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Jonathan LeVine Projects and L'Original, compared
Jonathan LeVine Projects shows by season. L'Original keeps the catalogue open all year.
Same family : pop surrealism, contemporary figuration, post-graffiti, but works available continuously, with prices displayed, and an artist you can reach for a commission.
The complement to Jonathan LeVine Projects
Jonathan LeVine Projects has long championed contemporary figuration and pop surrealism, and helped bring that family of art into galleries. L'Original represents its Montréal branch, with a permanently available catalogue and the option to commission. You follow one for its exhibitions, you come to the other when you want to hang something this month.
What L'Original adds alongside Jonathan LeVine Projects
- Advantage 1
A catalogue that never closes
Price, dimensions, medium and detail photos on every work, available at any hour. You do not wait for a hanging date to decide.
- Advantage 2
Commissioning the artist
A canvas at the exact size of your wall, painted by the hand you chose. Three to six weeks, plus transit.
- Advantage 3
Delivery in the United States
Tracking, packaging suited to the format, invoice and certificate for customs. The displayed price does not change with destination.
- Advantage 4
A scene you can actually visit
Our artists paint in Montréal, and their murals can be seen on foot. Buying a canvas after seeing a wall by the same artist changes your relationship to the work.
Jonathan LeVine Projects and us, line by line
Rhythm
Jonathan LeVine Projects : Exhibition programme
L'Original : Permanent catalogue, online and in-gallery
Family of art
Jonathan LeVine Projects : Pop surrealism, contemporary figuration
L'Original : Montréal street art, pop art, urban figuration
Prices
Jonathan LeVine Projects : Depending on the show
L'Original : Public, shown on every work
Custom
Jonathan LeVine Projects : Exhibition programme
L'Original : Canvas sized to the wall, mural in Montréal
Seeing in person
Jonathan LeVine Projects : On site, in the New York area
L'Original : Two Montréal galleries, open every day
Public information about Jonathan LeVine Projects, accurate at the date of publication. The two houses have no commercial relationship.
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Frequently asked
Ten reasons to choose us over Jonathan LeVine Projects
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
Does L'Original show the same family of art as Jonathan LeVine Projects?
Yes for the family : pop surrealism, contemporary figuration, post-graffiti. No for the geography: our scene is Montréal's, and we represent it long term rather than through an exhibition calendar.
Do you have to wait for a show to buy, as at Jonathan LeVine Projects?
Not with us: the catalogue is open at any hour, with prices, dimensions and detail photos. A work spotted on a Tuesday evening can ship the next day.
Do you ship to the United States, where Jonathan LeVine Projects is based?
Yes, with tracking and packaging suited to the format, plus the invoice and certificate for customs. The price stays the one shown on the listing.
Do your artists have the profile of those shown by Jonathan LeVine Projects?
No, and that is deliberate: they are figures of the Montréal scene, not names on the international market. That is exactly what keeps a first piece affordable.
Can I commission a work, which an exhibiting gallery like Jonathan LeVine Projects doesn't offer?
Yes: we start from the wall, the budget and the artist whose hand you like, and the canvas is painted to those dimensions. Allow three to six weeks.
Is there a certificate, as with a piece acquired at Jonathan LeVine Projects?
Yes, signed by the artist, with title, year, medium and dimensions, plus a documented work file. That file is what counts for insurance and resale.
Do you sell editions, like those found around Jonathan LeVine Projects?
Our core is the original: signed unique canvases. Numbered prints exist when an artist releases them, and are always announced as such, with the edition size.
How do you judge a work on screen, without the visit Jonathan LeVine Projects offers?
We send detail photos and a short video under different lighting: that is what makes texture readable. And if format worries you, send a photo of the wall with its dimensions.
What budget should I plan, compared with the market Jonathan LeVine Projects follows?
We do not comment on another house's prices. Our catalogue deliberately starts low for a signed original canvas, and everything is displayed: you set the limit.
I'm discovering this family of art at Jonathan LeVine Projects: where do I start with you?
With PickArt: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste sharpens in two minutes. You then reach the catalogue with a direction, not a list of names.
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What is the best alternative to Jonathan LeVine Projects?
L'Original sits alongside Jonathan LeVine Projects for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. Jonathan LeVine Projects has long championed contemporary figuration and pop surrealism, and helped bring that family of art into galleries. L'Original represents its Montréal branch, with a permanently available catalogue and the option to commission. You follow one for its exhibitions, you come to the other when you want to hang something this month. 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 Jonathan LeVine Projects?
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 Jonathan LeVine Projects 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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