At Home with Art

Guide pour sélectionner une oeuvre d'art afin de personnaliser son intérieur. Après un décryptage du marché de l'art contemporain, les auteures, qui ont travaillé chez Christie's avant d'ouvrir leur galerie, partagent leurs conseils, trucs et astuces, tant pour le choix de l'oeuvre que pour la décoration d'une pièce et la mise en scène de peintures, sculptures, photos et objets design.

Autorentext

Olivia de Fayet and Fanny Saulay worked for over a decade at Christie's before founding Wilo&Grove, an art gallery for a new generation of collectors.

Marie Vendittelli is a journalist; she wrote A Chateau on the French Riviera (Flammarion, 2020).

Klappentext

A work of art-whether it is unexpected, ground-breaking, or one of a kind-can personalize your interior and transform it into a place like no other. But actually purchasing a signature piece-or even crossing the threshold into a gallery-can be a daunting act. How can you develop your own taste or gauge whether you're making a worthwhile investment? Drawing on a decade of experience at Christie's, Olivia de Fayet and Fanny Saulay know that the world is full of artistic talents waiting to be discovered and they want to reframe who can access original works.

On a mission to make art accessible to everyone, they compiled their advice into this step-by-step guide that takes the guesswork out of purchasing, guiding amateurs to cultivate an eye and to select favourite pieces. They cover everything you need to know about starting your own collection, from finding artists and galleries to defining your collection, and from purchasing to framing, hanging, maintaining, and conserving the value of your artworks. With tips for designing unique interiors with paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other decorative objects, this essential book will give art aficionados the confidence to select pieces they will love forever.

Zusammenfassung
A work of artwhether it is unexpected, ground-breaking, or one of a kindcan personalize your interior and transform it into a place like no other. But actually purchasing a signature pieceor even crossing the threshold into a gallerycan be a daunting act. How can you develop your own taste or gauge whether you're making a worthwhile investment? Drawing on a decade of experience at Christie's, Olivia de Fayet and Fanny Saulay know that the world is full of artistic talents waiting to be discovered and they want to reframe who can access original works.

On a mission to make art accessible to everyone, they compiled their advice into this step-by-step guide that takes the guesswork out of purchasing, guiding amateurs to cultivate an eye and to select favourite pieces. They cover everything you need to know about starting your own collection, from finding artists and galleries to defining your collection, and from purchasing to framing, hanging, maintaining, and conserving the value of your artworks. With tips for designing unique interiors with paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other decorative objects, this essential book will give art aficionados the confidence to select pieces they will love forever.