Displaying Wall Art

The art itself and where it lives — portraits, paintings, murals and tapestries, posters and photographs, mirrors, and the mantel they hang above.

Hang art and photos like a gallery — free calculators for picture-hanging height, gallery-wall spacing and layout, frame-and-mat sizing, hanging-hardware weight ratings, and salon-grid planning, plus plain-English guides to arranging and displaying wall art.

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Displaying Wall Art

Portrait

Painting

Mural

Fresco

Tapestry

Poster

Photograph

Mirror

Mosaic