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Taglialatella Galleries and L'Original, compared
Taglialatella sells pop art's icons. L'Original sells the artists making it today, first hand.
Buying an already-quoted name means buying the secondary market. Buying a canvas fresh from the studio funds a living artist, and you pay the studio price, not the resale price.
The complement to Taglialatella Galleries
Taglialatella Galleries shows the major pop-art and street-art signatures, with the market history that comes with them. L'Original sells, on the primary market, the artists working in that language today, in Montréal. One gives access to established value, the other to an artist to follow, and many collectors do both.
What L'Original adds alongside Taglialatella Galleries
- Advantage 1
The studio price, not the resale price
A secondary-market work has already been sold: the mark-up goes to the previous owner. With us every canvas is sold for the first time.
- Advantage 2
A living artist you can reach
You can commission a piece, ask for a mural, or simply meet them at the gallery. Impossible with a historical signature.
- Advantage 3
Originals rather than editions
Pop art is largely sold as numbered prints. Our core is unique canvases, signed, with a certificate.
- Advantage 4
An affordable way into collecting
Our catalogue deliberately starts low for an original piece. Starting out should not require an icon's budget.
Taglialatella Galleries and us, line by line
Market
Taglialatella Galleries : Established pop-art and street-art signatures
L'Original : Primary market, living Montréal artists
Type of work
Taglialatella Galleries : Works and market editions
L'Original : Unique canvases, clearly labelled numbered editions
Link with the artist
Taglialatella Galleries : History and provenance
L'Original : Meeting, commission, mural
Cities
Taglialatella Galleries : New York, Toronto, Paris
L'Original : Montréal, with international shipping
Prices
Taglialatella Galleries : Depending on standing and provenance
L'Original : Public, shown on every work
Public information about Taglialatella Galleries, accurate at the date of publication. The two houses have no commercial relationship.
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Ten reasons to choose us over Taglialatella Galleries
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What is the difference between Taglialatella Galleries and L'Original?
Taglialatella shows the major pop-art and street-art signatures, with the market history that comes with them. L'Original sells, on the primary market, the Montréal artists working in that language today: every work comes out of the studio and is sold for the first time.
Primary or secondary market: which to choose next to Taglialatella?
The secondary market gives access to already-quoted names with a price history. The primary market gives access to artists in full activity, at a lower entry price, and your purchase funds their work directly. The question is whether you want established value or an artist to follow.
Do you sell signed editions, like those found at Taglialatella?
Our core is the original: signed unique canvases. When an artist releases a print run it is numbered, signed and announced as such, with the edition size.
Will the work gain value, like a piece from the market Taglialatella follows?
Nobody can honestly promise that, and we will not. What we do guarantee: a signed certificate, a documented work file and clear provenance. Those are the three things that matter on the day of a resale or an appraisal.
Do you ship to New York and Toronto, where Taglialatella has spaces?
Yes, as well as to Europe, with tracking and packaging suited to the format. We provide the invoice and certificate needed for customs clearance.
Can I commission a work from an artist, which is impossible on the market Taglialatella follows?
Yes, and it is one of our strengths: our artists are alive and take commissions. A canvas sized to your wall, or a mural painted on site, after a quote.
Are prices displayed, unlike the custom of the market Taglialatella operates in?
With us, yes: price, dimensions, medium and detail photos on every listing, online and in the gallery. Nothing is on request.
How do you verify authenticity, a central question on Taglialatella's market?
On the primary market the question is different: the work comes straight from the artist's studio, and the artist signs the certificate. There is no chain of intermediate owners to reconstruct.
Can I see the works in person, without going to a Taglialatella space?
Yes, in our two Montréal galleries, at 163 Saint-Paul West and 4455 Saint-Denis, open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
I like the pop art I saw at Taglialatella: how do I find its equivalent with you?
Run PickArt: sixteen works scroll by, you keep what speaks to you, and the selection converges on the hand you are after. Our neo-pop and post-graffiti artists surface quickly.
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What is the best alternative to Taglialatella Galleries?
L'Original sits alongside Taglialatella Galleries for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. Taglialatella Galleries shows the major pop-art and street-art signatures, with the market history that comes with them. L'Original sells, on the primary market, the artists working in that language today, in Montréal. One gives access to established value, the other to an artist to follow, and many collectors do both. 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 Taglialatella Galleries?
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 Taglialatella Galleries 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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