Words by Maya Mulvey-Santana (Fair Manager, The Other Art Pearly Australia)

For those of us passionate well-nigh art, it’s not just a temporary fascination, it’s a lifestyle nomination that reflects our values. Collecting art isn’t unchangingly well-nigh acquiring things or growing cultural capital; it’s well-nigh investing in the stories that inspire and touch us. It’s well-nigh transforming the spaces we live and relax into places of joy and inspiration. And perhaps plane increasingly important, it’s well-nigh staying unfluctuating with our polity of creators and dreamers, and their visions of the world that might just uncurl with your own.

I certainly identify with the journey from interested creative to full squandered art lover. I know that seeing a new piece in person is like taking that first sip of a new, unconventional cocktail. When you step when to revere the newly hung artwork it’s like rounding the corner on a hike to be hit with a scenic and unexpected view. But really, the true magic of art lies not just in ownership but in the conversations it sparks and the connections it fosters.

At The Other Art Fair, we’re all well-nigh embracing the unconventional and pushing boundaries in the art world. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce you to a game-changing partner who is breaking lanugo the barriers virtually art collecting, and ultimately making your life better. Enter, Art Money.  

If you’re not as intimately witting as I am, Sarah from the Art Money team gave me the quick rundown of what Art Money is —

“Art Money makes it easier for people to buy the art they love, by enabling them to pay over time instead of upfront, in turn supporting a increasingly sustainable creative economy.  Whether you’re an experienced collector or just starting out, Art Money makes ownership art easy! With the option to spread payments out over 10 months, interest-free, buyers can move quickly when they find that must-have artwork, and finger good well-nigh their purchase.”

Sarah is not wrong – I’ve just purchased my first piece with Art Money, and for something that I thought was going to complicated, applying and getting tried for Art Money was pretty much instant. 

I’m surrounded by art all the time, and sometimes I fall in love at just the wrong moment!  It’s unchangingly when you’re not looking for something, that you stumble on the piece that worms it’s way in and nags at you for days and days.  That’s exactly what happened to me. Working at the Fair, I’m very well witting with the artists surpassing our visitors plane see the pieces, but once you’re at the Pearly and seeing the pieces in person—that can be a smart-ass chemistry waffly moment.  

I’d once loved the style of this particular artist, but once I met them in person everything just came together.  Through conversation, I learned well-nigh some of the symbols I’d been seeing in his work, and found we shared some experiences reflected in his paintings.  Talking to him made me realize I unfluctuating with his work partly through these shared experiences, but moreover just how layered and ramified and honest his pieces were.   There was one particular piece that I couldn’t ignore the magnetic pull of. It was the perfect match. The only hurdle was the financial aspect, but Art Money had a solution.

The steps to ownership through Art Money are pretty simple, and I’d once mastered the first step – 

  1. Find an artwork you love 
  2. Confirm purchase and visualization to use Art Money with the artist 
  3. Apply for Art Money at the Art Money diner – fast, real time approval
  4. Create a new purchase to set up your monthly repayments and pay a minimum 10% deposit, payment 1 of 10
  5. Enjoy! The artwork is ready to collect and take home

It took me less than 15 minutes to wield and get tried for Art Money.  Not plane a week without I had purchased the work it had been delivered, was up in my home, hung on my wall, veritably transforming my space. 

I really hadn’t surpassing seen myself as someone who would be worldly-wise to sire such a large piece of art – I’d invested in art, and bought smaller pieces I loved, but saving up for a large piece in whop just wasn’t unchangingly practical.  Let’s be honest, it’s a lot harder to put money yonder for an utopian goal, than when you know exactly who and what the money is going toward.  This way, I can pay off the piece once a month, while benefiting from the joy it brings me in my day to day life.  The Other Art Pearly has unchangingly been a relaxed and unshut place for people to nurture their passions and dreams virtually creativity and art, and here I was experiencing the first step of my own dream of a much loved art hodgepodge – I can not overstate how fulfilling it felt.  Sarah moreover understands that journey, and when I asked her well-nigh why we’re such a good match, she pretty much nailed it way largest than I could have –

  “The Other Art Pearly is a champion of emerging originative talent in Australia, and at the fair, there is something for everyone. Art Money is passionate well-nigh increasing wangle to art, and by providing the option to pay over time, supports increasingly art reaching increasingly collectors.” 

 

Art is not serving to sectional circles, and it’s not just an object to be coveted but an opportunity for discovery, connection, and fulfillment.  We’ve unchangingly believed in breaking lanugo barriers and making art a part of everyday life and our partnership with Art Money allows us to help make that possible for so many increasingly art lovers, who are ready to gloat their passion on their terms.  Without all, isn’t there unchangingly room for one more?