Best Places To Buy Artwork

EAST and WEST

With near 200 galleries and artist spaces, you think we're going to pick just one to single out as the best place to buy artwork? Ha! You’re sorely mistaken, and really missing the point, friend. The beauty of EAST (and its sister-tour WEST, which happens in the spring) is enumerated in the plural, not the singular. Each studio, gallery, artist commune, or home provides ample opportunity to discuss art, politics, price, method, and meaning one-on-one with the artists. Not everyone knows it, but art isn't just about the objects produced by people called artists, it's also about interface, exchange, and relationships. Buying an artwork from an independent artist that challenges you to keep looking will immediately and irrevocably change your notions of space and self. That $300 photograph? It's worth it, if you want it. It'll be with you for a long time to come.

Big Medium
4201 S. Congress, 512/939-6665
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