Have you ever wondered why people buy works of art? It’s simple! Art gives us an amazing experience and most people want it to be an integral part of their lives. It can sometimes bring an aesthetically pleasing feeling, can help us start a conversation, inspire us, awaken our creativity and also turn people into more positive and fulfilling human beings. Moreover, art is the best personal healer during times of intense stress. In short, the reasons for collecting works …

In a 2019 BBC article “What will art look like in 20 years?“, Devon Van Houten Maldonado consulted contemporary artists about their assessment of the future of art in the next 20 years. The article says the future may be uncertain, but some things are undeniable: climate change, changing demographics, geopolitics. The only guarantee is that there will be changes, both wonderful and terrible. It is worth considering how artists will react to these changes, as well as what purpose …

In Bulgaria, the media field, which focuses entirely and only on the fine arts, has room to develop, presenting in an independent way the point of view of artists through the prism of their work. This is an important historical aspect, especially when it comes to our contemporary artists, many of whom are currently even more popular abroad than at home. One reason for this is precisely the limited, often inaccessible environment and the lack of sufficient opportunities for their …

The price of art is not determined by a single random stroke. It is a combination of a number of factors, only some of which are listed here. Along with the subjective ones, there are also purely objective, economic, social and cultural factors, characteristic for the very time in which the work was created. Here are five of the main factors for pricing the art: 1. The history of the artist and the history behind the art piеce – the …