By Pepper Parr
May 26th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
The line of the song went – “There are 99 bottles of beer on the wall” – the thinkers over at the Art Gallery Burlington took that line and applied it to the low priced art they sell each year at their annual art sale.
AGB president Robert Steven looks on anxiously as art is placed in the walls of the Lee Chin room.
The 99 theme has been adapted to describe the 99 pieces of art that are being sold for $250 during the sale.
Installers were measuring and putting up the pieces in a corner of the Lee Chin Room which at this point is bare – and very empty with art stacked in the corners awaiting their time on the wall.
The sale of low cost art (there is nothing down market – no Elvis on Velvet) begins on the 29th. At 3:00 pm on the 29th Permanent Collection Curator, Jonathan Smith, will be hosting a talk in the Fireside Lounge on How to Start a Collection.
Smith is a delight to listen to – he has one of those minds that soaks it all up and forgets little. Feel free to ask him anything. He won’t say he will get back to you – he will know.
Learn art collection tips from the master, then head back into the Lee-Chin Gallery to start buying artwork!
The Bateman piece that will be sold at the 38th annual AGB art sale.
The Bateman that will be on sale this year is one of his more traditional pieces – a really fine piece of work. Robert Bateman is reported to have donated an original piece of art every year of the 38th year event.
