So please help me understand certificates of authenticity. They accompany all kinds of art and are offered by galleries, private sellers, artists, websites and at auctions, especially online auctions like eBay and LiveAuctioneers. And you need to see it BEFORE you buy the art, not after-- no matter what reasons a seller gives or what kinds of promises they make.
Unless a certificate of authenticity originates from and is signed by either the artist who created the art, the publisher of the art in the case of limited editions , a confirmed established dealer or agent of the artist not a casual third party dealer or reseller , or an acknowledged expert on the artist, that certificate is likely to be pretty much meaningless.
A genuine COA must contain specific descriptive details about the art such as what the medium is painting, sculpture, digital print, etc , the name of the artist or publisher or both , the art's exact title or subject matter, dimensions, details of the edition size if it is a limited edition along with the specific number of the item in question , names of previous owners when relevant , and if applicable, titles and entries of reference books or other resources that contain either specific or related information about either that work of art or the artist who produced it.
Images of the art in question are also good. The title and qualifications of the individual or entity who authored and signed the certificate should also be included, as well as their contact information, and both contact information and qualifications MUST be verifiable.
A formal certificate of authenticity is not necessarily required to prove a work of art is genuine. Any valid receipt, bill of sale or proof of purchase either directly from the artist or from a confirmed and established dealer, reseller, publisher, or representative or agent of the artist will do.
An appraisal from a recognized authority or expert on the artist which includes a statement or guarantee of authenticity is also acceptable. You can never be too careful here. Certificates of authenticity can be problematic; some are basically worthless and others even fraudulent. Unfortunately, many people believe that art with a COA is automatically genuine, but that is absolutely not the case. The Purpose of Art ». Share This Story On:. We pay the shipping, and there is no duty in Canada and the USA.
Free Shipping on Every Order. We make it easy! We proudly offer free shipping for our canvas prints across Canada and the continental USA. Directly to your door. Subscribe Now. Last Name. Only 30 Of Each Painting Released. You never have to worry about your neighbor having your painting Ok, I got it. You never have to worry about your neighbor having your painting. So I asked them, "What makes good art?
Good visual art looks stunningly right and, in retrospect, obvious, or inevitable-- yet it's also continually surprising. It is a powerful paradox. How can someone have possibly made this? How in the world could it not have been made? The reality of art is usually by some kind of agreement. The arbiters are the museums, the museum curators, the people who spend their lives and their time actually being critical of what they see and judging what they see.
If you add in four or five art critics who are then able to write about it, if you get four or five major collectors who are passionate about what they collect to patronize it, and several major auction houses to auction it, then a consensus or vetting process begins to unfold.
Of course there's magic dust involved, so this is not a sure way, but it's a safe way to go about judging what is good art. It took me a long time to get to this place, but that is the answer that I now give. I used to say that good art is like porn; you know it when you see it. It has to be something that engages you, on one of a million levels, in person, and establishes a memory that remains positive.
This can be an artwork that challenges you and then makes you think about it days later or one that seduces you and delivers pleasant feelings days later. There are as many ways to produce this effect as there are artists, but so much art that grabs you is glib and you forget it or is lousy and only recalled as something you sped past or upon which you only regret wasting your day.
It will assume a new relevance to each generation, and to yourself as you grow. It will connect to the past and feed the future. It has a simple and rigorous beauty that commands your gaze and thoughts whenever you look at it. The best work will break your heart. Recently institutions have started to appreciate the aesthetic enhancement of street art, making available whole housing blocks or abandoned buildings or other public spaces, to embellish the bleak landscape of suburban areas.
Furthermore, works of street artists such as Banksy, Os Gemeos, Skull, Mr Brainwash or Manu Invisible, are widely recognized by art critics around the world, as well as in the most exclusive and famous auction houses. This notwithstanding, street art remains controversial in connection with the unresolved tension between the rights subsisting in the artworks of the street artists and the property rights of the support owners.
This article aims at providing a tiny contribution in the open debate around the limits of protection of the street artworks. The first notable point relates to the doubt on whether street artworks could be protected under copyright law. In general terms, Law 20th April n. Considering this provision, there is no doubt that street artworks are subject to copyright, as long as they contain a minimum degree of creativity.
The category of works of " painting and similar figurative art " protected under Art. It is worthwhile observing, also, that ICL is neutral to the question of lawfulness of the copyright work. Thus, street artworks deserve copyright protection also when they are not authorized by supports' owners, or are illegal.
Notwithstanding the above, Italian Criminal Law has not recognized yet the subsistence of the copyright underlying the street artworks as a legitimate defense towards crimes against property. Both art. The current version of Art. Remarkably, art. In addition, Minniti Decree implemented administrative measures to protect the urban decorum: Art. The Court of Cassation settled the dispute around street artists' crimes in the famous Manu Invisible Case cfr.
II, 20 aprile , n. Manu Invisible is a street artist who painted in different colors the words "manuinvisible. The Court of Cassation assessed this circumstance along with the value of the artistic endeavor sufficient for the acquittal of the artist. The Court, in fact, considered the conduct of Manu Invisible as a non-punishable crime because of the particular de minimis threshold of the damage. In nutshell, a creative street artwork is better than a dirty wall.
Bologna, The defense of the accused artist argued that no damage can be found if the wall on which the graffiti is made be already damaged, dirty, or painted.
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