Entries Tagged as ‘investing in art’

February 1, 2008

With Green being the new Black… its only right - Right?

The Isabella Egan Gallery is aiming to be the first Eco sensitive gallery in Vancouver. Its a big undertaking for a new company to take but it is important in today’s age to do your bit.Yesterday I had a meeting with a wonderful new company called Green Printing. I can highly recommend them for their professionalism and [...]

January 29, 2008

Promoting a new gallery - 2008 the year of Facebook!

Who would have thought a couple of years ago that promoting a new gallery or business would be so easy as it is today? 
Today the Isabella Egan Gallery launched its own fan page on Facebook.
Now I cant take credit for this wonderful idea of online promotion. That of course was the brain child of one of Vancouver’s leading techys Megan Cole.
I [...]

December 28, 2007

The Isabella Egan Gallery - Coming soon!

Im so proud to announce that the Isabella Egan Gallery is currently under development.
I plan to open in Gastown in late Feb/ early March. It’s definitely exciting, and I hope that the Isabella Egan Gallery will fill a void that exists in this city, by exhibiting and developing young emerging talent predominantly from Vancouver.
I am [...]

December 5, 2007

Roy Arden and Mark Lewis at the V.A.G

Roy Arden. Construction Site with Suntower, Vancouver, BC. Ink Jet Print. 40 x 50 inches. Edition of 5. Image Courtesy of the Monte Clark Gallery.
I should have written this a long time ago and Im quite annoyed at myself for letting this slide.
For those of you looking for something arty to do in Vancouver now the weathers changed and [...]

October 1, 2007

When will the buzz stop….

When will the bubble burst?? There’s so much hype, press and excitement, let alone glamour surrounding the art market right now its hard to know whats hot, whats a good investment and whats just the art of the moment!
Will the troubles with the US dollar effect the current market? Is a pending crash imminent for [...]

October 1, 2007

Greg Girard takes Toronto by Storm

Vancouver born, Shanghai based photographer Greg Girard opened last week at the Monte Clark Gallery in Toronto. Now as we know I like to promote our artists, so many of you may feel that I’m biased. OK, so sometimes I am, but when it comes to Girard, I really dont think that it is bais [...]

June 7, 2007

Greg Girard - Phantom Shanghai.

First up, I feel I should appologise for not posting anything for a while, but life got extreemly busy all of a sudden.
I recently mentioned the opening of a new show by Greg Girard at the Monte Clark Gallery, here in Vancouver. But I failed to mention Gregs phenomenon success that is currently sweeping the [...]

May 17, 2007

Greg Girard - Press Release.

 

The Monte Clark Gallery Vancouver is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of previously unseen works by Shanghai based photographer Greg Girard.

SAILORS:
Greg Girard
May 26th to June 30th , 2007

Opening Saturday 26th May, 2 – 5pm
Artist in attendance
The exhibition SAILORS is comprised of eleven photographs of young American servicemen based on [...]

April 26, 2007

CONTACT - Toronto Photography Festival. May 1st - 31st

As we all know my major passion over here is Photography. So it’s with a lot of pleasure I’m blogging about CONTACT - Toronto’s Photography Festival.
This years theme is the Constructed Theme in short this means the festival will be looking at “the numerous ways images are now constructed and how they have irrevocably transformed [...]

April 25, 2007

Montreal’s Biennale - Spring Summer 2007.

Montreal was once considered the Canadian cultural capital and to many it still is. Although it can be said that since the separatist Parti Quebecoise passed legislation in the late 70’s making French the common public language, the province suffered as major financial and artistic institutions have moved to Toronto.

However, the Montreal Biennale still [...]