How to Buy Art
A Beginner’s Guide to Purchasing and Discovering Art
Buying art should be inspiring, not intimidating. This guide offers expert insights, practical guidance, and curated collections—helping you navigate the art world with ease. Whether you’re searching for affordable art, investing in emerging artists, or building a collection that reflects your personal style, we make collecting art approachable, transparent, and rewarding.
Ready to start buying art? This guide will teach you how to collect art by discovering artists you love, setting a budget, and understanding pricing, so you can make informed decisions and buy art with confidence.
Learn how to find and engage with the art that speaks to you with help from collectors, experts, and more.
From design pieces to emerging art, this series offers expert guides on buying artworks by type.
Advice on how to talk to galleries and art sellers, mistakes to avoid, and other tips from experts on buying art.
Discover Artsy’s “Inside My Collection” interviews with vibrant art collectors who share some of their favorite pieces from their homes. Each collector also discusses how they started collecting; recent acquisitions; inspiring new artists they’ve discovered; preferred methods and advice for buying art; and their philosophies on what it means to be an art collector today.
The musician and MTV host shares the stories behind his art collection—started through Artsy—that includes leading artists like Sam Gilliam and Derrick Adams.
Esteemed Italian art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo talks about what she’s learned over three decades of purchasing art from her home in Turin.
Pete Scantland is building an impressive contemporary art collection in Columbus, Ohio, featuring works by Amoako Boafo, Dominique Fung, Jenna Gribbon, and many others
Schwanda Rountree, a Washington, D.C.–base lawyer and art consultant, takes a thoughtful approach to collecting works by emerging and mid-career Black artists.
Roxanne Gay and Debbie Millman share the motivations and stories behind the art collection they've built across their New York and L.A homes.
This guide covers considerations like framing, lighting, spacing, and maintenance, so you can arrange and care for your art with intention and make the most of every piece.
Expert-led advice on how to display art in your home in a way that makes sense with your living environment.
Discover expert advice on how to care for your artworks when keeping and displaying them in your home.
It’s helpful for art buyers to understand how the art market works. This guide covers the way the art market operates by looking at galleries, auctions, private sales, and online platforms. It also looks at how art prices are influenced by demand, artist reputation, the economy, and art world trends.
This series covers the core parts of the art market, including key terms, the role of galleries, how the art market interacts with the economy, and other topics such as provenance and pricing.
Understand the art world’s social scene with articles covering art fairs, parties, VIP access, and navigating the different parts of the art world.
Discover how art auctions work by learning how to consign art, understand pricing, navigating key terms used by auction houses.
This guide explains how to keep your art safe by using professional art shippers, climate-controlled storage, and the right insurance to protect your art collection.
Keep your art safe by using professional art shippers, climate-controlled storage, and the right insurance to protect your art collection.
Protect yourself by buying from reputable galleries, auction houses, and online platforms like Artsy; verifying provenance and authenticity; and researching sellers before you make a purchase.
Shop for artwork that resonates at accessible price points. Whether you’re seeking tiny treasures or works by emerging voices, it’s easier than ever to bring fine art into your life.
