PRICING YOUR ARTWORK
For many artists pricing is an emotional issue and they struggle to find a “fair” price. There are many aspects to consider when establishing your prices. Although you don’t have to price based on the competition or your costs, you do need to know who and what they are. Let’s start to demystify the process. SURVEY…
Read MoreFRAMING TERMINOLOGY
In order to be able to order exhibition frames for your exhibitions it is necessary to understand the terminology of the picture framing industry. The following will get you started on basic concepts. RABBET DEPTH Besides aesthetic considerations it is necessary to determine the depth of your artwork package to ensure that it is deep…
Read MoreMilwaukee Art Museum – Restored. Reinstalled. Reimagined.
The Milwaukee Art Museum, the largest visual art institution in Wisconsin and one of the oldest art museums in the nation, will reopen its Collection Galleries to the public November 24. The reopening is the culmination of a 6-year, $34 million project to transform the visitor experience through dramatically enhanced exhibition and public spaces and…
Read MoreAlfred Stieglitz and the 19th Century at The Art Institute of Chicago
Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946) tirelessly promoted photography as a fine art. Through his own photographic work over the course of a half-century, the photographic journals he edited and published, and the New York galleries at which he organized exhibitions of photographs, paintings, and sculpture, Stieglitz showed photography to be an integral part of modern art…
Read More“Edgeworlds” Jamie Kinroy at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Jamie Kinroy was our first MFA award winner. Immediately after graduating last year he was offered an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Exhibits for artists are always stressful. Having your first exhibit immediately following your MFA exhibit is very stressful. I think you will agree with us his talent speaks for itself. Artists…
Read MoreCovered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta at Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Metropolitan Picture Framing is a corporate sponsor of Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta that is currently at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota. Our company became involved after meeting with Howard Oransky, the Director of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. In the meeting it became clear we both…
Read MoreFey: Drawings by Joe Sinness
In Joe Sinness’s recent drawings, portraiture and still life become glossy, yet melancholic, tributes to queer performance. These meticulous works filter cinematic performance, sharp humor and sexual desire through carefully staged still lives and closely observed portraits. Sinness considers this performance a type of strip tease that creates an erotic tension loop between what may…
Read MoreStrandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen at the Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces the first U.S. exhibition tour of Theo Jansen’s famed Strandbeests (“beach animals”). Working along the Dutch seacoast, Jansen has spent the last 25 years developing and evolving his Strandbeests, which today have become a global phenomena. An annual rhythm structures the Strandbeests’ life cycle. Innovations are imagined and explored in the…
Read MoreMichael Bentley at Gruen Galleries in Chicago
In his new series, Bentley continues to take on the challenge of scale with his works on paper, which size up to 4 x 8 feet. As he explores abstract seascapes with his signature application of gouache, Bentley infuses the work with an atmospheric serenity. Though not site specific, the imagery summons a stirring familiarity of place that truly resonates.…
Read MoreDeana Lawson at the Art Institute of Chicago
The first installment of the biennial Ruttenberg Contemporary Photography Series features the work of New York–based photographer Deana Lawson. For nearly a decade, Lawson has been investigating the visual expression of global black culture and how individuals claim their identities within it. Her staged portraits, carefully composed scenes, and found images speak to the ways…
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