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Bradley Ertaskiran and L'Original, compared
Bradley Ertaskiran backs its artists long term. L'Original adds prices you never have to ask for.
A first purchase rarely stumbles on taste: it stumbles on not daring to ask the price. Here it is written down.
The alternative to Bradley Ertaskiran
Bradley Ertaskiran, founded in 2020 in a restored industrial building at 3550 rue Saint-Antoine West, supports Canadian and international artists over the long term, with the rigour of the primary market. L'Original pursues the same goal by different means: an urban scene, public prices and tools built for people buying a work for the first time.
What L'Original adds alongside Bradley Ertaskiran
- Advantage 1
No prices on request
Price, dimensions and medium sit on every work, online and on the wall. You can compare, hesitate and come back without having started a conversation.
- Advantage 2
A different scene, owned
Urban art, stencil, lettering, Montréal contemporary painting. Not the same ground, which is what makes the comparison useful rather than competitive.
- Advantage 3
Built for a first purchase
PickArt to pin down your taste in sixteen swipes, a simulation on the photo of your wall, and a frank opinion when the format is wrong.
- Advantage 4
Open every day
163 Saint-Paul West and 4455 Saint-Denis, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., no appointment.
Bradley Ertaskiran and us, line by line
Prices
Bradley Ertaskiran : Given on request, as is customary
L'Original : Written on every work
Scene championed
Bradley Ertaskiran : Canadian and international artists
L'Original : Urban art and Montréal painting
First purchase
Bradley Ertaskiran : Guided in conversation
L'Original : PickArt, simulation, visible prices
Hours
Bradley Ertaskiran : Tuesday to Saturday, seasonally
L'Original : Every day, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Custom
Bradley Ertaskiran : Depending on the represented artist
L'Original : Canvas sized to the wall, mural on quote
Public information about Bradley Ertaskiran, accurate at the date of publication. The two houses have no commercial relationship.
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Ten reasons to choose us over Bradley Ertaskiran
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
What is the Bradley Ertaskiran gallery in Montréal?
A contemporary art gallery founded in 2020, set in two spaces of a restored industrial building at 3550 rue Saint-Antoine West, supporting Canadian and international artists over the long term.
Are prices displayed at Bradley Ertaskiran?
As in most primary-market galleries, the price is asked for in the room or on the works list. That is an established custom. We chose the opposite: every work carries its price.
Do you sell the same kind of art as Bradley Ertaskiran?
No, the ground differs. They champion a programme of Canadian and international contemporary art; we mainly champion urban art and Montréal contemporary painting.
Do you need an appointment to visit, unlike at Bradley Ertaskiran?
No, never. Both our galleries are open every day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., free entry, and nobody approaches you at the door.
How do you buy a first work without knowing the codes of a gallery like Bradley Ertaskiran?
By starting where prices are written, so you can compare without starting a conversation. Then measuring the wall, sending the photo, and accepting a frank answer when the format is wrong.
Are your artists represented long term, as at Bradley Ertaskiran?
Yes, about a hundred artists followed over time, with an agreed share paid on every work sold. We show them in the galleries and online all year.
Can you commission a custom work, which Bradley Ertaskiran leaves to its artists?
Yes: photo of the wall, dimensions, budget and choice of artist, then three to six weeks in the studio, with a sketch approved before painting starts.
Where are your galleries relative to Bradley Ertaskiran, on rue Saint-Antoine?
About ten minutes away: 163 Saint-Paul West in Old Montréal and 4455 Saint-Denis on the Plateau, both open every day.
Do you provide a certificate, like a primary-market gallery?
Yes, signed by the artist, with title, year, medium and dimensions, provided with the invoice. The same documentary standard, whatever the scene.
I don't dare walk into a gallery like Bradley Ertaskiran: where do I start?
With PickArt, from home: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste emerges in two minutes. You then walk in knowing what you are after.
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What is the best alternative to Bradley Ertaskiran?
L'Original is an alternative to Bradley Ertaskiran for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. Bradley Ertaskiran, founded in 2020 in a restored industrial building at 3550 rue Saint-Antoine West, supports Canadian and international artists over the long term, with the rigour of the primary market. L'Original pursues the same goal by different means: an urban scene, public prices and tools built for people buying a work for the first time. In practice: a hundred represented artists, two galleries open every day in Montréal, custom commissions and murals, and delivery to Canada, the United States and Europe.
What should you do before buying from Bradley Ertaskiran?
Work out what you like before deciding where to buy it. That is what PickArt is for: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste sharpens in two minutes, no commitment, and nobody watching you hesitate. You leave with a clear direction, useful with us and anywhere else. Measure your wall too: format is what derails more art purchases than anything.
What complements Bradley Ertaskiran well?
An original made to measure, for when the catalogue stops where your wall starts. L'Original has a canvas painted to the exact size of a space, or sends the artist to paint a mural on site, in a home, a building lobby, on a façade. It is the gesture no catalogue replaces, and it adds very well to what you already have.
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