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Storing mid-sized art prints?

We love art prints, but we signed up for some subscription series and have managed to buy more than we can afford to frame. What's the best way to store them to make sure they stay flat and pristine?...

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Buying non-movie posters and prints in NYC

I want to buy four or five interesting posters to fill up my blank walls in my new place and make it feel like 'mine'. I'd prefer to pick them out in person, rather than buying online. I'm especially...

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Sources for historic photo art

I'm looking for a cool historic photo for a specific spot in my house. What are your favorite sources for that kind of thing? I have a place in my house where I want a neat old black and white photo....

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Is a signed but un-numbered print an Artist Proof (AP)?

Trying to figure out the value of two signed prints that were not printed as part of an edition. I have two prints from a sort-of well known artist that I'm trying to sell. They were given to me by the...

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Favorite Print and Poster Artists On Etsy

I want to buy some large art from Etsy to frame and hang in my living room. But I am overwhelmed by options! Please recommend your favorite Etsy shops for large prints and posters. Must ship to the...

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How to turn a playing card into a print?

I want to put framed print versions of various playing cards on my walls - a few from the 1960's era Mille Bornes game, some from a deck of WWII aircraft identification cards. How best to achieve this?...

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Picture ideas for my living room wall?

I'm redecorating my living room and am in search of an arty, affordable framed print that will complement the existing decor. Ideas please? Specs inside. The picture will go on one of the room's two...

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Help me find a certain amazing photographer artist!

I stumbled upon a photographer's website a few years ago who did amazing work. I don't remember who he is anymore. Help me find him. This is a long shot, but maybe Metafilter will deliver! A couple...

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Print experts! I need to know what kind of print this is.

Is this a woodcut or an etching or what? This is a print made by Eduard Wiiralt in 1933. It's pencil signed under the print. I need to know exactly what technique he used to make this. There is no...

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Show me beautiful and radical art that I can buy!

Seeking recommendations for other artists whose work is similar to Justseeds' posters! Looking for more beautiful, affordable prints that a person, such as myself, who loves Justseeds' posters (which...

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19th century colonial art

It's the late 19th century or early 20th century, I'm in a London shop that sells art. I ask to see paintings and prints that depict India and other colonial areas. What artists will I likely be shown?...

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I love colorful vaguely utopian political art. Help me buy more.

I am obsessed with the affordably priced lefty posters from JustSeeds. I would like to find more art like this to buy for my walls and my comrades. My tastes run more towards...

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Found art online. Lost the link. Can you help me find it again?

I'm looking for a set of five framed prints. They are fake comic book covers featuring the "Big Five" African game animals. Each of the five animals has it's own print and is depicted as a superhero...

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Help me find beautiful depictions of windows

A friend's new workspace has no windows. I'd like to get her a beautiful print depicting a window. Budget $50, so a small poster or something like that. But everything I find online is cheesy, like a...

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Do you recognize these comics/illustration prints?

I rescued this gorgeous pair of framed prints from a thrift store in Astoria. They looked so familiar to me, like something I'd seen before by an illustrator or comics artist I knew, but had passed up...

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protecting textured hanging art without glass

I came upon a print/drawing on textured paper that was framed with glass and realized it would look much better without the glass, but how do I protect it? I happened upon a small signed Joseph...

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Do I sell or donate my collection of animation books, art, and merch?

What should I do with my collection of rare animation books, art, and memorabilia? Over the past decade I've assembled a lovely collection of things that have brought me a lot of joy. I have 70+...

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Our home needs art. Where can I discover young artists?

We’ve been living in our house for a few years now and have lots of wall space that needs filling. As someone with a BFA, I remember all too well the struggle to make money with my art. There are so...

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Are color images in nice books considered archival? How are they printed

I'm an artist and aware that for digital art prints, giclee printing is recommended as being most archival. This involves an inkjet printer and pigment inks rather than dyes. I'm wondering how this...

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Best way to buy a framed print of a professional photographer's photo?

As a gift, I want to send someone a framed or matted print of a particular photo by a professional photographer. The photographer just died and doesn't seem to have an official web site. What's the...

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getting prints made of my paintings -- in France

I keep a travel sketchbook and a few friends I have made here in France have asked for copies of a page or two. What's the best way to do this? I don't have a scanner, though I might be able to get...

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Where can I find new visual artists and art prints?

I am looking for new art prints for my walls. I'm not interested in "generic" non-artistic pictures just to have something on the wall, but things that resonate with me and inspire. Details inside I am...

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Artists selling postcard packs?

In search of artists who sell postcards or postcard-sized prints of their art for under $30 or so. Extra bonus if they sell sets of multiple different pieces in postcard format! In a fit of pre-spring...

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How to find photos of Hong Kong to purchase, by local artists?

I want to buy some professional photo prints to hang of Hong Kong, in the style that shows the dramatic density of the architecture, buildings, skyline there. Michael Wolf is one of the most famous...

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Large format photo printer from a few years ago

Somewhere between 2017 and 2019, I got a really cool huuuge poster size print of a photo I loved from an online vendor that specialized in just that: inexpensive huge prints. It was matte, not glossy,...

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