The auction house bets on NFT (non-fungible tokens), which now represent 2% of the global art market. It announces the creation of a platform dedicated to collectors and plans a biennial sale of these digital objects. The first will take place next week.

Sotheby’s announced the creation of a digital space reserved for NFT

The auction house Sotheby’s announced the creation of a digital space reserved for NFT collectors and a now biennial sale of these digital objects, a sign of its desire to settle permanently in this sector.

Image, video, tweet, computer program, NFT (non-fongible tokens), certificates of authenticity associated with a virtual object that they make unique, have boosted contemporary art in 2020-2021, against a backdrop of the pandemic. They now represent 2% of the global art market, according to Artprice’s annual report published in early October.

Almost unknown until a year ago, they broke records at an auction at Christie’s, where an all-digital work by American artist Beeple was auctioned for $69.3 million in March, or Sotheby’s, where the original program was sold for $5.4 million in early July.

Future of the NFT art

In this context, Sotheby’s announced the launch of "a dedicated platform for digital art collectors", called "Sotheby’s Metaverse". Buyers will be able to create a personal profile, with "an avatar designed by the famous crypto designer Pak", and payments can be made in cash or in certain cryptocurrencies (Etherum, bitcoin, USDC), explains Sotheby’s in a statement.

On the platform appeared Wednesday profiles of known collectors in the middle, including that of the American star Paris Hilton and DJ Steve Aoki.

The first sale, named "Natively Digital 1.2: The Collectors", will take place between 18 and 26 October, with 53 lots. The auction house took the opportunity to announce that the event would now be held twice a year. Among the works, there are creations by Pak, Rare Pepe, or Larva Labs.

They will be presented on Saturday in London, where Sotheby’s broke Wednesday’s record for a work by British artist Banksy, "The Girl with the Ball" (18.6 million pounds). A very real painting, but which had partially destroyed itself during its last sale, three years ago, an action claimed by the artist to denounce the "commodification" of the artwork.

What is the NFT?

Art and Blockchain

Thanks to the blockchain, even works of art can now be authenticated and secured like a Bitcoin. After the revolution of currency, it is now the art to be digitized… and it is based on NFT, non-fongible cryptographic tokens. So, after all, what is NFT?

NFT as work of art v.s. Bitcoin as a currency

To make it as simple as possible, we can put this in parallel with video games, where we can usually purchase virtual objects, such as a weapon or armor. A game where the developer would infinitely multiply the same item for each player to buy it represents a scenario of classic cryptocurrencies. Except that, if the developer of this hypothetical title decided to include only one of these items for all players, the selected item would be unique and, inevitably, its value would fly because of the soaring demand.

When it comes to the NFT whose great particularity is non-fungible, the case is similar, but with several particularities. While a Bitcoin can be exchanged with another and the same value is retained, the NFT has yet a unique identifier that distinguishes them from one another. This is the case we can explore on Sorare, a platform that we have the opportunity to test. They are said to be non-fongible because they have their own identity, like a work of art, and these virtual tokens are exchanged according to supply and demand.

NFT are not fungible

The fact that the NFT are not fungible is also the reason why they are not identified as particularly adapted to the art market. The blockchain gives value to the digital item, a certificate of inviolable digital authenticity, at a time when the question of certifying the authenticity of works of art is debated. The digital items can then be exchanged on platforms such as Nifty Gateway, where most of these new crypto-artists offer their works for sale. This success remains in any case a proof that the blockchain can affect many other sectors, starting with art. In any case, this would clearly call into question the thought of Walter Benjamin, famous author of «The Work of Art at the Time of its Technical Reproducibility», who already anticipated the infinite reproduction of digital objects, but had not foreseen the emergence of this technology of the future.

The largest work of art in the world sold $62 million

Sacha Jafri’s “The Journey of Humanity”, certified as the largest painting ever, was auctioned for $62 million in Dubai.

Change of program for Sacha Jafri’s The Journey of Humanity. Originally, this canvas had the same size as four basketball courts and was to be sold in 70 portions to raise $30 million for charity. André Abdoune, a French entrepreneur in the cryptocurrency sector based in Dubai, decided to acquire the entire work for $62 million (€52.4 million), much more than the British artist could have imagined. The former trader wanted to «bring his piece to the puzzle» and do a good deed by buying this gigantic work at a high price, during its auction in Dubai yesterday, March 23. The entire sum will be donated to charitable associations that fight for the rights of children around the world.

