How to Begin Collecting Original Art - Without Making Expensive Mistakes
The first purchase is always the hardest. A practical guide for new collectors on what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to trust your eye.
February 20257 min read
Journal
The Book of Artemble
Stories of artists, collectors, and the art that connects them.
Art History
Why Oil on Canvas Has Outlasted Every Medium for 600 Years
From the Flemish masters to contemporary studios in Kyoto and Venice, oil paint remains the language of permanence. A look at why painters keep returning to it.
March 20256 min read
Collecting Guide
Art & Investment
Is Original Art a Good Investment? What the Data Actually Shows
Beyond the passion of collecting lies a question many buyers ask quietly. We look at what the art market's long-term performance actually tells us.
January 20258 min read
Art History
The Venetian School and Why It Still Defines How We See Colour
Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese - the painters of Venice invented a relationship with light that contemporary artists are still in conversation with today.
December 20249 min read
Collecting Guide
What a Certificate of Authenticity Actually Means - and When It Matters
Not all certificates are equal. Understanding what makes one meaningful, and why provenance matters more than most buyers realise.
November 20245 min read
Behind the Canvas
From Studio to Wall: How a Painting Makes Its Way to a Collector
The journey of an original painting - from the artist's first brushstroke to the moment it arrives at a collector's door, carefully wrapped and insured.
October 20246 min read
Artist Spotlight
The Interior Silence of Yuki Tanaka
Working from a studio in Kyoto's Higashiyama district, Tanaka renders nocturnal interiors where light arrives from a source the viewer never sees. A portrait of one of the most quietly remarkable painters working today.
April 20257 min read
Artist Spotlight
Luca Ferretti and the Weight of the Flemish Gaze
Trained in Florence and formed in the Low Countries, Ferretti paints portraits with the psychological density of the Flemish masters. We visited his studio in the Oltrarno.
March 20258 min read
Artist Spotlight
Sofía Morales: Painting the Mediterranean Before Sunrise
She begins work before the city wakes. On the beaches of Valencia, with large canvases and deliberate speed, Morales is doing something Sorolla would have recognised immediately.
February 20256 min read
Artist Spotlight
Marcus Brennan: Rain, Limestone, and the Atlantic Light
He left New York to return to the west of Ireland. What he found there - in the Burren, above the cliffs at Doolin, along the coast road at Clare - has been the subject of his painting ever since.
January 20257 min read
Artist Spotlight
Ingrid Solberg and the Norwegian Winter
She paints landscapes she cannot paint outdoors - because the oil freezes. Everything Solberg makes must first be absorbed, then recalled inside. The filtering that this requires is, she believes, essential to the work.
December 20246 min read
Artist Spotlight
Adaeze Okafor: Ceremony, Stillness, and Presence
Trained at the Slade and formed between Lagos and London, Okafor paints figures with a quality of self-possession that the viewer feels before they can name it. A rare painter of extraordinary seriousness.
November 20248 min read
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