Collector's Guides

Learn how to buy your first artwork, understand how art is priced, explore modern and contemporary art, discover key movements, and start building a meaningful collection with our selection of collector's guide articles.

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20/02/2015

Collector's Guide: 8 Major Contemporary Artworks

If you are starting as a collector, there are some essential contemporary artists you need to know. You might memorize names well and be good at name dropping but you must be able to recognize some major artworks that have shook the contemporary art world. Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog, 2013 Marlène Dumas, Naomi, 1995 Peter Doig, Canoe Lake, 1997 Nan Goldin, Jimmy Paulette and…

11/02/2015

Collector's Guide: Digital Art

The NFT boom of 2021 has made digital art an increasingly important part of the contemporary art market. This term refers to artists using digital software as a medium to create art. Artsper invites you to discover this cutting-edge artistic phenomena via its artworks and techniques.  L’escalier montant, Max Parisot du Lyaumont, 2021 What is digital art? Digital painting, vector graphics,…

02/02/2015

Collector's Guide: Vocabulary

Art topic at a diner or- a day at the museum and you feel lost? All the artistic vocabulary can be difficult to manage but is essential for a (futur)collector or even just an art lover. Artsper has selected elements of vocabulary that you need to know.  {GENERAL TERMS} Caption: With the name of the artist, the title, the year…

29/09/2014

Interview with the collectors Evelyne & Jacques Deret

Evelyne and Jacques Deret are both collectors and founders of the Art [ ] Collector project. Created in 2011, this project supports young French artists, through an exhibition and catalogue, offered to two Laureate artists, each year. Let’s meet them. {Artsper}: Art [ ] Collector brings together an artist and its collectors inside its gallery for events. When was the…

29/09/2013

A Guide to Prizes for Contemporary Artists

The FIAC and the ceremonies for several awards for artists are approaching, so Artsper made a (non-exhaustive) list of the prizes for contemporary art that you should know about. The Marcel Duchamp Prize Vue de l'exposition de Marguerite Humeau, FOX P, Palais de Tokyo, 2016 Courtesy de l'artiste © André Morin Created in 2000, the Marcel Duchamp prize is an…