Maintain the coherence of the work

The charitable dimension of the sale, desired by Sacha Jafri, particularly touched André Abdoune. “I come from a poor family,” he told AFP, “I know how it feels to have nothing to eat, but at least I had the love, support from my parents and school.” The 44-year-old British artist announced that he would donate the $62 million raised (double what was originally planned) to associations like Dubai Cares, Unicef, Unesco and the Global Gift Foundation, which provide health, care and education assistance to disadvantaged children.

A monumental work… made in confinement

From its genesis, Jafri’s work was linked with children, and was targeted at raising 30 million for them. Jafri decides to use the hotel’s ballroom to create an unprecedented canvas, based on drawings of children from 140 countries, while he was stuck in the Atlantis hotel in Dubai because of the confinement. For 8 months, he worked on all fours, sometimes 20 hours a day, to obtain a result of 1,595.76 m², made up of dozens of layers of paintings that the artist lets freely flow on the canvas to his satisfaction. “I literally poured paint, and then I put another layer on top, another layer, another layer, another layer, groping until something magical happened,” he told the British television channel BBC.

This intense work, which required a prolonged unnatural position for several months, cost him health, since the artist had to undergo surgery at the level of his spine, after having injured himself at the level of the pelvis and feet. The final result, completed in September 2020, gives the impression of a colourful jubilant mess, which the children who lent him their drawings would not deny. In the long splashes of paint, we recognize the usual style of Jafri, whose works adorn the interiors of Barack Obama, George Clooney and even the British royal family.

Focus on Alexis Raoult our French Artist

Alexis Made in France

Alexis Raoult was born in the Paris region in 1993. Young artist with an atypical career, at 16, he entered a professional high school «Les Orphelins d'Auteuil», for young people in difficulty. He was taught electricity. He spent his time drawing on his notebooks. At 18, he left everything and moved to Brittany. He then lived in small jobs, always scribbling notebooks. Since 2012, he has devoted himself to drawing and speaks of a «sequence of emotions». Drawing is what makes him vibrate. Since 2017, he has specialized in animal drawing. His very realistic representations, only in pencil, in black and white, bring out the emotions, the intelligence, as well as the sensitivity of the wild animals.

Alexis Raoult sublimates the animal portrait

It is through his drawings of an extraordinary realism that Alexis Raoult expresses himself, and speaks of what touches him, especially the animal cause. His black and white works, made only with pencil and posca, emit such intensity that the spectator is literally transported, as if he were facing the animal depicted. The artist transcribes with great accuracy and emotion the sensitivity of his models through their gaze and attitude, delivering a palpable emotion.

Where does your passion for drawing come from?

He has always more or less penciled on notebooks. And even if nothing predestined him to become a cartoonist, he took pleasure in escaping through his drawings. By his majority, he began to chew faces and then tested the painting that inspired him more and he began to make on canvas his famous portraits, especially of famous personalities. It was only afterwards that he returned to drawing, an art of choice for him, with the sole aim of transcribing with maximum realism my subjects. It was during his meeting with the photographer Lambert Davis and the discovery of one of his photos that the animal portrait was imposed. The monkey of his cliché had such an intense look that it was a click. He accepted that he reproduced it in drawing. This collaboration continues today and the desire to transcribe the emotions of animals has not left him. he then collaborated with other photographers. But since 2020, he has made his drawings based on his own photos… and he continues to perfect himself in realism.

The app that geolocates the most beautiful street art works

Street Art cities geolocalise the works of street art

15,000 murals artworks

Can’t you remember the beautiful graffiti you saw on the bus? The one with the bright colors, the planes of camaieu, the generous form, and representing an allegory of freedom? Or this incredible stencil with a philosophical phrase that struck you? Street Art Cities is the app for all urban art lovers with a large U. More than 15,000 murals are listed in nearly 271 cities and already 66 countries

A participative museum of street art

It’s like a treasure hunt: the whole community wants to discover its nugget. And everyone is involved in the development of this digital museum of works of art. Users will thus discover the nuggets close to home, or during a trip, and above all, the artist who hides behind as Da Cruz for example.

5 women who marked art

Women who marked art

We invite you into the universe of 5 women who have marked the History of Art. These female artists have left a real imprint on time by shining with their audacity, their genius and their will to impose themselves in a world that was supposedly not intended for them. Whether they are painters, visual artists, photographers, followers of impressionism, rococo or modern art, they certainly leave a lasting memory.

