Illuminations Lighting Blog

But first they must be able to see it! If your selected art-lighting team doesn’t own and use a light meter, they are unqualified! If they don’t bring test equipment and rigs to put temporary lighting in place so they can check the values, effects, and appearances, they (quite frankly) don’t know what they are doing. Each canvas, statue, or subject in any medium, has distinct needs to optimize its appearance.
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Are you ready to make tracks? Balanced, well-considered lighting is essential for art. Absolutely nothing compares to using silhouette spots, complete with non-destructive lamping, to bring out the very best in your collection. We are the undisputed experts in fixed lighting for your fixed-in-place art. That being said, sometimes you have art that changes, evolves, or needs something more adaptable. That is where
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Fine Galleries do it…so should You! If there is one consistent thing about art galleries, they know how to illuminate fine art. Our founders, Jim Stephens and Tom Kretzschmar, began their lighting careers through a chance meeting at a small firm specializing in fine art lighting. The two men possessed contrasting, yet complementary skills in lighting design and electrical engineering—a synergy which evolved into
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Light can be Art, too! Many people, when they think of art, immediately think of the painting Grand Masters, such as Rembrandt, Vincent, Michelangelo, and Leonardo, and galleries graced with their works. Others think of Rodin’s “The Thinker” or Michelangelo's "David." Still, rarer are those whose first thoughts turn to the Vatican, the Louvre, the Guggenheim, or even the Chrysler Building, for their Architectural
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