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BY Laurence Lafforgue on December 1, 2009
Visionaire's 57th edition, named 57 ”2010”, produced in collaboration with Smart. ; Via VisionaireWorld.com

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Whoever said that gift-giving can't be an artful experience? ArtWeLove's staff has prepared a guide to making art part of your holiday shopping this year, and it's actually affordable!

"beautiful inside my head forever" wallpaper by Damien Hirst (2008) ; Via www.othercriteria.com

Set the holiday mood by decorating! At the top of our list is Damien Hirst's "beautiful inside my head forever" wallpaper available at the artist’s online shopping site "Other Criteria" for 200 GBP. "Other Criteria" also offers a selection of postcard sets (starting at 5 GBP) and limited editioned CD covers (15 GBP and up). The Art Production Fund's "Works On Whatever" features an always cool 6 foot tall vinyl tree sticker kit Merry Merry Tree by Marilyn Minter ($100), and other items from their Tree Sticker collection by Fred Tomaselli, Phoebe Washburn, and Markus Linnenbrink ($100).

Marilyn Minter's full tree kit available through Art Production Fund's Works On Whatever site. ; Via worksonwhatever.com


Looking for beautiful art objects? Check out the MoMA Store for the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Projects. These limited editions are specially commissioned each year by collector Peter Norton to celebrate the Holiday season. The proceeds benefit P.S. 1 with prices starting at $50.

Photograph edition of Charlie Chaplin in "Modern Times" (1936) available at LUMAS. ; Via www.lumas.com

If you're into film, check out LUMAS' selection of Movie Stills photograph editions of famous movie scenes. We especially love Charlie Chaplin Modern Times, and editions start at $80.

If you think art books are the perfect gift, you're in luck - the editors of the New York Times have you covered with a list of thoughtful selections ranging from subjects like Cezanne to the New Museum's recent exhibition “Younger than Jesus”. Last but not least, be one of the lucky 4,000 people who will snatch Visionaire's 57th edition, named 57 "2010"; produced in collaboration with Smart. A sign of our times, this is the first plug-in electric issue of the publication, and features 365 works by artists such as Adel Abdessemed, Agathe Snow, Bruce Nauman, Cao Fei, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Gabriel Orozco, Guyton\Walker, Maurizio Cattelan, Olafur Eliasson, Paul Chan, and Steve McQueen to name a few. Available online now for $295.

Other Criteria (Damien Hirst's online shop)
Works On Whatever Tree Collection
LUMAS' photograph editions of famous movie stills
New York Times art books recommendations
Visionaire's 57th edition, named 57” 2010” produced in collaboration with Smart.

From the Article: Artists

Marilyn Minter
Kalup Linzy
Damien Hirst
Olafur Eliasson
Kelley Walker
Steve McQueen
Bruce Nauman
Gabriel Orozco
Phoebe Washburn
Maurizio Cattelan

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