Niki de Saint Phalle

Undoubtedly one of the most outstanding artists of the middle of the twentieth century. Niki de Saint Phalle learned of herself painting after a traumatic event when she was only 11 years old. At the turn of a stay in a psychiatric hospital, she realizes that the way to go is that of art. As if to extricate herself from her psychic violence and a heavy burden to bear, she creates a performance entitled The Shooting Boards, during which spectators are invited to shoot on boards with a rifle to make the colors burst out.

His universe isn’t just dark. It is also decorated with colors, joy, a childish spirit, among others inspired by Gaudí, Dubuffet and Pollock. His Work was able to occupy the public space, as evidenced by the Igor Stravinski Fountain in Paris and the Tarot Garden in Tuscany.

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Born in 1755, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun is one of the greatest portraitists of her time. Her self-portraits reveal a lot about her personality. A simple woman, with a bohemian style and not relying on the habits of fashion. She brilliantly pursued her career as an artist at a time when women were virtually non-existent in the art world.

She painted with a constant concern for idealization, delivering to each of her female models a particular grace and elegance. In the representation of men, the result was not the same. The artist seemed to give up the erasure of roughness, for a less flattering rendering. A way for her to give women a fair share!

Frida Khalo

It is impossible to talk about the women who have marked the History of Art without mentioning Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist born in 1907. As a child, she was struck by polio, a disease that earned her the nickname of “little lame”. At the age of 18, when she was returning from her art school, the bus she was on violently hit a streetcar. An iron bar seriously wounded the artist, leaving serious scars. What saved her? Painting.

Her works carry with them the pain of a young artist who nevertheless continued to enjoy the pleasures of life despite the tumultuous relationship she had with Diego Rivera. It was in her bed and facing her reflection that she painted most of her works, self-portraits. It has also been very involved in the development of the status of women and the emancipation of women

Artemisia Gentileschi

Born in 1593 in Rome, Artemisia Gentileshi was introduced to painting by her father when she was still a child. At the age of 17, she signed her first work entitled Suzanne et les vieillards. But it is possible that the real author is his father, Orazio Gentileschi, a well-known painter and close friend of Caravaggio. The existence of the young artist takes a turning point when she is the victim of an assault by a collaborator of her father.

In Artemisia’s Work, the painted figures are mainly women. She will always reject the status of victim, brilliant by his talent and the myth that surrounds his characters, strong women, heroines. She has succeeded – for a woman – in enrolling in the Academy of Drawing in Florence. According to Roberto Longhi, Italian art critic of the early 20th century, “Artemisia was the only woman in Italy who knew what painting was” (Gentileschi padre e fligia, 1916)

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman did not intend to make great art and yet she is one of the greatest photographers of contemporary art. His numerous series of self-portraits provide us with a critique of postmodernity. The history of art is never far away since it appears as a model in a series of self-portraits featuring large paintings.

By regularly staging herself, this American artist born in 1954 sometimes plays a luscious blonde or a housewife by radically disguising herself with the help of makeup, clothes, wigs, sometimes even prostheses. It highlights the stereotypes and diktats that women face in terms of cinema, fashion, advertising and pornography. Cindy Sherman goes further by questioning our true identity. What if we also played a role?

The art of diverting everyday objects

Original works made from everyday objects and diverted in a fun and humorous way, are to be discovered at the library.

Make with everyday object

At the Bosc-le-Hard library, Valérie Lucas, who has been in charge since September 1st, invites all the public, large and small, to visit the exhibition «Métamorphoses et Pirouettes» by Gilbert Legrand.

These original works are made from everyday objects diverted in a fun and humorous way. Ten original works, fifteen reproductions are exhibited. Six books by Gilbert Legrand and ten other works by different authors are to be discovered on this theme of metamorphoses.

The Word of Valerie

"When welcoming children, we create drawings from pencils and other utensils used by the students. This exhibition is open to all members and non-members.”

News from Banksy ?

Auction: The Sunflowers of Van Gogh diverted by Banksy at Christie’s

On November 9, Christie’s auctioned off the Banksy parody of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Estimated at between 10 and 15 million euros, the table entitled Sunflowers from Petrol Station denounces both the pollution of nature and culture.

