Recent content by Tiasa

It has been so much fun looking at all these art styles and artists that I have never seen! The artist below (Ron Francis) used to post on wetcanvas, but I don’t think he is a member here. He does paintings from his imagination, creates his reference images with software, and then makes oil...

I feel like that art market is a game of financial musical chairs to see who will be left holding the bag with the money losing art works. The risk taking is the excitement. Maybe they don't care because it will just be a tax-write off. Of course, it can also seem like a poke in the eye and...

There is a good HBO documentary about how the contemporary art market got converted into a money market at large auction houses. It is called “The Price of Everything.” Parts showed Jeff Koons in his “workshop” with his minions cranking out copies of old masters that he slightly modified and...

That was interesting! I’ve heard of the “Fall of the House of Usher” but never read it. To be honest I looked to see how long it was before I decided to watch it. Afterwards, I had to google the title to see what I could find out about it. Here is what Britannica had to say with some...