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Photography Collecting Tips at the VMFA

Here's a look at 5 photographs with Studio School instructor Frank Saunders at the VMFA.

A couple at the Affordable Art Fair NYC, taking a photo of a bright, contemporary still life floral painting.
The Affordable Art Fair Returns to NYC in Full Swing this Fall
The Affordable Art Fair will give visitors another opportunity to fall in love with original artwork. Galleries, dealers, and established artist collectives may only submit original works from living…
Romare Bearden (1914-1988), Morning, 1979 Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Bonhams to Offer the Collection of Dr. Sarah Gray
On September 28, Bonhams will offer the Collection of Dr. Sarah Gray, which comprises a wonderful selection of prints and original media by African American artists. Dr. Sarah Gray was a member of…
A man with dark skin, wearing a suit floats in a pool amongst three pineapples.
Gulf Arab Artists Are Ready for You to See Their Work
The artists’ work represents an authentic depiction of a region that is widely underrepresented and misrepresented. The eruption of social media in recent years is broadcasting their work to the…
Gerard van Nijmegen (Dutch, 1735 - 1808), Allegory of Painting and Drawing, 1801. Pencil, pen and gray and brown ink, and gray wash. 14 15/16 × 10 13/16 in (38 × 27.4 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Presents "Artists as Collectors"
The J. Paul Getty Museum presents Artists as Collectors, an exhibition exploring how artists accumulated, cared for, and used drawings by other artists that they avidly collected, on view at the…
Maya Angelou, fellow award recipients, and Governor Jim Martin at the North Carolina Awards, November 6, 1987. Everyone pictured besides Maya is a white man.
Maya Angelou & Sally Ride to Join the Few Women on U.S. Currency
An initiative to feature a selection of women on U.S. quarters has so far approved two barrier-breaking Americans: Sally Ride and Maya Angelou.
Soviet Propaganda Poster of Joseph Stalin, c.1949
The KGB Spy Gadgets that Fought the Cold War Go to Auction
In the age of smartphones and smartglasses, we might feel blasé about a camera hidden in a hollowed-out hardcover book or a carton of Marlboros. As clunky as they may seem now, these objects were…
Angelina Jolie sits at a comic con pannel
Angelina Jolie to Sell Churchill's Only WW2 Era Painting
Movie star Angelina Jolie has decided to sell a Winston Churchill painting—a remarkable piece with an intriguing historical context and history of ownership.