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10 thoughtful gifts for the art lover in your life

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10 thoughtful gifts for the art lover in your life

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If you need a great present for the arts enthusiast on your gift-buying list — whether he or she is an actual artist or simply a great lover of all things aesthetically sublime — skip the pricey museum stores and those haughty galleries and take a look at our list instead. We have carefully curated this collection of art-related gifts with aesthetes and collectors in mind.

We also tried to keep the budget under $450 million. (Remember when Da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" sold for that much earlier in 2017? Yeah, that wasn't us who bought that. In fact, as of this writing, no one really knows who it was.)

The art-related gifts on this list include the kitsch, the classic, and the unique. There are things here perfect for the scholar, the painter, and the more casual appreciator alike. (Oh, and for the wine lover with an eye for the arts, too. And for anyone with a taste for the wacky.)

Go ahead and browse about for a few minutes and then get on with the shopping; your gift's recipient will appreciate the thoughtfulness as much as they appreciate the selected item itself.

Buying gifts is hard — let us help. Check out all our 2017 gift guides on Insider Picks.

The perfect book for the visual art lover

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Robert Cumming's book "Art: A Visual History" exposes the reader to dozens of stunning works of art, from famous paintings by Impressionists to masterworks of Renaissance sculptors to more obscure works from varied eras. The common theme of the art included in the book is an undeniable quality. The layout and accompanying content helps add context and color to the works, making this tome a perfect book for anyone who loves art but doesn't necessarily have a doctorate in the field.

The 400+ page book also happens to look great sitting there on the coffee table even if it isn't actually opened all that often.

Buy "Art: A Visual History" on Amazon for $24

A quirky and lovable vintage/modern print

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The Vintage Book Art Co. makes amusing and strangely beautiful artwork in the most clever of ways: using actual pages from dictionaries dating from the early decades of the 1900s as the "canvas," the company creates truly unique works of art by adding ironic images atop the printed text. "Gentleman Giraffe" is a perfect example of the style, though the brand has many more prints for sale. The common theme in this "upcycled" artwork is usually an animal decked out in human garb and accessories and often with a decidedly personified look.

A Vintage Book Art Co. print is perfect for the dorm room, the bathroom, the foyer, the office, and pretty much anywhere else, really.

Buy a Vintage Book Art Co. print on Amazon for $13

The gift of a (copy of a) masterpiece

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You can argue about the relative merits of some works of "art" all afternoon (or for a lifetime, for that matter), but anyone with even a grain of true appreciation for the arts will agree that Pablo Picasso's "The Old Guitarist" is a great work of art. From the famed artist's blue period, the painting is poignant and melancholy, beautiful yet at the same time hard to view without some sense of sadness.

This 36" by 24" print is hand-stretched over a 1.5" stretcher bar for a gallery-like presentation that looks great even without a frame.