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Art collecting guides, artist spotlights, market insights, and the stories behind the work. Written by the people who live inside the gallery every day.

Home of the Brave by Guillo Pérez 3 Behind the Canvas journal Marcolina's Fine Arts Gallery Tampa

Behind the Canvas

How to tell you're looking at an original, not a print journal cover for Marcolina's Gallery

How to Tell You're Looking at an Original, Not ...

A great photograph can make a giclée print look exactly like an oil painting. In person, it never does. The difference shows up the moment you stop looking at a...

How to Tell You're Looking at an Original, Not ...

A great photograph can make a giclée print look exactly like an oil painting. In person, it never does. The difference shows up the moment you stop looking at a...

You don't have to like important art, Marcolina's Fine Arts Gallery Journal cover

You Don't Have to Like Important Art

There's a real complaint going around about a certain aesthetic label right now, if everything gets called chic, nothing actually is. The label stopped meaning anything the moment it stopped...

You Don't Have to Like Important Art

There's a real complaint going around about a certain aesthetic label right now, if everything gets called chic, nothing actually is. The label stopped meaning anything the moment it stopped...

Marcolina's Journal titled Why Collectors Are Moving Toward Proven Artists, Not Speculative Hype, showing a painting of Guillo Perez 3 mixed media painting

Why Collectors Are Moving Toward Proven Artists...

The speculative chase is over, at least for now. The artists who spent the last few years riding social media hype and auction-house buzz are watching that attention move somewhere...

Why Collectors Are Moving Toward Proven Artists...

The speculative chase is over, at least for now. The artists who spent the last few years riding social media hype and auction-house buzz are watching that attention move somewhere...

A colorful abstract painting of palm tree trunks and fronds in warm tropical tones, with a light blue curved text panel in the lower right reading "CARING FOR AN ORIGINAL PAINTING IN FLORIDA'S CLIMATE" by Marcolina's Gallery Tampa.

Caring for an Original Painting in Florida's Cl...

Most art care guides are written for climates that do not actually exist in Tampa. Cool, dry, stable. Florida is none of those things, and an original painting deserves care...

Caring for an Original Painting in Florida's Cl...

Most art care guides are written for climates that do not actually exist in Tampa. Cool, dry, stable. Florida is none of those things, and an original painting deserves care...

Every Piece Here Starts With a Human Mind

Every Piece Here Starts With a Human Mind

The European Union just made it a legal requirement. As of this month, any AI-generated or AI-manipulated artwork sold in the EU has to be clearly labeled as such. That...

Every Piece Here Starts With a Human Mind

The European Union just made it a legal requirement. As of this month, any AI-generated or AI-manipulated artwork sold in the EU has to be clearly labeled as such. That...

Fragment bronze sculpture by Gina Novendstern. Why Bronze Sculpture Holds ITs Value Marcolina's Gallery journal.

Why Bronze Sculpture Holds Its Value

We wrote recently about what makes an original painting worth what it costs. Bronze sculpture deserves the same honest look, because the reasons it holds value are real and specific,...

Why Bronze Sculpture Holds Its Value

We wrote recently about what makes an original painting worth what it costs. Bronze sculpture deserves the same honest look, because the reasons it holds value are real and specific,...