Investing in Art is perhaps something that was unheard of even 10 years ago. As we all know, famous masterpieces appreciate in value and not depreciate. Not often but sometimes it can be a wonderful deal when the piece of art fetches the returns on investment in a big way. Perhaps more rare is perhaps a masterpiece being discovered in an obscure flea market and sold off for ten times the price it was bought for. In this digital age however, it’s more and more difficult to separate the genuine …

Picasso had always shown a passion and skill for art from an early age. His mother recalls his very first word to be ‘piz’ in Spanish or ‘Pencil.’ As a child Picasso developed a love for art that would hinder development in his other subjects at school. Picasso’s father, Ruiz, who was also an artist and whose subject matter was wild birds and other game began to school his son in classical, formal art techniques and would often get Picasso to finish off one of his sketches. The family moved …

In today’s modern world what is still so appealing about looking at portraits from centuries ago dating back to the renaissance? Portraits of Kings and Queens who are long dead and laid to rest in the dusty pages of history books and adorn the walls of our National Galleries are still interesting to us today. Unlike any time in the past, the Renaissance was a celebrated time of the individual and like never before had the faces of so many been documented into the chapters of history.
Artists such as …