Denunciation of the pollution of nature and the canons of art history

Sunflowers from Petrol Station was shown for the first time at the exhibition “Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vadalism and Vermin”, in Banksy’s second London exhibition. The series of paintings presented diverted 22 masterpieces from the history of art such as the Marilyn of Andy Warhol, where Norma Jeane is replaced by Kate Moss, the Basin with water lilies, harmony green of Claude Monet, where a traffic cone and shopping cart float under the Japanese bridge of Monet’s famous garden in Giverny, or the Glaneuses of Jean-François Millet where one of the figures takes a cigarette break.

In his work, Banksy uses an icon to capture not only his mastery of painting but also his tongue-in-cheek humour to treat universal subjects, explains Katharine Arnold, head of the Post-War and Contemporary Art department at Christie’s. Here, the comic of faded flowers purchased at a gas station becomes a way to highlight our relationship to art and the environment, both of which, he recalls, are fleeting.” Thus, with accuracy and humour, as usual, Banksy subverts institutional veneration around the canon of art history while alerting about the environmental situation: two concerns often at the heart of the artist’s works.

A reference to the historic sale of sunflowers

“What initially attracted me to Banksy was his confidence and his ability to communicate things as they are,” says Paul Smith. “ His political statements are very relevant, profound, courageous and always delivered in a modern way.” In addition to the parody of Van Gogh’s masterpiece and the underlying committed message, the work also refers to the historic sale of Sunflowers (1888) by the Dutch painter to Christie’s in London, acquired by Yasuo Goto for nearly $41 million, at the time the highest price ever for a painting. After the Game Changer (2020) sales record last March, the artist’s tribute to caregivers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic estimated at between 2.5 and 3.5 million pounds and awarded 16.8 million pounds (six times his low estimate). Will Sunflowers from Petrol Station break the latest record? Verdict on 9 November.

7 American Masterpieces to Know

American Masterpieces to Know

Soon after the end of World War II, New York replaced Paris as the arts capital. From then on, the United States played a key role in the creation of modern and postmodern artistic movements. In response to European imperialism, much of American art seeks to challenge the traditions of the European art world. Many American artists have experienced controversies, while being pioneers of avant-garde artistic movements, such as abstract impressionism, pop-art and neo-expressionism. First criticized, then admired, their masterpieces shaped the art of the twentieth century.

Today, more than 100,000 artists are working in New York City and trying to get noticed by the 1,500 galleries there. The city is full of internationally celebrated and admired personalities, whose masterpieces are recognized all over the world. Artsper invites you to discover its selection of the greatest American masterpieces of all time.

No.5 by Jackson Pollock

This masterpiece by Jackson Pollock is undoubtedly the culmination of his remarkable career. He painted it in 1948, coinciding with abstract expressionism and imposing himself as a crucial contributor to the movement. Deviating from the traditional application of paint, Pollock used his now famous technique of «dripping» with brilliant enamel to create this painting. The first reactions to this work were negative, with critics comparing his manipulation of the painting to that of a «cooked macaroni». However, it has become the most expensive and famous work of the artist!

Eight Elvis by Andy Warhol

This painting presents eight overlapping images of Elvis Presley, silkscreened on a silver background. This painting reproduces all the elements characteristic of a work of art by Warhol, a leading figure of the important pop movement Art. Indeed, she uses the fascination for celebrities, the repetition of the image and the striking use of color. This painting was not produced in series like most of the artist’s works. On the contrary, it is known for its elusive character… The work has not been seen in public since the 1960s and its location remains unknown! Despite this, it remains a prominent emblem of the Pop Art movement.

Untitled by Jean-Michel Basquiat

This painting is an emblematic work of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, pioneer of neo-expressionism and raw art. The style of this work is representative of Basquiat’s style, especially by the violence that emerges from it. Indeed, like most of his works, Sans titre presents morbid and macabre aspects. One feels the palpable anguish of this toothless skull and the chaos of the letters scribbled on the painting. The spectator faces with emotion the creative energy of the artist. Moreover, critics consider this work as one of its masterpieces because of its intensity, which is the quintessence of Basquiat.

American Gothic by Grant Wood

This work is one of the most recognizable in this list. His fame comes from the many parodies of pop culture that popularized the work. American Gothic is a key work of the American realism movement. She depicts a worried-looking woman and an austere-looking man in front of their atypical “Midwest” home. The structural depth of the image and the very detailed and careful style of the subjects always captivate the viewer. Originally the artist intends to make a positive statement about American rural values. However, many people understand this photo as a satirical commentary on the character of the Midwest. Her influence on popular culture has made her a masterpiece.

