Why Should I Catalogue My Art?
You’re an artist, a gallerist, a curator, an art collector. You love art—and you want others to love your art, too. How can you share your collection with your friends, family, other enthusiasts, and the world? An art catalogue (digital or print) is a great place to start. What Is An Art Catalogue? Remember the […]
My Journey: In Search For The Ultimate Digital Art World
Oh Rembrandt and More Rembrandt.. My Inspiration In the second year of my Masters program at Christie’s, I interned at the Morgan Library and Museum’s Drawings and Prints Department as a curatorial researcher. After graduation, I was hired for the museum’s very first online art cataloguing project, “Corsair,” for the museum’s extraordinary Rembrandt prints (etchings) […]
How to Catalogue Art
For your own benefit as a collector, artist, gallerist, curator, or art enthusiast, you should keep an archive of your art—that’s a comprehensive record of each piece that lists its name, provenance, materials, contextual information, serial or edition number, and location. Your archive is a good way to organize and keep track of your collection […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]