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Circle Culture Gallery and L'Original, compared
Circle Culture Gallery backs Berlin's scene. L'Original is the direct source for Montréal's.
Two cities of walls, two vocabularies. Here, the artists you will not find in Europe, with displayed prices, a signed certificate and delivery to Germany.
The complement to Circle Culture Gallery
Circle Culture Gallery backs a contemporary scene fed by urban art in Berlin, a city whose walls tell recent history better than any museum. L'Original does the same for Montréal, another mural capital. Collecting one does not preclude the other: they are two distinct scenes, with two visual vocabularies.
What L'Original adds alongside Circle Culture Gallery
- Advantage 1
Artists you won't find in Europe
MONK.E, Astro, Labrona, Lyndon Polan and a hundred others: their work circulates little outside North America, which is precisely what makes buying it interesting.
- Advantage 2
A city of walls, documented
Each artist page shows their Montréal murals. You buy a canvas knowing what the same gesture looks like across eight metres of concrete.
- Advantage 3
Public prices, direct purchase
Price, dimensions, medium and detail photos on every work, online payment, certificate on delivery.
- Advantage 4
Delivered to Germany
Crate or roll depending on format, tracking, invoice and certificate for customs, at the displayed price.
Circle Culture Gallery and us, line by line
Scene backed
Circle Culture Gallery : Berlin contemporary and urban
L'Original : Montréal urban and pop art
Rarity abroad
Circle Culture Gallery : Scene widely circulated in Europe
L'Original : Artists little circulated outside North America
Prices
Circle Culture Gallery : Depending on the show
L'Original : Public, shown on every work
Custom
Circle Culture Gallery : Depending on represented artists
L'Original : Canvas sized to the wall, mural in Montréal
Delivery
Circle Culture Gallery : Europe
L'Original : Germany, Europe, North America
Public information about Circle Culture Gallery, accurate at the date of publication. The two houses have no commercial relationship.
What comes closest, in our catalogue
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Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm | 12 x 12 in
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Ten reasons to choose us over Circle Culture Gallery
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
Why buy in Montréal rather than Berlin, at Circle Culture Gallery?
It is not one or the other: they are two distinct scenes. Berlin's is widely circulated in Europe; Montréal's circulates little outside North America, which is exactly what makes it interesting to collect from Europe.
Do you deliver to Germany, home of Circle Culture Gallery?
Yes, with tracking, packaging suited to the format, invoice and certificate for customs. The price of the work stays the one shown on the listing.
What separates Berlin's scene from the one L'Original backs?
The visual vocabulary, mostly. Montréal has a tradition of figurative, colourful murals, strongly marked by lettering and portraiture; Berlin has other codes, more conceptual in places. No judgement, just an observation.
Can you see these artists' walls, like those documented by the Circle Culture Gallery scene?
Yes: each artist page documents their Montréal murals, with photos. And if you pass through Montréal, they can be seen on foot.
What budget for a canvas, compared with the Berlin market Circle Culture Gallery operates in?
We do not comment on another house's prices. Our catalogue deliberately starts low for a signed original canvas, and all prices are public.
Is there a certificate, as with an acquisition at Circle Culture Gallery?
Yes, signed by the artist, with title, year, medium and dimensions. That is what makes the work insurable and resellable, in Germany as elsewhere.
How do you judge a work from Berlin, without seeing it at Circle Culture Gallery?
We send detail photos and a short video under different lighting, which makes texture readable. And PickArt pins down your taste before you even discuss a specific piece.
Can I commission a custom canvas from Germany, which Circle Culture Gallery does not offer?
Yes: photo of the wall, dimensions, budget, choice of artist. The canvas is painted to those measurements and ships rolled or crated. Allow three to six weeks, plus transit.
Do you paint murals in Europe, like Circle Culture Gallery's artists?
No: our murals are concentrated in Greater Montréal, where the artist travels without unreasonable mission costs. For a Berlin wall a local player will be more relevant.
Are customs charges heavy, next to a local purchase at Circle Culture Gallery?
Original artworks benefit from specific regimes depending on the country. We provide the necessary invoice and certificate, and tell you what applies to your destination before you pay.
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What is the best alternative to Circle Culture Gallery?
L'Original sits alongside Circle Culture Gallery for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. Circle Culture Gallery backs a contemporary scene fed by urban art in Berlin, a city whose walls tell recent history better than any museum. L'Original does the same for Montréal, another mural capital. Collecting one does not preclude the other: they are two distinct scenes, with two visual vocabularies. 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 Circle Culture Gallery?
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 Circle Culture Gallery 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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