Tuesday, May 23, 2017

How Collectors Use Instagram to Buy Art

According to a recent survey of collectors on Instagram, an incredible 51.5% have purchased works from artists they originally discovered through Instagram. More importantly, this discovery led to an average of 5 purchased works by artists originally found on the app! Although respondents are all active on Instagram, and nearly half have collections of 100+ works, these are significant findings. Collector and social media expert Karen Robinovitz (@karenrobinovitz) commented, “Collecting art is an addiction and Instagram is the dealer and pusher that enables it.” 
Is Facebook’s image sharing platform (valued at $35 billion) the next big sales channel for fine art?
Read the fascinating article by Elena Soboleva here.
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2 comments:

  1. Carl & Jody Wright at WSG Gallery6:47 AM

    Great article. Thanks Lenny.

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  2. Unknown7:23 PM

    I know someone who sales her art almost exclusively through Instagram. She has sold enough to take a European river cruise. It is an excellent way to link with new collectors and followers. I have been contacted by galleries via Instagram and sold via Facebook.

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