Chris Gilmour The Carboard Master

Chris Gilmour is a british artist borned in 1973, Stockport, now residing in Udine, Italy.
His lifesize sculptures made of cardboard are of great realism.
Gilmour has exhibited his art at colective and solo shows, in cities such as Rome, Bergamo, Milan and New York.
The artist is represented by the gallery Perugiartecontemporanea, Padua.

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November Winner Notified

According to this previous post, the winner of the two miniature paintings has been notified and has already accepted the prize.
The two free original paintings will be heading to California real soon.
Are you still missing the opportunity to be a winner ?

Two Free Paintings

Every month, The Art Inquirer gives a free miniature painting to a lucky reader who subscribes using the Feedblitz service.
The winners from the months of August and October have not reclaimed their prizes, therefore this month two free and original paintings will be offered (one for each winner).
You can read here about the whole process; exceptionally the winner of November will be known on the 23rd, thus giving you time to subscribe and that there will be two lucky subscribers.
In December there will also be a special prize for Paypal users.

Arte Lisboa 2008

Arte Lisboa 2008 Contemporary Art Fair, will be held this November from the 19th to the 24th.
The fair takes place at the Pavillion 4 of the FIL ( Feira Internacional de Lisboa), near the Tagus river.
Countries like Brazil and Spain continue to mark a strong presence in this international event.
The opening to the general public starts on the 20th, since on the 19th will take place the preview and vernissage.

Don't Forget the Refugees

Today, November the 10th, bloggers of all world are united to write in the name of refugees.
Indifference and materialism have grown to unexpected levels and people who have no place to go, food to eat and water to drink, are conveniently forgoten.
People need to change their minds and start seeing the world as one. Humankind cannot prosper in the right direction as things are now.

Be Interviewed by The Art Inquirer

Are you an artist and have your own website ?
Then you do not want to miss this opportunity of gaining exposure.
Every month, or according to the number of followers, The Art Inquirer will interview an artist.
So, become a Follower (see top right) and have the chance to be featured with a link to your website.
After becoming a Follower, please contact if you want to be part of the artists to be interviewed.

Saatchi Online TV

The well known Saatchi online gallery, following its trail on continuous improvement and providing more resources to artists and art appreciators, presents us with Saatchi Online TV.
The visitors are abble to assist videos about art openings, interviews, art performances, etc. .
Users are given the possibility to upload their own videos.

"Make Your Mark" Art Competition

To celebrate its 225th anniversary, fine-art-material supplier Daler-Rowney is holding the "Make Your Mark" art competition.
The artists of all ages and skills can enter any form of drawing or painting uploading a digital photo.
There are four categories and five finalists will be selected from each one to display their artworks at the Mall Gallery (London).
You can access further information here.
The deadline is December 1, 2008 and is open to worldwide artists.

Art for Hereditary Disease Foundation

When going around town, you have probably already seen scultpures of caricatures, however most of them are copies.
What about having your own original sculpted to your desire ?
That is where Patricia Lynn comes in.
Patricia has been a sculptor for several years and she will be happy to discuss what you have in mind.
And if you are still not convinced, the artist donates all the money comming from her sculptures to the Hereditary Disease Foundation.
Her father was diagnosed with the Huntington's Disease,which is hereditary.
With this, Patricia wants to give her contribute to help the research for hereditary diseases.
You can be a part of that contribute.

The Pleasure of Investing in Art

With the recent developments in the world's economy, investing securely and wisely is proving to be a more difficult task.
Throughout the centuries, Art has proven to be a relatively reliable investment, namely because it has always been taken in high consideration by most of the people.
Of course that when buying Art, one should take into consideration if the purchase is to fill a personal taste, a pure investment or both. In my opinion, unless one is really well informed and can more or less predict the future, it's better to buy an artwork that one likes, afterall many times a real appreciator spends millions on a painting or sculpture, not with the intention of profiting but to contemplate its beauty.
Most of us cannot reach the famous works seen in auctions, however there are many good artists with great potential who's Art is accessible. The pleasure of buying Art and even possessing a collection is not reserved to the rich, I myself have recently acquired some works which can be seen at this page of my website.
Beautiful Asset Advisors is good resource that can help you decide to enter the exciting world of owning your private collection and here you can read an interesting article.