Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
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The award winning firm of Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services has been supplying the finishing touch of artwork to residential and commercial clients since 1982. She has published articles on art collecting in The Boston Globe, Art New England, The Corporate Art Report and Graphics Magazine, and shared her insights on art collecting with audiences at the Boston Institute of..
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
2M ago
Winning this Best of Luxury Design 2024 award for Best Art Resource is truly a thrilling honor. After decades as an art consultant, professional success for me is still that moment when I watch a client fall in love with a work of art. I think of myself as an aesthetic matchmaker. I need ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
6M ago
As we close in on the first quarter of the 21st Century, it’s intriguing to step back and consider the state of real artistic innovation in the fine arts of our time. If novelty is the birthright of artistic genius, has modernism run its course? Was the explosive pace of artistic growth during 20th C ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
With spring’s longer days comes sunlight, boosting the feel-good hormone serotonin. Art Lift II pays tribute to six extraordinary depictions of light, spanning four centuries, sharing a single interesting fact about each work of art. At the end, find a family friendly, soul lifting project: The Family Photo Wall. We’re on Pandemic Time, so especially ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
From populist ‘immersive’ digital light shows of VanGogh and Monet, to highbrow digital artists like Krista Kim’s NFTs of immersive spaces–accessed only via virtual reality–a hunger for art that hits us full on and transports us is being fed by the art world with verve. At the vanguard are creators like Kim of the futuristic tech ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
The Bad: Predictably, COVID induced the biggest recession in the global art market since the financial crisis of 2009. Total sales of artwork across all platforms—on line, auction and gallery venues—was down 20–30%. None the less, most dealers managed to offset lost sales with reduced expenses from canceled art fairs or exhibitions. Gallery and auction ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
What are the factors that govern whether or not fine art becomes a valuable investment? Should you buy fine art simply because you love it, or because of its future value? I frequently encourage my clients to set aside the investment aspect of art buying and concentrate simply on selecting art that feeds their soul ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
Whether rendered overnight in an organic rush or methodically over time, by iconic artists or people who do not even identify as artists, protest art always seeks to bear witness, inform and provoke public discourse. Here are a few iconic examples, starting with our present moment and going back to Picasso. In the aftermath of ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
Let Eye Level Determine Height. Hang art high in hallways, because people always stand there, and low in dining rooms and near couches so it is seen to its best advantage by seated family and guests. Art Can Outmaneuver Architecture. You don’t need to use only small art in small spaces. Placing an over sized ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
Good news for an emotionally challenging time: there’s hard evidence that simply looking at art you find beautiful can trigger your endorphins, invoking the same feelings of pleasure associated with romantic love, certain drugs and desire. So here is my humble offering to all the coronavirus whiplashed warriors. It was challenging picking art that everyone ..read more
Jacqueline Becker Fine Arts Consulting Services Blog
1y ago
In a recent post I offered a few guidelines for the art buyer intent on investing in art. While I generally encourage clients to buy art for the love of it, and invest elsewhere, if you want to invest in art those tips were offered to help put you in the right direction. Now let’s ..read more