Once upon a time, I started a #blackandwhiteseries on Instagram to talk about ways to frame black and white art. And by art, I mean documents, prints, painting, photographs, whatever : ) The idea for the series sprung from a happenstance discovery of a vintage Picasso book, found during a cleaning spree.
For ages, the most common solution for framing black and white art has been to choose a white mat and a black frame. Like this… Yeah, yeah, the white in this example is closer to ivory. But the same rules apply. I matched the matboard to the paper. When you have art to frame, and …