Art Gallery Critic Blog

The Vancouver Art Gallery on 750 Hornby street is now the largest art gallery on the western side of Canada. It holds international and national exhibitions throughout the year. The Vancouver art gallery currently holds around 7,900 art works to the total value of $100 million and was founded in 1931.

Many well know art works are kept at the Vancouver art gallery including over 200 art works by the British Columbia artist Emily Carr. Other well know artist at the Vancouver art gallery include:

-         American Expressionist Leon Golub and Nancy Spero

-         Stan Douglas

-         Jeff Wall

-         Ian Wallace

-         Lawrence Weiner

-         Andreas Grusky

-         Thomas Struth

-         Andreas Grusky

-         Rineke Dijkstra

Being the largest art gallery in western Canada, the Vancouver art gallery is built with over 41,000 square feet of exhibition space. It was redesigned by Arthur Erickson in and was finished in 1983. The Vancouver art gallery gets 48% of is revenue from the City of Vancouver. There are also sponsorships and corporate memberships that help support the rest of the Vancouver art galleries income along with admission fees, gallery store, café and gallery space rentals and art rentals.

It will cost you around $15(CAD) for an adult to get in to the Vancouver art gallery and around $6 is you’re aged between 5 and 12. Gallery opening hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday between 10am and 5.30pm. Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 9pm. If you’re planning to visit the Vancouver art gallery you’ll need to park on in car parks around the gallery because there’s not parking at the art gallery itself.

You can catch a skytrain, seabus or a bus to visit the Vancouver art gallery and its open to the public except on special invitation exhibitions. Check out the Vancouver art gallery website www.vanartgallery.bc.ca for more information and exhibition opens.

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The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery in United Kingdom is one of the most beautiful art galleries in the world. Almost 10 million pounds have been invested in the redevelopment of this fine museum art gallery. The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery is open everyday till 5pm or 7pm.

This new art and museum gallery holds local and international art works from all over the world. The museum includes the Royal Pavilion gardens that walks into the foyer and shops. Since the new redevelopment there is now disabled access, a dedicated education and new education facilities.

The education facilities at the Brighton Museum and art gallery cover a wide range of topics and you’ll find that it is for all ages as well. There is a hands on session of active learning workshops, Gallery talks and tour groups where you’ll be taken around by an art expert. You’ll be presented with artworks with commentating on some of the artist where you’ll learn about the art and all the art works in the gallery.

You can also go for a museum tour where you will also learn more about the history of the objects on display. Get a detailed run down on the entire place. You also have a chance to ask questions about anything you wish about the museum and the art gallery.

Since the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery has had such a new face lift you’ll notice that the insides look cleaner and the new redesigns of the museum make the place one of the most beautiful art galleries and museums round England

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An art gallery dealer is someone who specialises in selling art to the public. It’s someone you should be able to trust when buying fine art works from a gallery. One of the best ways to tell how good an art gallery dealer is to see how long the art gallery has been established and if it’s longer then 5 years then you have a good chance or learning and buying a good work of art.

The art gallery dealer should be well versed in all artists’ history, style of paintings, and theory of art and pricing of art. Someone with a good knowledge of the artists that they have on the gallery will be able to give you insight to how the artist things what type of style they paint and what type of art works they have produced that is famous and expensive.

If you come across an art gallery dealer who just wants to sell you a painting or sculpture than its someone that you should stay away from. Buying art from a gallery is not about compulsive buying or the pleasure of spending money. It’s about the love of art an apperception. If the art gallery dealer doesn’t appreciate the art themselves then why should you buy from them?

If you’re looking to buy real paintings then you’ll have to be prepared to pay a lot when buying from an art gallery dealer. However there are many ways you can spend less. Some art gallery dealers actually make copies of the art works with the permission of the artists. They sell the copy versions in frames or posters that you can hang in your home. This is a cheaper alternative to the original art works.

However you can also buy copied art works from internet websites. Check out www.artgallerycritic.com for the top 4 art gallery dealers online. You’ll find a detailed list of topics we’ve compared about each art gallery dealer and we’ve included our top art gallery dealer and why they are out top pick.

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If you’re in Chicago going to Chicago to see some art galleries then you’ll be interested to know that there are many small and large fine art galleries around the area. Let’s start with the River North area. Here’s a list of galleries in the River North Chicago section. There’s the Accent Asia, Andrew Bae Gallery, Rita Bucheit, Cassiopeia, Mary Bell Galleries, Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Roy Boyd Gallery, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Gruen Galleries, Gallery 500 Wells, Expression Gallery of Fine Art, Catherine Edelman Galley, Daiter Contemporary, Stephen Daiter Gallery, I Space, Habitat Galleries, Stephen Kelly Gallery, and much more.

One of the popular art galleries in Chicago is the “Habatat Galleries Chicago” on 222 W. Superior. It specializes in contemporary glass art works by Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg and many more artists.

In North / Bucktown / Wicker the Caro d’Offay Gallery in Chicago is another popular gallery. It supports new and and support artists seeking new ways of innovative art. If your thinking of visiting this gallery then check out their website www.carodoffaygallery.com there press release articles and event times that you have read up on.

In the West Loop of Chicago the Thomas de Doncker Fine Arts gallery is another popular gallery you can visit in Chicago. Their websites is www.tddfa.com and they hold 19^th and 20^th century western, California and American art paintings.

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One of the most popular Art Galleries in New York is located in Soho and Chelsa. There are exhibitions that run throughout the year that are private and public. The name of this gallery is the Agora Gallery and was established in 1984. Its main primary focus is to promote the national and internationals fine arts.

Agora gallery also published a magazine called the “art is spectrum.” The current artist on display this month of April 2006 is Henri Desclez, Anton Franz Hoger, Katrin Alvarez-Schlueter and Maxime Satamati. Agora art gallery in New York holds once a year special fine arts competition. You can check out their website www.agora-gallery.com for more art gallery information and artist information.

You can start your art acquisition at Agora Gallery New York and many online art gallery stores. Here are some general art acquisition tips you can use in the future if you’re looking for art in New York or anywhere else in the world.

-         Do some research on the artist you’re trying to buy. Some paintings by popular artists might not go up in value. It all depends on the style and trend of the art

-         When buying art works buy from an established art gallery. New York has many art galleries and they will help you with this

-         Always buy from an art gallery if you’re not sure what you should be looking for

-         Bring an art consultant with you if you’re buying from a private art gallery

-         Always buy art works that you love not art works that cost a pretty penny

-         Some cafes in New York actually feature local or upcoming artist in their café’s. You can ask the manager for the artists contact and art works are usually much cheaper then buying from an art gallery in New York.

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