Erased by Kooning Drawing by Robert

Robert Rauschenberg’s 1953 work, Kooning Drawing’s Erased, is an exceptional example of a neo-Dadadaist conceptual work. The very principle of this movement is that the process of creation is the main aspect of the work of art. To create his masterpiece, Rauschenberg asked William de Kooning for a drawing with the intention of erasing it. However, Kooning’s drawing was very hard, and Rauschenberg took more than a month to erase it using different erasers. Then, his artist friend and neo-dadaist colleague Jasper Johns framed and captioned the work. This 6-handed masterpiece is significant, as it paved the way for neo-dadaism and involved many important artists.

Best Buddies by Keith Haring

Keith Haring is known for his stylized, childish graffiti. His rise to success coincided with the growing popularity of graffiti culture in New York in the 1980s. His murals, both colourful and large-scale, often address social and political themes, for example, he took a stand in the fight against apartheid, on drugs, the AIDS crisis or the defense of homosexuality. Best Buddies is another example of his activism through his art. In 1990, the artist created and donated the work to the charity Best Buddies, which works internationally to support people with disabilities and developmental disabilities.

6 questions to ask yourself before buying a work of art online

Questions to ask yourself before buying a work of art online

For several years, Hiscox reports on the art market show that buying art online is truly a growing practice to find works with an average increase of 15% per year. However, Buying art online also raises some legitimate questions, which we suggest you answer for a purchase with complete serenity!

Buying art online: is my work authentic and certified?

Each work sold must be accompanied by an invoice and a certificate of authenticity which will attest to its authorship and the various information concerning it:

Title of the work,
Name of the artist,
Place and year of creation,
Technique(s) and support(s)
Dimensions
Original or Edition (numbering of the copy)

Thanks to the certificate, you can be sure that the painting, sculpture, photography or any other original work you have acquired was done by a particular artist. It is even more important if you want to resell it one day. An invoice will never be used as a certificate of authenticity! You will quickly be able to have the value of the work evaluated by an expert, especially if the artist sees his rating appreciate in time.

Can I negotiate the price of a work?

Want to buy a work of art online but your favorite is out of budget? Don’t be discouraged! You can opt for a negotiation of the price of the work. Some galleries or art dealers are open to negotiation and can grant discounts ranging from 10 to 15%.

What are my payment methods?

There are several payment methods to facilitate the online art buying process:

Online payment by credit card (CB, VISA, Mastercard, American Express),
Paypal,
Bank transfer,
Cheque

Is the delivery secure?

At nextstreet galerie, we have one priority: to get the works to you quickly and securely. For several years, we have been working with reliable transports adapted to the requirements of the works to be transported (DHL, FEDEX, UPS, Chronopost, etc.). In addition, we provide our artists with very precise specifications on the packaging of their work(s).

Internationally any buyer from all over the world can acquire a work of art. Delivery times for an order may vary depending on the country of destination:

In metropolitan France: 7 days on average
In Western Europe: 10 days on average
For destinations outside Europe (and DOM): up to 14 days

Once the order has been placed, you will receive an e-mail informing you of the different stages of delivery. The package will be hand delivered to you for signature. And if you are absent, don’t panic: a transit notice will allow you to recover your work at the Post Office or at a relay point near you

How can I take care of my work of art?

Your favorite has finally arrived at your home! Because you were waiting for him with great anticipation, you discover this object of art that will perhaps sit in your living room, in the entrance, in the room or in a place specially provided for him. both for the artistic approach he represents and for the technique and materials used. In this sense, some recommendations are necessary to ensure that time does not allow to distort this beautiful canvas or work on paper:

Think about protecting your work. For a canvas, it may be wise to have a protective back affixed. It is a rigid support that will prevent the canvas from being mistreated by changes in temperature, humidity, etc.
Why don’t you wrap it up? Whether standard or tailor-made, the frame is an ideal solution to protect a work and bring it an extra touch of aesthetics depending on your decoration.

Particularly delicate to handle, works on paper are to be secured immediately if they are not delivered framed. We will avoid handling with bare hands, gloves in cotton or latex will be welcome!
Whatever the nature of the work, it is essential to avoid any direct exposure to the sun or artificial light. Heat sources can have harmful and irreversible consequences.
To remove the fine dust films, a small dry cloth stroke on the glass of a framed work or a delicate passage of a dust broom on a non-encadree work may be useful.

