Jan '07 - How and where to buy the best Art

You can search websites, visit eBay, auctions, Art Fairs, Art Galleries.

Websites - are a good starting base, but it can be difficult to visualize in your own home, you are not able to ‘step back’ view the work displayed on a wall, see the ‘real’ colours or the texture of the work.

Title: Purple Haze
Artist: Richard Harrison

EBay - it is not always possible to verify what is being sold is what has been ‘described’, and also what sort of condition the work is in.

An art auction - a serious event in the most glamorous settings. Only seasoned aficionados are able to understand the practical details of a public sale.

‘Title: Enough
Aritst: Kiko Rodriguez

Art Fairs - attending can be like competing in an Olympic event, where there is a 100 metre sprint followed by hurdles over ‘installation art’ to secure that piece of art you can not possibly live without! One eminent collector queued up for two hours to get in to the Frieze Art Fair in London on opening day and when the fair finally opened, she found herself running through the narrow aisles, sweating, she was swallowed up in the art frenzy, fighting for art! She was invited back to a VIP early opening, but informed the organisers that she thought it was an “undignified” way to collect.

Art Galleries are by far the best place to buy the best Art. Galleries offer you the opportunity of seeing a lot of artists work in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with the ability to ask questions about the artist and their work. Build a relationship with the Gallerist, this person has their finger on the art market pulse, moves in the right circles, has personal contact with the artists and is aware of what art is being produced and what will become available.

Title: Mediternanea la casa del mar
Artist: Concha García de Pablos

The Demand for high quality original works of art is outstanding, and in some cases, some of the best art that comes onto the market, changes hands privately and never makes it on to the gallery walls. By building a relationship with the Gallery, they will become aware of your tastes, specifications, preferences and budget, so that when new work becomes available they can contact your directly.

Title: Kiss
Aritst: Eva Navarro

Galleries have limited wall space; therefore they only display a fraction of work that is available. If there is a particular artist that you favour, you admire their style, their technique, but the art that is in the gallery is too big, too small, or not ‘quite right’ for the room you have in mind, then talk to the Gallerist, they will be able to inform you as to what is available. They can also talk directly to the artist and arrange to commission a piece for you – this does not, as many people think, have to be a painful or expensive option!

A German collector said “I feel like in today’s art world there’s more of an emphasis on having art than on loving art,” Personally, I feel it is important to have art in your life but it is also important to love it……!!!!!

‘When you are looking for Art,
The Fusion Gallery is the place to start’

Judy Webber
Gallery Director
The Fusion Gallery

For further details please contact:

Judy Webber
Gallery Director
Tel: + 34 966 880 466 or + 34 902 888 066
Mob: + 34 696 853 007
Email: judy@thefusiongallery.com
Web: www.thefusiongallery.com
Location: 1 Calle Jesus, Casco Antiquo, (Near the church) Altea