Art Rules - Guidelines For Buying Timeless Art

Buying art can be an expensive and intimidating experience! Especially if it’s your first time buying serious art and you are graduating to gallery pieces. It’s important that the art you buy stays special and continues to be a unique statement in your home over time. Personal tastes in art can be as uniquely different from person to person as a fingerprint, but there are certain common guidelines to follow when purchasing art that applyacross the board.

In our endeavor to help you buy fabulously individual artwe recommend that you follow these principles when you plan an art purchase. 

Love It

Watercolor of white lotuses

Art needs tospeak to you and of ‘you’ at a very personal level. If you absolutely fell fora piece that is not really traditional or conformist, and completely out ofsync with prevailing art trends, buy it anyway because you love it! It willfind a place in your home, and stand out for being anti-establishment. 

Research

Research the kind of art that appeals to you

Before youspend big bucks on a famous artist or a limited edition signed print, educate yourself a little about the world of art. Go to the local galleries and exhibitions, talk to friends or relatives who have extensive art collections,shop around! Your forays into the art world will hone your eye, making you realize what themes and mediums you like and which don’t cut it for you. Is it acrylics on canvas that generally catch your eye or do the watercolors appeal to you? Visit design and art websites to familiarize yourself with prices and trends in the art world.

No Hasty Decisions

A replica of a Raja Ravi Varma

Take your time to choose your art. Hasty decisions will become long-term regrets, especially if the art you purchase is uber-expensive. Give yourself the time to find your own taste and style in art. Zero in on something that you can live with for a long time to come.

Think Long Term

Art should appeal to you personally

Think about what's classic versuspopular or ‘now’ when it comes to buying art.Of the moment pieces may not be in vogue come next year and are therefore a badinvestment. What's practical when it comes to art? Is it worth the purchasecost? Will you still adore it in five or ten year’s time? Serious collectors’ artshould be equal parts investment and personal taste. If you are lucky, thepiece that you love so much will appreciate many fold over time and become anheirloom to pass from generation to generation.

There are no hard and fast rules when itcomes to purchasing art. Whether its copies of Raja Ravi Verma, student artfrom a local fine arts college or you actually go the extra mile and establisha relationship with a gallery owner or the artist themselves, art isfinally a personal statement for your home. Above all enjoy the process ofcurating an art collection for yourself!