12 November 2026
Eccentric collections sit at one end of the collecting spectrum. At the other end is the formal art world. Here, painting, sculpture, and works on paper, both decorative and meaningful, are predominant, but it is an ever-expanding world. What is common now, may be treasured tomorrow. Today, you can collect everything from Old Master’s paintings to Cubist masterworks and art from emerging artist...
06 November 2026
Shortly after World War II ended, the German ceramics industry, a pre-war marvel of artistic virtuosity and technology built upon centuries of tradition and artistic achievement, resurrected itself with the creation of a new type of glaze applied to everyday decorative wares. Vases, pots, and jugs were formed and then mass produced on an industrial scale. The products were fashionable, well-exe...
27 October 2026
Potocki presents us with a world in which beauty and unease coexist. Classically trained, she applies the techniques of the Old Masters to current subjects like the environment, human transformation, humanity’s complicated relationship with the natural world, mortality, captivity, confinement, dreams, and consciousness. Huffington Post described her work as “Art that explores mankind’s relation...
14 October 2026
Long before any painter made a non-objective mark on canvas, the Earth was making abstract art. Rivers braided silt into ribbons of ochre and slate. Wind and water combed black sand into rhythmic ridges. Minerals stained the ground in colors no studio would dare to mix. And against this massive color wheel an infinite number of shapes were laid ranging from the purely amorphous to hard edged ge...
06 October 2026
Long before the compass guided a ship, it pointed to “home.” In the context of Feng Shui, the Chinese art of placing objects to harmonize with the environment, home meant the correct site for a family home or any other important building, resting places for deceased ancestors such as tombs and graves, and the site and placement for an entire city or community.For more than two thousand years, C...
07 November 2019
Brian Sindler is an award-winning American artist whose works embody the essence of landscape painting. They have been called landscape renditions because they are not intended as exact renderings. Sindler grew up in a family immersed in art. Early on he studied music, eventually becoming a touring musician. However, the visual arts kept calling. At the American Academy of Art and The S...
18 April 2019
$2,000 tax deduction paid directly to Friends of Notre Dame; $600 production costs paid directly to Lamin8 production facility.
18 August 2017
It’s impossible to deal in world art on any scale and not have frequent encounters with world religion; primarily because there aren’t five religions in the world, but somewhere around 4,200! Each of those religions usually has its own rites and rituals, daily ceremonies, and celebratory special occasions; and in turn, implements and visual symbols associated with their realization...
11 August 2017
Is there a single ancient civilization that did not create and utilize baskets? It doesn’t seem so, which means basketry may be one of the oldest art forms in human history. Unfortunately, the natural fibers historically used to create baskets commonly degrade over time, making it difficult for historical samples to be preserved. Yet, there is proof of basketry from ancient times. For exa...
04 August 2017
In January, 2001 an earthquake shook the Indian state of Gujarat. Known as The Great Gujarat Earthquake of 2001, it was previously described in one of PRIMITIVE's New Arrivals: During the earthquake, many buildings were destroyed and lives lost. Those will never be reclaimed, and while the quake gave birth to many stories of resilience, recovery, and renewal, it also presented the opportunity ...