DC collectors give advice on collecting art

Several arty friends were featured in a recent Washington Spaces magazine article giving great advice on collecting art. I especially agree with what James Alefantis had to say about why to collect art:

“It’s not about rarefied objects you put on your wall,” Alefantis says, “it’s a way of engaging in the world.” He describes collecting as a way of exploring and expressing interests, of strengthening the community dialogue about those interests.

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