Tag: How to buy art

Borbay’s 2012 Contemporary Art Pricing Guide Lives on in 2021

Borbay Money at PS1

In creating a Contemporary Art Pricing Guide in 2012… I set out to establish a quantifiable financial structure for new artists. Nine years later, this chart found new life, when Author Rachel Wells, penned: “Pricing Artwork with Borbay’s Contemporary Art Pricing Chart.”

CAP was also referenced by Steve Schlackman in his recent piece: “Contract Negotiation Tips for Visual Artists.” Based on the significant traffic to my site stemming from both mentions, I recognized this as a fine moment to discuss art pricing.

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Buying Art Over Time? Absolutely.

Central Park Southeast Painting by Borbay in Quarters

Acquiring art… one of the life’s great mysteries. How does one outside the ‘art world’, itself a grey and dubious term, go about buying? Didn’t I read that an embalmed shark went for $12M to Steve Cohen? You did. Numbers will numb the impulse…

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Studio Visits — Experience, Understand, Acquire

The Studio Visit by Borbay

Acquiring art is not unlike purchasing a home — photos reveal the broad strokes, but an in-person visit shows a great deal more. In our digital age, artists are able to reach collectors globally in minutes. This has given way to an ocean of online galleries, allowing you to view and acquire in a few clicks.

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The Art of the Art Deal

Hunter S Packed to Ship

So You Paint Houses?

Many conversations begin the same way, “so you’re a painter? House painter or an artist?”

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