What to do if the work arrived damaged?

the work arrived damaged at the reception:
The best advice we can give you: open your package in the presence of the deliveryman if possible. Because if it is damaged, you will be able to refuse it without being responsible for any damage during the opening.

Also remember to take a picture of the package you received and the work unpacked, to have proof and send all the information to Nextstreet Gallery in case of emergency. We will immediately contact the artist and/or transporter to clarify the situation, including for a refund

5 most mysterious works of art

Most mysterious works of at

Who said that the world of art was not elusive? Secrets you said? Just ask. We have carefully listed 5 works of art whose mysteries have still not been solved after multiple unsuccessful attempts. Hoping to stir your curiosity!

The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci

We start with the most obvious to find you later less controversial works. This work of art, we will agree, is, after all, known to all. A leading figure in the work of Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa radiates her enigmatic smile at the heart of the Louvre. But who is she? This is a puzzle!

According to the painter Giorgio Vasari, this would be Lisa Maria Gherardini, in other words the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. He is said to have asked the artist to reproduce the portrait of his wife. This hypothesis remains obsolete today, for lack of evidence. Some would even go so far as to think that the woman with occult looks is indeed a transposition of the artist himself to the feminine.

The Statue of Liberty, Auguste Bartholdi

Famous gift from France to the United States orchestrated by Gustave Eiffel, La Liberté illuminant le monde is a monumental work located in New York. A true sign of friendship and respect between the two powers, it was offered to celebrate the centenary of the American Declaration of Independence.

But when you look closely, a special detail emerges: a chain appears at the feet of the statue. Is this the symbol of democracy? The allegory of freedom unfolding in the open? No one knows…

Traveller in front of the sea of clouds, Caspar David Friedrich

Here is a beautiful romantic work! And romanticism means mystery. On this canvas, one can admire a male silhouette of back, against day. This man seems to overhang the rocks in a flash of mist.

Nature is hidden here, filled with clouds. We understand clearly the quest for an inaccessible ideal to which the character is dedicated, lost in the immensity of the surrounding environment. The sensibility and the veil are linked here to give rise to a mystical representation, whose stakes can be guessed.

The Girl with the Pearl, Johannes Vermeer

This wonderful creation is attributed to Vermeer, a painter of Dutch origin. The portrait of this woman is anonymous and raises many questions. Some maintained the idea that it was one of her daughters, the pearl that she carries in the ear retranscribing sweetness and purity juveniles. Others argue that she was probably a woman loved by the artist, or her neighbour. Who was she really? We don’t know…

Danaë, Rembrandt

If you are visiting Saint Petersburg, don’t hesitate to visit the Hermitage Museum. It is here that you will have the opportunity to admire this life-size canvas. We observe a naked woman lying on a bed. This is not a surprise, the woman has always been a source of great inspiration for the artist. On several occasions, he used his wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, as his model.

The fact remains that the similarity between the two women is not obvious, to say the least! Don’t worry, for this last secret, we decided to give you the answer: two different faces of women are observable. It seems that after the death of his wife, Rembrandt took up this painting by lending him the features of Geertje Dircx, another woman whom he knew. The face of this woman would be the mixture of the two previous ones!

10 famous works of street art

Famous works of street art

Graphic, humorous, poetic or political, this art born in the streets of Philadelphia in the 1960s has conquered the whole world in a few decades. Still and always subversive, he even invites himself into the galleries and has definitely found his place in the contemporary art market. Here are 10 stunning works from today’s urban scene!

Jef Aerosol “Chuuuttt !!!”

This huge 350 m² stencil was created by the Frenchman Jef Aerosol in 2011. It is located in Paris, near the Centre Pompidou, opposite the Tinguely fountain. This self-portrait work is an invitation to calm, silence, a proposal for a break in the heart of urban noise… but also respect for artistic creation, in connection with the Centre Pompidou.

Thoma Vuille “M. Chat”

Since the late 1990s, yellow cats with large smiles have flourished on the walls of all of France. We owe this character, M.Chat, to Thoma Vuille, a Franco-Swiss urban artist who suffered many setbacks with justice because of his works. In 2004, the yellow cat had even invited itself in very large format on the forecourt of the Centre Pompidou!

