Art Collectors: Avoid These Common Mistakes 

Daniel maybe because one day you’ll be able to afford things wayy beyond just rent - ⚡️

Because if you are smart and open minded art can be obtained for two late night Wendy's combo meals. As an Artist I believe the price of most of this art is in the convenience of the art accessibility. With first the artist must be discovered, then the artist must be approachable, then the artist must be reliable. The artist must be able to make business deals with a dealer… All this has monitory value to the rich. There is fantastic art all over; the Rich look for a gallery or a dealer in art, the poor or the working class should look for the artist or a region of artists in their town or city. $40 can go a long way with a starving artist. And without that $40 that artist may decide to become a bus driver or full time bank teller for life giving up on a career of art. True artist make art for you, but they want you to go and get it … Anyone that would tell me that they would “Take care of” my art would melt my heart and that type of talk means as much as money to an artist.

Maybe because art doesn’t equal money. Just because you can’t take it home with you doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it.

@@donemigholzjr.7344 Perfect response. Especially for someone like me, who is a very very beginning collector, a bit frightened to spend too much on a piece, but also a bit unconcerned about an artist's name and more concerned with the painting, the subject matter, and the quality of the painting. That's great advice.

@@donemigholzjr.7344That s right. To buy art from a local artist is givin a chance to him or her, to know something more outside the art monpoly, to build an own taste, and to make grow your art community, so your culture community too.

And that seems like the real trap, and they have missed the point

You can do both

And I'm sure that your collection by now costs a fortune, how awesome !

David, as a lifelong artist, and now collected by museums, you said it so beautifully. I am sick to high heavens of the interminable b-s spoken by so many (if not most!) of the talking heads surrounding art and art collections, not to mention critics. After many decades, I still cringe at those times at university when I was forcibly subjected to hearing this and that visiting artist or critic, or those times when required to go upstairs at such venues as the Museum of Fine Art, when what I wanted to do most was to stand up and demonstrably WALK OUT! Oh, how I wish I had! I will not name the names, so I will not specifically mention such names as Brice Marden and others long forgotten. But I was too inhibited by the circumstances, and out of politeness, to stand up and reveal how I really felt. Sadly, so much in the art world and the publications and events surrounding it is really complete and total b-s. And there is no telling them this, because they will never admit that THEY are the cause of all the problems and nonsense! I appreciate your comment.

Sadly My art is All money

It’s money laundering,,,,just another way to outplay the system...or the system is setup in a “special’ manner...with dollar going down , it makes sense to park your money in art collecting

He literally said i know you bought the art because you liked it but remember, art is only an asset think about how much you can resell it for your ungrateful kids and family fighting over your wealth.

The Wall Street Journal is targeted at people who are interested in investing. Why is that a problem?

Shut up.

i can give you real or customize paintings on canvas worth 1000 of dollars for 120 $ are you interseted

hey did u find out?

@@marcgros6292 no not yet

omar ba apparently

omar ba according to my search

525Lines Unless you include an endowment and have a good legal team behind your gift.

...na'meen?!

Funny you said that

Only the hoi polloi are burden with such functional thinking..

i think it's not only bragging. it's marketing for some businesses.

Charles Sage My, isn't that a hoity toity attitude.

well i want millions...

Sorry, what? As a Christian, and an artist, I’m confused. Are we not practicing the thing the makes us different from animals, in that, being the image of God, the Creator, we are also always wanting to create. Some create art, some recipes, some buildings... etc.