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Sep 15
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Episode 2: Your First Art Collection & t...

Zahra & Sami
About this episode

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Show Notes:

Episode 2 and we can already call ourselves collectors! Who would’ve thought?

In this episode Sami shares two easy ways to start an art collection when on a budget, and Zahra explores the techniques used by surrealist artists to unblock their unconscious mind.

Are you ready to dive in? Let’s go!

Highlights:

- Learn about the accessible print market and fractional markets

- What is a Blue Chip artist?

-9 most common surrealism techniques used by famous artists like Dali.

 

What we promised:

- Badiucao (“the chinese banksy”) instagram handle : badiucao 

- The Artist from Sami’s gift instagram handle : charlottegoldspink

- French poet Guillaume Apollinaire coined the word “Surrealism”

- Fractional Investment app we’re obsessed with: Timeless Investments (https://www.timeless.investments/en)

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