Banksy “La Petite Fille au ballon”

The Englishman Banksy is probably the most famous street artist in the world, since the early 2000s. In 2002, he created the Little Girl Balloon Stencil on the Waterloo Bridge in South Bank. A child in her black dress lets a heart-shaped balloon fly away. "There is always hope," he writes. This is the silkscreened version that was the subject of one of the biggest buzz of 2018! Banksy’s works are often humorous, anti-militarist and anti-system. By its simple identity, the street artist remains a profound mystery…

JR “Inside Out Project”

French street artist, JR decorates the walls of the whole world with his huge portraits of anonymous in black and white. Initiated in 2011, his project Inside Out was born thanks to the American TED prize that the artist received for «changing the world».

iHeart “Nobody likes me”

A symbol of a hyper-connected society, the work of Canadian artist iHeart takes us back to the quest for a very current e-reputation. Or how a crying child, smartphone in hand, demonstrates the crucial wait before the Internet praises him for his multiple prowess.

Invader “Space Invader”

The urban mosaics of artist Invader often ask to raise your head. He puts on the walls icons of video games or cartoons. His first «Space Invader» was installed near the Place de la Bastille in 1996; since then, the artist has installed it all over the world.

Shepard Fairey “Obey”

The American Shepard Fairey is a great name for urban art. Starting with the work «Obey» displayed in the form of posters and stickers, he launched a street movement entitled «Obey Giant». A screen and illustrator, he made an international name in 2008 for having created the famous poster «Hope» for Barack Obama during the US presidential elections.

Miss. Tic “Muses et Hommes”

It is difficult to choose a single work of the artist Miss. Tic. His poetic and witty stencils are particularly visible on the walls of the 13th arrondissement of Paris. A feminist and committed artist, her works depict women with devious “slogans”.

Os Geomos “The Giant of Boston”

The twin brothers nicknamed Os Geomos dressed one of the facades of Rose Kennedy Greenway Park in Boston in 2012. An immense fresco that colours the city thanks to this yellow character, emblematic of the universe of the Brazilian duo.

Keith Haring “We the youth”

The activist artist Keith Haring (who died far too early in 1990) left his mark on the world of Pop Art and Street Art. He is indeed one of the first artists to create wall frescoes. Recognizable among a thousand thanks to his unique style, he directed «We the youth» in 1987 in Philadelphia. Today it is the only mural by Keith Harring that remains intact at its original site.

Museums to visit once in a lifetime

4 Museums to visit in a Lifetime

Nextstreet gallery lists museums around the world that you must have visited at least once in your life. We start this month with a European selection: from Norway to Spain via Italy and the Netherlands.

ASTRUP FEARNLEY MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Opened to the public in 1993, the Astrup Fearnley is a private museum based on a private collection begun in the 1960s. It focuses on works or artists more than on movements. You will find representatives of Young British Artists or artists from German abstract expressionism. The museum made a name for himself in 2002 when it acquired Jeff Koons’ “Michael Jackson with bubbles” for $5 million.

MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts

Designated by Zaha Hadid, MAXXI is a National Museum of Rome that opened its doors in 2010. Located in the popular district of Flaminio, it stands out in the classic landscape of Rome thanks to its quality contemporary architecture. Dedicated to contemporary creation, the museum is run by a foundation created and subsidized by the Italian Ministry of Culture. In its 10,000 square meters of exhibition space, you will stroll among works by Anish Kapoor, Gilbert & George and Gerhard Richter.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO

Designated by the Canadian American Achitect, Frank Ghery, the Guggenheim of Bilbao was inaugurated in 1997 by Juan Carlos. Known worldwide for its structure and architecture, the Guggenheim of Bilbao is also renowned for its gigantic works such as the Snake by Richard Serra. It also houses works by Basque artists but most of the pieces come from the permanent collection of the Guggenheim but the museum has also acquired paintings by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko or Anselm Kieffer.

STEDELIJK MUSEUM

Next to the famous Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk is a museum of modern and contemporary art and design. It opened in 1895 and was designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman. In his collection you will find artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollok, Karel Appel, Andy Warhol or Willem de Kooning.

Famous street art Artists

10 street art artists famous to know

Interesting, touching, disturbing, fascinating... Many adjectives can be used to designate the urban murals we see every day in cities around the world. However, appearing more and more in auction houses and galleries, street art is for some people who «domesticate» themselves and lose their identity and their underground value. Nextstreet Galleryinvites you to find ten street artists whose achievements and visions you must know.

