Tag: art sales strategies

Have you ever noticed how you can look at a piece of art, like it, and then suddenly love it once you hear the story behind it? It’s a bit like seeing a necklace in a shop window that looks nice, then finding out it was handmade by someone’s grandmother ,  suddenly the emotions hit harder. That simple backstory shifts the way you see it, and it’s no longer just an object, it’s a memory, a piece of someone’s life, and it feels more valuable instantly. That’s exactly what happens with…

let’s talk about something nobody really wants to admit: pricing your own art is weirdly stressful. Like, you’ve poured hours, sweat, and maybe a few tears into a piece, and now you have to slap a number on it? Suddenly, it’s not just your art, it’s money, math, and all the anxiety that comes with being a human who needs to eat. And the guilt. Oh, the guilt is real. You want to charge enough to feel like your work matters, but not so much that people think you’re greedy. And…

Picture this: two identical paintings on the wall, but one is marked “open edition” and the other “limited edition of 10.” Which one do you think collectors will gravitate toward? You guessed it, the one that feels rarer. Exclusivity makes people lean in. It tells them, “If you don’t grab this now, it might be gone forever.” And in the art world, that’s a powerful pull. Collectors love knowing they own something that not everyone else can get. It becomes part of the story they tell when friends see it hanging…