Sentence examples for contemporary collecting from inspiring English sources

A savvy journalist distills the years she spent in contemporary collecting circles.

It is an uneven show, however; the emphasis on individuals over artworks — the driving force in contemporary collecting — is a less auspicious legacy of Picasso and Duchamp, two of the 20th century's biggest art stars.

Contemporary collecting takes place at all economic levels and can focus on physical form (illuminated manuscripts, miniature books, pop-up books, atlases, fine bindings, comic books, livres d'artistes [art books]), subject matter (chess, gardening, architecture), or genre (fiction, biography, children's books).

An Arts Council report earlier this year even concluded that the north-west is the key area for growth in contemporary collecting of art, craft and design - well, what else do you put in your canalside, city centre, new-build loft?

Though there are a few collectors who focus on videos, Wittels says that the trend in contemporary collecting overall is moving away from specialization.

While Mallett's is known for its ability to procure rare items of 18th century furniture, the gallery also keeps its eye on contemporary collecting trends.

All samples are contemporary (collected in 1999-2009) and consisted of blood (n = 204) or feathers (n = 80).

Its latest initiative is Manchester Contemporary — a small but ambitious art fair with the goal of creating a culture of contemporary art collecting in the North West.

It's always shown contemporary art, always collected contemporary art.

Hence the decision to have the video artist Bill Viola's flames of fire licking the walls in the area dedicated to the contemporary art collected by François-Henri François-Henri Pinaultve of PPR, Guchief parexecutiveny.

The museum, which opened in 1999, was the largest private museum in Austria; it was designed by a famous architect and hosted over 7000 contemporary artworks collected by Mr. Essl since the 1970s.