January 12, 2024

Search Our Inventory By Themes: Over 7,000 Art Ephemera Items Now Online

“Categories Spotlight” on the Ephemera page at Gallery 98.

There are many reasons to be interested in art ephemera — a type of collectible that has the advantage of being small, easy to store, and modestly priced. Many collectors follow specific artists, while others appreciate catchy images that they can casually display on a bookcase or coffee table.

To help visitors explore the 7,130 items in Gallery 98’s inventory, we have grouped some of them in thematic categories. Thirty-two of the most popular themes can be found on the “Categories Spotlight” section of our Ephemera page. This week’s newsletter features four of these categories along with some of the items they contain.

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Animals

Jacques Flechemuller, Back to Square One, Gracie Mansion Gallery, Card, 1999

Size: 4.25 x 6 inches

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Xu Bing, New China, Jack Tilton Gallery, Card, 1997

Size: 5 x 7 inches

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Paulette Nenner, Crucified Coyote Sculpture Edition, Hand Colored Photograph on Board Attached to Gold Painted Wood, c. 1981

Size: 11 x 16.5 inches

$750

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“Categories Spotlight” on the Ephemera page at Gallery 98

January 19, 2024
Who Are Your Favorite Artists? Ephemera Sorted by Artist

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Every art announcement card is unique. Each promotes a specific exhibition taking place at a particular place and time. An important decision is made about which image to include: A work in the exhibition? A detail of a work? Or maybe a portrait of the artist? The fun of collecting these cards lies in…
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William Pope.L’s Unknown History

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January 2, 2024
The Theoretical Girls: Women Artists of The Pictures Generation

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The 1988 announcement card from a Metro Pictures exhibition featuring eleven successful women artists illustrates the gender diversification that was slowly taking hold in the art world in the 1980s. This demographic shift was especially noticeable amongst the artists associated with the then still unnamed “Pictures Generation” art movement which…
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Looking Back at The Year in Review: Favorite Newsletters in 2023

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Holiday Ideas: Faith Ringgold, Philip Glass, Keith Haring, others

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There are many reasons to treasure art ephemera. It can be an item of art historical significance; maybe it’s an announcement card for a favorite artist; or perhaps it touches on a theme that’s personally important to you. All of Gallery 98’s holiday suggestions fall into one or more of these categories.
December 7, 2023
Last Call Before Christmas: Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980

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Selling Polaroids is a picture book for many audiences. Drinkers and dive-bar aficionados will certainly be pleased. But it is also for fans of Amsterdam and the libertine spirit that the city continues to embody today. Mostly though, it is a book celebrating the freewheeling lifestyle that artists enjoyed in the late 1970s and early 80s, a…
November 29, 2023
Alice Denney (1922 – 2023): Shaking Things Up in Boring Old Washington, D.C.

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Alice Denney enjoyed nothing more than causing a ruckus by exhibiting challenging new art in “boring old Washington.” We first met in 1974 when I moved to Washington for a year, and art-world acquaintances suggested I contact her. Alice loved action — giving parties, collecting art by young artists, and…
November 28, 2023
Photocopy Machines: Xerox Flyers, Zines, and Other Art Ephemera

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Last week’s opening of the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines (closing March 31, 2024) is a reminder of the important role that the photocopy machine played in the creation of new modes of art and art ephemera. While the technology used in copy machines dates back to…
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ODDS AND ENDS: Art Ephemera From Our Inventory

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A Collection of Ephemera From The Texas Gallery: Houston as a Center for New Art in the 1970s and 80s

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October 26, 2023
Four Stories in Art Ephemera

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A Collectible for Art History Buffs

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Search Our Inventory By Themes: Over 7,000 Art Ephemera Items Now Online

Land Art / Ecological Art

See more Land Art / Ecological Art

Text and Word Art

See more Text and Word Art

Animals

See more Animals

Pop Art

January 19, 2024Who Are Your Favorite Artists? Ephemera Sorted by Artist

January 4, 2024William Pope.L’s Unknown History

January 2, 2024The Theoretical Girls: Women Artists of The Pictures Generation

December 21, 2023Looking Back at The Year in Review: Favorite Newsletters in 2023

December 15, 2023Holiday Ideas: Faith Ringgold, Philip Glass, Keith Haring, others

December 7, 2023Last Call Before Christmas: Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980

November 29, 2023Alice Denney (1922 – 2023): Shaking Things Up in Boring Old Washington, D.C.

November 28, 2023Photocopy Machines: Xerox Flyers, Zines, and Other Art Ephemera

November 16, 2023ODDS AND ENDS: Art Ephemera From Our Inventory

November 2, 2023A Collection of Ephemera From The Texas Gallery: Houston as a Center for New Art in the 1970s and 80s

October 26, 2023Four Stories in Art Ephemera

October 20, 2023A Collectible for Art History Buffs

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January 19, 2024
Who Are Your Favorite Artists? Ephemera Sorted by Artist

January 4, 2024
William Pope.L’s Unknown History

January 2, 2024
The Theoretical Girls: Women Artists of The Pictures Generation

December 21, 2023
Looking Back at The Year in Review: Favorite Newsletters in 2023

December 15, 2023
Holiday Ideas: Faith Ringgold, Philip Glass, Keith Haring, others

December 7, 2023
Last Call Before Christmas: Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980

November 29, 2023
Alice Denney (1922 – 2023): Shaking Things Up in Boring Old Washington, D.C.

November 28, 2023
Photocopy Machines: Xerox Flyers, Zines, and Other Art Ephemera

November 16, 2023
ODDS AND ENDS: Art Ephemera From Our Inventory

November 2, 2023
A Collection of Ephemera From The Texas Gallery: Houston as a Center for New Art in the 1970s and 80s

October 26, 2023
Four Stories in Art Ephemera

October 20, 2023
A Collectible for Art History Buffs