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When Your Taste Misbehaves

When Your Taste Misbehaves How to Collect Art Beyond Safe Choices If you only collect what you immediately understand, your art will never surprise you. And frankly, my dear, that’s…


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When Your Taste Misbehaves

When Your Taste Misbehaves How to Collect Art Beyond Safe Choices If you only collect what you immediately understand, your art will never surprise you. And frankly, my dear, that’s…

What To Do When You Don’t Know What You’re Looking At

What To Do When You Don’t Know What You’re Looking At How to look at art There is a particular kind of pause that happens when you stand in front of a work in a gallery or…

When Familiarity Starts To Feel Like Taste

When Familiarity Starts To Feel Like Taste Liking something often feels instinctual. We are used to trusting that initial response, the quick pull toward an image, a style, a color, or a…

What Changes When You Return to a Work of Art

What Changes When You Return to a Work of ArtWhy returning to art over time reveals more than first impressions There’s a lot of pressure to decide quickly. Every day, we’re asked—implicitly…

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When Art Becomes a Means of Movement

When Art Becomes a Means of MovementContemporary painters to know and live with The artists in Art Drop #11 come from all over the globe and look about as different as three artists can; but…

Second Miami Art Week Recap + Gifting Resources

Second Miami Art Week Recap + Gifting Resources Art Drop #08 December 12, 2025In All AccessBy Casey Monda Art Advisory6 Minutes Are we a little Miami-ed out? Honestly, I’m not trying to cop…