Friday, September 18, 2009

Art that won’t cost an arm and a leg

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Look for interesting pieces of high-quality art at an art museum sale. By keeping an eye out for sales and shopping around for the best values, your home will be adorned with classy collection of art in no time. Whether you visit in person or online, an art museum may be the best place to find art that will enhance your home without enhancing your credit card bill.

Visit your local art, natural history, or science museum to see what art-work is available for purchase. For the more technologically inclined art fan, many museums have Web Sites where you can shop online.

The Art Institute of Chicago has an impressive collection of canvases, framed artwork, matted prints, posters, and wall décor available for purchase online. Once you’ve accessed their site at www.artic.edu , follow the links to the museum shop where you can browse not only art, but books, jewelry, stationary, and home furnishings.

A similarly impressive collection can be found at www.metmuseum.org , The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s official Web site. Click on The Met Store link to check out posters, panels, framed prints, and even sculptures.

The Online Shop for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, also has some gorgeous matted prints and other reproductions based on artwork from their exhibits at www.mfa.org/shop. Make sure to check out their sale section where products have been marked down by as much as 65 percent.


All the best,



Timben

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