![Kim Engelen, Book-review, 100 Secrets of the Art World by Magnus Resch, 2016](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Kim-EngelenBook-review100-Secrets-of-the-Art-World-by-Magnus-Resch2016-768x576.jpg)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 60% of art school graduates are women, only 31% are represented...
![Kim Engelen, Mix of 4 Postcards, Silkscreen, 1999](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kim-EngelenMix-of-4-PostcardsSilkscreen1999-768x576.jpg)
Art prints are more valuable when they are hand-signed by the artist.
![Kim Engelen, Happy Birthday Ankit Gupta, 6 July 2021](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Kim-EngelenHappy-Birthday-Ankit6-July-2021-768x551.jpg)
With this sparkling nail polish, I also painted his jacket, which connects us somehow.
![Kim Engelen, Drawing, Happy Birthday Kadir Altuner, 37 Years, 27 June 2021](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Kim-EngelenHappy-Birthday-Kadir-Altuner-Drawing27-June-2021.jpg)
Kendo and many martial arts often have powerful philosophies. Which can guide the person who practices it.
![Kim Engelen, gaatje vullen met alles vuller van Alabastine, 2021](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2b.Kim-Engelengaatje-vullen-met-alles-vuller2021-768x576.jpg)
1. Remove nails. 2. Fill all holes. 3. White your wall with latex paint.
![Kim Engelen, Bali Bali Bali No.4, Acrylic on Canvas, Detail-shot 3, 1998](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kim-EngelenBali-Bali-Bali-No.4Acrylic-on-CanvasDetail-shot31998-768x576.jpg)
Someone sliced it open in middle. It was an unrequested act of violent co-work on my painting.
![Kim Engelen, Ergere dicht nicht, wundere dich nur, Framed Silkscreen No.3/17, 1996](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kim-EngelenErgere-dich-nichtwundere-dich-nurFramed-Silkscreen-No.3-171996-768x576.jpg)
To have your art framed, you can go with your art to a framer (aka encadreur).
![Kim Engelen, Bali Bali Bali No.4, Acrylic on Canvas, Backside-shot, 1998](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kim-EngelenBali-Bali-Bali-No.4Acrylic-on-CanvasBackside-shot1998-1-768x576.jpg)
3 ways of preparing a painting
![Kim Engelen, Video-stills No.1 (L&V, Great, Jade, L&V), Backside Detail Hanging Hook, 2005](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kim-EngelenArtwork-backsidehanging-hook2021-768x576.jpg)
3 ways to hang your art.
![Kim Engelen, In Memory, Acryl on Regular Stretched Canvas, Backside-view, 1998](https://kimengelen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kim-EngelenIn-MemoryAcryl-on-Regular-Stretched-CanvasBackside-view1998-768x576.jpg)
Choose to have your painting framed or not.