Red Rag Gallery understands many art lovers are unable to spend anywhere near £3000 on British Artists, paintings, and Sculptures or Limited Edition Prints. As a result it is often possible to find affordable art from Red Rag’s British artists with prices starting from around £250. Affordable art fairs and many other British Art Galleries also cater for art buyers on a budget by offering paintings and sculptures at more affordable prices.

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Affordable art: 'Hauling Nets'by British artist Richard Dack

Another source of affordable art is graduate art shows. Typically each British Art College will hold an annual art exhibition where art works are displayed and can be bought. The dates of the graduate art shows are usually available on the website of each art college.

In theory buying from art students should be very affordable. However, both prices and quality at the graduate art shows are very varied, and contrary to popular opinion buying art from graduate exhibitions is not always a good Art Investment. Most art graduates will not go on to fame and fortune, so if future art values are of concern buying affordable art from more established British artists might be a less risky investment.

It is always useful to consider just because a piece of art is affordable it does not necessarily make it value for money. At Red Rag art buyers are advised to ask themselves the question ‘Will I still like this art in 10 years time?’. If the answer is yes then hopefully the art piece will be both value for money and affordable art.

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Affordable art – ‘Corner Shop, Paris’ by British artist Michael Ewart

The Internet is another way of finding affordable art. There is certainly no shortage of websites offering affordable art with over 20 million references showing on search engines. Many of these are artist owned websites and Internet “Art Galleries”. Quality and service can be extremely variable, so art buyers need to be cautious.

Any art collector buying British art online should look carefully at what buyer protection is offered. All quality online art galleries will offer no-quibble returns for affordable art. This is a valuable service for art buyers, but is only as good as the website or online gallery guarantee. Affordable art buyers at Red Rag Gallery have the added peace of mind that the business has traded for many years and has physical galleries in addition to its websites

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Affordable art: 'Locals, Turkey' by British artist Keith Noble

Affordable Art Fair

The 'Affordable Art Fair' is held regularly in London and Bristol and also at International venues such as New York, Melbourne and Singapore. All art works featured at the Affordable Art Fair' is priced at less than £3,000.

The Affordable Art Fair’s formula is relatively simple: a relaxed, unstuffy environment and a price ceiling of £3,000. There is a huge array of paintings, sculpture, photography and art prints. Art shown is from predominantly British artists and galleries, but there is also representation of International artists and art galleries. Other art fairs follow a similar format.

The popularity of The Affordable Art Fair has inspired many other 'affordable art' events run by artists and art galleries. Buying at Art Fairs is not necessarily the most cost effective way of buying British Art. This is because, to cover the incremental costs of the art show, some art galleries actually charge more at art shows than from their own gallery.

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Affordable art: 'Grey Sky – Rape Fields'by British artist Tom Wanless

For art buyers affordable art at Red Rag offers the opportunity to buy high quality paintings and sculptures without breaking the Bank or relying on purchasing from unknown artists and British art galleries. Demand for affordable art has also encouraged the gallery to offer fine quality Limited Edition Prints and these are always readily available from Red Rag.

Limited Edition Print prices from Red Rag are very affordable. Print prices start from under £100 for a framed limited edition print. There are many British artists with art works in Limited Edition Prints. Follow the link to see the full collection of Red Rag Limited Edition Prints. Some of the British artists promoted by Red Rag in print form include: Stephen Brown, David Cobley, Peter Heard and Andrew Macara.

Affordable art: British artist John Lines art prints

In summary there is plenty of British affordable art available. However, finding good quality British art at affordable prices is much more challenging and can be time consuming. There are opportunities for art collectors to own good works at reasonable prices, but when buying it is sensible to choose carefully from well established and trusted art professionals such as Red Rag Gallery.

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