Collecting Art

I've been thinking about the Maximo Laura exhibit at Art Works which will be with us 21 more days.  These tapestries are collector items,  numbered editions, one of a kind even.  They take months to make.  So as a collector's item, what does that mean?

Most of us buy art.   We don't collect art.   Sure we may have a great deal of artwork, so much that we have no place to hang it all.  But is it a collection?  

Typically people buy what they like and don't pay much attention to its ongoing worth,  how it fits together and another important aspect of an art collection--its legacy.  

Now that's interesting.  How many of you baby boomers have saved and cared for your grandparents antiques all these years and are ready to pass them on to your generation-x and millennials only to find out they don't want them?    Would it be that way with an art collection?    Maybe.   But there are others who will appreciate the legacy besides your heirs.  

Legacy, meaning: a gift.   First your art collection is a gift to yourself.  Then it will endure,  a gift to others.

My favorite in the Maximo Laura collection at Art Works?  Here it is:  Hugging the Beloved.   I hope you come in to see it, purchase it or your favorite and add it to your collection or start your collection, today .

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