Really like the idea of getting help finding art for my home - this is a real problem that I'd be willing to spend a decent amount of money on. Not being an expert, spending time looking about for art has felt like a fruitless time suck. However, even caring about this stuff, and even with my partner and I both working in tech making decent money, it feels expensive to be paying for this service on an ongoing basis.
I'd love to be matched* with art and pay a finder's fee for things I like. I can easily imagine paying $50-100 on top of a piece costing $1000.
Would also like this for furniture and other house stuff :)
* matching based on the size of some available spaces I have in my house and preferences for subject matter / coloring / price / ?.
@kgdavis
Hey Kevin- Once you sign up, we'll have you specify subjects, color, price...anything. You can also video chat with your Advisor who is a real person working for you
I personally like having my advisor look on my behalf, even when I'm not looking. She's always attending art shows/fairs- a few months ago she emailed me (while visiting Senegal) with an amazing piece that I eventually bought. :)
However, you can pause your monthly plan anytime (kind of like Blue Apron). I'd love to have you sign up & give us feedback http://www.artkollecto.com/#signup
Very cool. People ask me to help them find art for their walls all the time but I don't usually do it. i'm very happy to see this service. I think the monthly subscription and a relationship with the art hunter is absolutely the right way to go but it will be interesting to see if people who are not yet collecting art understand and/or value that. Wishing this project much luck.
@rrhoover bah humbug! The URL isn't, but the header on the page is.
Regardless, this seems like a pretty cool service, I know a lot of my friends would have enjoyed being advisors or selling their work—many of them were bad at selling work.
Kitchenbowl