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Kawase Hasui Prints: Rain, Moonlight and Silence — Which Hasui Belongs in Your Home

Hasui made around six hundred prints, and nearly all of them are beautiful — which is exactly the problem. A buyer's guide to his four moods (rain, snow, moonlight, blue-hour water), the rooms each...

Best Japanese Woodblock Prints for Modern Homes

Japanese woodblock prints are two hundred years older than the modern interior and they suit it better than most things made this century. Why that is, the difference between shin hanga and ukiyo-e...

Why Amrita Sher-Gil’s Paintings Still Feel So Modern

Amrita Sher-Gil painted during the 1930s, but her portraits rarely feel trapped in their period. Her figures are direct without being theatrical. Her colours are rich without becoming decorative. T...

Textured Fine Art Paper vs Smooth Matte Paper: Which Should You Choose?

Textured fine art paper is usually best for painterly, detailed, atmospheric, historical, or tactile artworks. Smooth matte paper is usually better for graphic art, typography, Bauhaus prints, maps...

Should I Get My Art Print Mounted? Mats, Mounts, and Passe-Partout Explained

For some art prints, a mat or mount makes the work look more considered. For others, it can reduce impact by making the visible image smaller. A photograph may look excellent with a clean white mou...

How to Buy Art Prints as a Gift Without Getting It Wrong

The problem is not that art prints are bad gifts. The problem is that art is personal. A print has to live in someone’s home, work with their room, and feel connected to their taste, memories, inte...

The 3 Biggest Art Print Buying Regrets — and How to Avoid Them

This article is part of our Guide to Buying Fine Art Prints. Most people do not regret buying art prints because they chose the wrong artwork. More often, when people wish they had done something d...

What Art Prints Make an Apartment Look Cool?

You have seen this apartment before. Maybe in a film. Maybe in a magazine. Maybe at a friend’s place. The furniture is not necessarily expensive. The room is not overdecorated. Nothing looks forced...

What Is Shin Hanga Art?

If you are buying an original Shin Hanga woodblock print, condition, edition, publisher seals, margins, signatures, and provenance all matter. Original lifetime impressions by major artists can be ...

Buy Art Prints Like a Pro: 5 Terms You Should Know

In brief: To buy art prints like a pro, learn five practical terms: aspect ratio, image size, bleed, matting, and glazing. These explain the shape of the print, whether the artwork has a border, ho...