It seems, then, that the market is making itself by offering a viable, attractive alternative to the traditional art market.
Christie's, Sotheby's and other bastions of the traditional art establishment have been trying for years to attract these nouveau buyers-young, self-made and thoroughly unimpressed by titled pedigrees and plummy accents.
The world's largest online flea market thought that it could revolutionize the traditional art auction business by creating a vast new class of customers who would bid on high-ticket items over the Internet.
The tapestry merges a traditional art form with the use of modern communication technology which will help appeal to younger people as well as educating and informing audiences across the generations.
The couple's love for traditional Mexican art can be seen throughout the house, from the large fireplace designed by Rivera that dominates the first room, resembling a step pyramid like the ones built by the Mayas and Aztecs, to Kahlo's paintings and the couple's collection of smaller sculptures.
The traditional creative conclave of art director and copywriter is increasingly not the optimum pairing these days.
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The traditional collection includes Buddhist art, metal works, calligraphy and watercolor scrolls, and spans prehistory to Korea's last royal dynasty, which fell in 1910.
Finding prior art in the traditional, offline way is often very costly, not least in researchers.
The pottery pieces are part of the traditional Korean collection of the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul.
In addition to mastery of traditional calligraphy, the art of engraving requires a high degree of virtuosity, since the artist works on a tiny surface area where every curve, every thickness of line counts.
The National Museum of African Art contains an excellent, if West Africa-heavy, collection of both traditional and modern art from the continent.
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Since sites selling art online are unencumbered by the physical infrastructure of the traditional gallery or auction house, they can also make their commissions lower and the whole business of buying art much cheaper and more accessible.
In a recent issue of PowerMag, Stephen Gillette compared state-of-the-art microturbine technology with traditional generators.
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The Ala-Kiyiz and Shyrdak traditional art is in danger of disappearing, however.
The Bastakiya area of the old city, hidden among a warren of restored wind towers and traditional family homes, you will find the XVA Art gallery.
Their art is considered an emblem of national identity and the guardian of The art of Azerbaijani Ashiqs combines poetry, storytelling, dance and vocal and instrumental music into a traditional performance art that stands as a symbol of Azerbaijani culture.
The headquarters of many banks and businesses are also here, as well as 100 museums including the comprehensive Modern Art Museum and the living history museum Skansen, home to traditional Swedish buildings and craftspeople.
There are approximately fifty recognized practitioners of Taekkyeon at present, and the Korean Taekkyeon Association plays a significant role in the transmission and promotion of this traditional martial art.
Scholarly in approach, sceptical in tone and polemical in intent, this is a forceful and entertaining survey of how blockbuster exhibitions are upstaging the traditional role of museums by a highly respected art historian who died earlier this year.
He studied there for several years, the start of a traditional education in drawing, painting and printmaking culminating in his graduation from the Royal Academy of Art.
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The art of Azerbaijani Ashiqs combines poetry, storytelling, dance and vocal and instrumental music into a traditional performance art that stands as a symbol of Azerbaijani culture.
This extends far beyond the contemporary art market, too, with Chinese buyers pulling ahead of the pack and also dominating at auctions of traditional Chinese ink paintings, ceramics, and antiques this year.
Spanning roughly from Broadway to the Douglass Loop, the area contains more art galleries, bars, coffeehouses, traditional and ethnic restaurants, and is easily explored on foot.
These issues aside, the good news is that fossils are still relative bargains compared with traditional art.
In traditional Gundlach fashion, the manager spent most of his time referencing art and history in order to explain the current economic environment.
The winner of a MacArthur Fellowship, Shen creates dances that incorporate visual and storytelling elements from the theatre, Chinese opera, Eastern philosophy and traditional and contemporary visual art and sculpture.
But they have the traditional skills needed for the unique finishes and state-of-the art features that come at the end of the fabric production chain.
Throughout the streets, the scrawls, tags and basic shapes of traditional graffiti mix with elements of fine art.
The school uses open "learning centres" rather than traditional classrooms and boasts a fitness suite with state-of-the-art sports equipment.
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