Banksy

Of course, we cannot help but talk about Banksy, he does not manage to get closer to the themes of street art by mixing politics, humor and poetry by staging children, soldiers or monkeys. Banksy templates have become an indispensable reference for any street artist. Banksy’s identity remains a mystery, he is at once provocative, provocative and provocative, he challenges us and makes us react through each of his works.

Vhils

Alexandre Farto alias Vhils is a Portuguese street artist born in 1987. When Banksy invited him to the London Canning Festival in 2008, his reputation exploded. Vhils travels the world, creating his immortal murals by innovating the technology of traditional models. He used various tools such as scissors or jackhammers to attack his supports, walls or wood planks in order to cut his jig into the support itself, thus playing with the history of the latter.

Roa

Roa is a Belgian artist from Ghent, working mainly in Europe and the United States. The huge murals he created represent mainly animals such as mice or birds in black and white. His work includes species classification and taxonomy

Kobra

Eduardo Kobra is a Brazilian artist who began his career in San Polo in 1987. Kobra has changed the landscape of the city with large colorful and beautiful murals on the streets of New York or Paris. Kobra’s works generally carry political messages such as global warming or deforestation, and their kaleidoscope-like effects have their place in the global landscape of street arts.

Invader

We have all seen the "invader" of the French artist in the streets of Paris or Los Angeles, his secret identity appears with a mask or a pixelated face. Since the late 1990s, Invaders has been installing small mosaics in the streets inspired by video games from the 1980s. The artist’s desire is twofold, that is to say «pollute» the public visual space by transforming video games into reality.

David Choe

David Choe is an American street artist and graffiti fan. Let us solemnly declare that David Choe is the artist who marked the Facebook office during the creation of the startup at the request of Mark Zuckerberg. In exchange for its label, Cui has acquired several Facebook shares worth over $200 million today.

ABOVE

Like many street artists, we don’t know who is behind ABOVE. We only know that he was born in California in 1981. He began to engage in street art around 1995 and became known in Paris in the early 2000s. Its large arrow points up, which is a visual translation of "Above", painted on trucks and billboards. In addition to its famous arrows, ABOVE now travels around the world, expressing "visual illustrations" in several languages.

Spy

SPY is a Spanish artist who creates urban scenes by reusing and rearranging existing materials. SPY’s achievements are ironic, but they always convey a positive message, encouraging us to reflect and clarify our consciousness about our daily environment.

JR

The street is the largest art gallery in the world," said JR, who gained global recognition by freely displaying his black and white photos on the street. JR pays tribute to women in his work and film "Women are Heroes".

Shepard Fairey

As one of the most popular street artists of the moment, Shepard Fairey mainly uses models for creation in big cities like Paris or Los Angeles. It is easy to recognize his work through the details and the range of colors mainly composed of red, white and black.

SAKE STC: COLLABORATION FOR DANONE'S LAGEST HEADQUARTERS

We are proud to announce our collaboration with the artist SAKE STC for the project «Convergence», Danone’s largest headquarters in the world, located in Rueil-Malmaison (Paris region).

The building is organized around a square, in the center of which was installed a sculpture by our artist Sake STC. Atlas is a 3 meters high sculpture, made of resin, fiberglass and stainless steel. This work is from artist’s project “Statue Art Crime“, which combines classical sculptures like Poseidon and Apollo with street art.

About the project «Convergence»

2 years of work, over 25,000sqm of floor area, 350 tonnes of recycled iron and metals, 20,000 tonnes of recycled concrete, 18 tonnes of wood and green waste and nearly 1,500m² of terraces: these are the impressive numbers that allow us to describe the sumptuous work of Danone’s employees on-site to deliver «Convergence».

Getty Museum challenges quarantined people to recreate famous works of art, with hilarious results

Even though most of us are stuck at home during Coronavirus quarantine and can’t go out and enjoy art in museums, that doesn’t mean that life has to be boring or uncultured. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles challenged art fans to post photos of themselves recreating their favorite works of art from the safety of their homes. People responded with a lot of enthusiasm and flooded social media with their unique artistic interpretations. Scroll down to see the best examples!

We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home.

🥇 Choose your favorite artwork
🥈 Find three things lying around your house⠀
🥉 Recreate the artwork with those items

And share with us. pic.twitter.com/9BNq35HY2V

— Getty (@GettyMuseum) March 25, 2020