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Hi there! We just joined Pierre Tavlitski's Art Auction Knowledge social network. http://artnings.ning.com Pierre is a member here on Area Light and has a lot of excellent thoughts about how to use Ning social networks. His site is a world art auction review we find fascinating.

In his introduction, he points out the price of art at auction that is exceptional in it category serves to help measure the relevant place that art has in civilization. Therefore, locating art at auction, analyzing and communicating about it together, is a cultural act and an effective means for each of us to open our minds to the fields we do not know. This is terrific! Pierre brings an eloquent sophistication to his commentary but still manages to keep it simplified to the basic point of what he is doing.

The network is certainly an art community for artists who can appreciate the deeper implications of work beyond aesthetic values alone. There are a variety of self-organized art groups represented from different themes that canvass a broad range of categories from ancient to modern, furniture to glass, and many more. Pierre performs a weekly exploration of art at auction, helps introduce and support discussions pertaining to works coming up for auction, and then posts results after the fact. Look into some of the forum discussions and you will certainly find an intellectual survey of art and a relevance to society you might normally only find on the Discovery or History Channel. Perhaps the added value in this is the connectivity to the current art movements, the cascading refinement of history, art, and society real-time, and the possibility of being involved directly or indirectly through participation in this well organized social network.

Congratulations to Pierre on this terrific concept! Pierre's generous open environment is a lead in to a far broader world of art related social networks. Check out his profile page where he gladly shares links to other networks created by his members. We sure will and we plan to explore these with excitement. Pierre is also active with several discussions here on Area Light about social networking on Ning. Check out our group Area Light Home or join him for an ongoing discussion featuring him on Coffee With The Oracle.

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