The Best Places to Buy Affordable Art Online

In a Matisse cut out poster rut? Aren’t we all. There’s a wealth of more affordable art spaces online – we’ve gathered 20 of the best.

How To Find Prints That Won’t Break The Balance

Know The Right Places First

It’s easy to write off buying art as overpriced or out of reach. But have you looked in the right places?

To get a wide lay of the land: start off by checking out Partnership Editions and 1st Dibs.

For the more specific, you’ll want to narrow your search to more niched sites. If you’re into witty (but beautiful) contemporary twists on Greco-Roman or Renaissance Old Masters: Art Dealer Domenica Marland, illustrator Fee Greening, and potter Polly Anna Ceramics, would be our port of call.

 

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If you’re after painterly old school style antiques (but not their typical stomach wrenching prices) head to Medium Room, Wondering People, Tat London, and have a go at Petri Prints.

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Now, onto prints and posters. Always the more affordable option. For more zesty, joie de vivre style of art, check out the Iota Edit‘s curation of original prints and drawings, and have a look at Camilla Perkins and Tatiana Alida’s work; both excellent artists that are sure to lift any sad wall with big beautiful strokes of colour.

For mindful minimalistic zingers, check out PSTR Studio, and Paper Collective, and see up and coming Ellie Evelyn Orrel’s work at @oktobergal, who’s selling gorgeous original linework prints, all comfortably around £35. Not bad.

How To Buy Art For Your Home 

Don’t Ask, Don’t Get – So Try Asking

But our round up isn’t the end of the story. If you follow a bunch of your favourite illustrators or artists on Instagram, they’ll often fleetingly sell their offcuts or prints that aren’t perfect on their stories, and that’s when you swoop in with the deal of the century. Head to art fairs in London or across the wider UK and try your hand at haggling. Keep alerts on eBay for ultra specific search related terms if you’re after antiques, or other pieces of affordable art. Or why not commission a friend who does art now and again? There’s plenty of options out there; it’s just a matter of finding your artwork that speaks to you (and your wallet).

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