Discovering Artists, Artworks and Collections on ARTDEX
Now that you’re an expert in creating collections and organizing your art it’s time to take a look at what other people are up to on ARTDEX! With just a few clicks, you can easily search for and discover new artists, artworks and collections that other users are sharing. To start log in to ARTDEX. […]
How To Archive Conceptual Art
It’s relatively easy to archive a painting, a drawing, a photograph, or even a sculpture—you can just take a picture (or several pictures) and add it to your files. Maybe they’re old-fashioned paper records or maybe it’s a digital archive, but the image is the central component. When we’re talking about conceptual art, however, it […]
Using a Bookmarklet to Add Art to ARTDEX While Browsing the Web
Using ARTDEX’s Bookmarklet ARTDEX’s bookmarklet allows you to quickly and easily upload and catalog images of artwork you encounter while browsing the web. By using the bookmarklet you cut out the process of having to download and save the image on your hard drive before being able to upload it to ARTDEX. Here is […]
The ARTDEX App is Now Live
We’ve got great news for ARTDEX users, our App is live in the iTunes store. Now you can snap, catalog and share artwork on the go. Photographed some fun pieces at the Armory Show on your phone? Bought a new piece of art? Created the next masterpiece for your portfolio? Upload them to your collections […]
How To Archive Performance Art
For 750 hours, Marina Abramović sat in a chair and stared at strangers. It was 2010 and this feat of endurance was part of her retrospective, The Artist Is Present, at MoMA. Thousands of people eagerly queued up for the privilege of staring back at her. A retrospective is a particularly interesting venue for a […]
Why Should I Archive My Art?
Seriously—you’re an artist, not a gallerist or a museum curator. You’re here to create pieces that have meaning to you and that can communicate what you want to say to the world. You’re in it for the tubes of oil paints and watercolors, the charcoals, the pencils, the inks, the canvases, the collage, the clay, […]
Discovering the Undiscovered: Armory Show’s Focus This Year on African Art
The Armory Show is one of New York’s most famous and important international art fairs, offering high-quality modern and contemporary art with a focus on new and emerging voices in the visual arts world. 2016’s Armory Focus was African Perspectives—Spotlighting Artistic Practices of Global Contemporaries. It will examine the art world from a contemporary African […]
The Changing Face Of The Art Museum
Picture an art museum—you’re probably thinking of a huge building with either a classical facade or a super-modern edifice with lots of windows and unusual angles. The art inside of it is probably divided into sections by time period and geography. And it probably has a room or two for temporary exhibits. For a lot […]
Fake Fur And Feminism: The Guerrilla Girls Are Fighting For Equality
In 1984, MoMA opened an exhibition, “An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture,” to showcase the most important contemporary artists in the world. In total, it included the works of 169 artists. Of those, 13 were female. In response, a group of 7 female artists donned gorilla masks to protest the gender bias […]
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Art Collection Of David Bowie
How can we describe David Bowie? Musician? Muse? Radical? Legend? Starman? The only word that even comes close is simply “artist.” From his music and lyrics to his sets and costumes to his personas, Bowie treated everything as an act of creation. His fascination with the aesthetic extended beyond creating art to collecting it. “Art,” […]
Creating a Collection & Organizing Your Art
Creating a collection on ARTDEX is a great way to keep your art organized. Whether it’s an actual collection you own, an inventory of your gallery, or your personal portfolio, it all works the same way. The first step is to navigate to your artwork by clicking “Organize” from the side navigation menu. From there, […]
How to Upload & Catalogue Art on ARTDEX
You’ve created an account and set up your ARTDEX profile, now it’s time to start uploading and organizing your art! 1. Uploading Art Begin by signing in to your ARTDEX account. Once logged in, click “Organize” from the side navigation menu. If this is the first time you’re uploading artwork, a message prompting you to […]