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Sale Alert: 20 Percent Off at 20x200

CasaSugar — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800

20x200 is holding its twice-a-year, sitewide 20 percent More Ridiculous Sale offering all of their already affordable prints (most $20 to $200) for 20 percent less! Also, all $50 prints have been reduced to $40, $200 prints to $160, $500 prints to $400, $2,000 to $1,600, and $5,000 prints to $4,000. But! There's a catch. You must spent a minimum of $40 to qualify for the discount. To snag the deal, you should enter the code RIDONK at checkout. The sale ends Sunday at noon, so act fast! I'm digging this Contact High print by Jeff Lewis.

Love Shack: Lisa Congdon's Lovebirds

CasaSugar — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:30:52 -0800

I've long been a fan of online art site 20x200, so when I saw that it was featuring one of my favorite San Francisco artists, shop owners, and collectors, Lisa Congdon, I knew I had to share this art piece with you. Even better, it would make a great Valentine's Day present for a friend, true love, or family member. (For more of my Valentine's Day ideas, look for the tag Love Shack in the coming days and weeks). Lovebirds, by Lisa Congdon, is available in three different sizes at price points ranging from $20 to $200 and features two lovely colorful birds roosting next to a vibrant, patchwork home. You can purchase it here. Interested in other Lisa Congdon work? Then check out Lisa's work, available through Chronicle Books. For a limited time, you'll get a 25 percent discount plus free ground shipping on all stationery products, including Lisa's journal and notecards, when you use the promotional code STA10 at check out.

Nice and New: Orb 5 by Carlo Van de Roer

CasaSugar — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:09 -0700

You may have heard of 20x200, an online retailer of limited-edition prints at affordable prices ranging from $20 to $200 (based on size), begun by New York gallerist Jen Bekman. The site, which sells works by both up-and-coming and established artists, gives nearly everyone the ability to afford good art. For that in itself, they deserve a pat on the back. Now, with new prints by Carlo Van de Roer, 20x200 is taking its benevolence to the next level. Van de Roer's Orb 5 (Long Island, NY) is offered as a new kind of benefit edition. All the profits from sales of the print return directly to Van de Roer, to fund his critically acclaimed (and quite expensive) Portrait Machine Project. Orb 5 is available as an 11-by-14, 16-by-20, or 24-by-30 archival pigment print. It's beautiful, don't you think? If you like this one, you'll also like Orb 3, which pairs wonderfully with this print.

Gifted: Art For Newlyweds

CasaSugar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:30:09 -0700

Welcome to my new feature, Gifted, where I suggest home- and garden-related gifts that are chic, economical, and lovely. For my first post, I was inspired by my need to buy a present for some friends who just tied the knot. If you, too, need to purchase a present for some newlywed friends, consider buying them a piece of art. This is the kind of gift that you should probably consider only if you know their taste; if not, it might be best to stick to the registry. However, if you know them fairly well, you can probably pick out a piece of art that the couple will adore. I'm a fan of the site 20x200, which offers affordable, high-quality prints from emerging artists at low prices. This piece, from artist Linzie Hunter, seems like a cute, unsentimental, yet sincere way of telling the newlyweds "Congratulations on finding each other!" With some matting and a simple black frame, this is a gift that will look lovely on any wall in your friends' new shared home.

Prints start at $20, but hurry - there are only 40 left. You can get yours here.

Give the Gift of Art: Untitled, Thrift 2006, by Brian Ulrich

CasaSugar — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:15:19 -0800

As a furniture enthusiast, as well as an avid flea marketer, I am loving Untitled, Thrift 2006 (0635), by Brian Ulrich, available on the site 20x200. This digital-c print has sold out of the larger available print sizes, but there are still some 10-x-8-inch prints available for $20 each. Throw an Ikea Ribba frame around one of these and you have a smart, sophisticated holiday present for all of those interior decorating junkies in your life.

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Give the Gift of Art: Polly, by Christina Muraczewski

CasaSugar — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:34:09 -0800

I love this bird print from Jen Bekman's 20x200 gallery. An archival pigment print, Polly, by Christina Muraczewski ($20), was originally created with acrylic marker and glitter on canvas. While the print itself is perfect for the holidays (there's just something so cozy and wintry about birds in branches), this would look lovely all year round with a thoughtful matting and frame. I've ordered prints from 20x200 before, so I can personally vouch for their quality. Hurry though: There were only 200 of this size printed and fewer than 100 remain!

Great Art Online: 20x200

CasaSugar — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:30:08 -0700

Getting your art collection started is often limited by your pocketbook. The only way I could afford my first large art purchase was because I bartered an artist friend for it. So what to do if you're art-friend-free and low on the benjamins? Why, turn to the internet, of course. One site that I'm in love with is 20x200.

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20x200 doesn't offer a ton of images that might overwhelm you. Instead, the site introduces one photo and one work on paper each week. Each of these images is available in three sizes.The smallest size is reprinted in the largest batch, at 200 prints, and sold at the lowest price – $20. (That's where the site's name comes from, by the way.) 20x200 also offers two larger sizes at 2 larger prices, for the more cash-heavy collector.

Jen Bekman, who started the art site, also has a small art gallery on the Lower East Side, which she opened five years ago to support emerging artists and collectors. In the April issue of Good magazine, she writes

"As we see it, there are a lot of people out there who want to sell their art and a lot of people who'd like to buy it. They just have a hard time finding each other. The internet is the perfect place to bring those people together, and we're exactly the right people to make it happen. We're passionate about art and the internet at 20x200. We're really excited about creating a place where almost any art lover can be an art collector."

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