The 21 Best Places To Buy Art Online

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You don’t need to be an art expert or even have minimal art knowledge in order to decorate your home with eye-catching and interesting pieces. All you need is to know what you like and where to buy it.

Unfortunately, buying art for your home can be overwhelming.

You could, of course, just go to Target and pick out the first thing you see in the store’s limited home decor section — but then you end up with artwork in your home that’s just like everyone else’s.

You could also search the web for interesting artwork, but just clicking on the first retailer you see may mean you end up with low-quality artwork for extravagant prices.

If you’re looking to buy art online, you’re going to want to start with these 21 vendors. From the unique and one-of-a-kind to the museum-worthy masters, these online marketplace vendors offer a little bit of it all.

Print-on-Demand Artwork 

While galleries often sell unique, one-edition-only paintings, photography and other artwork, some retailers provide print-on-demand artwork. You get interesting pieces from a range of artists, but at a better price point, because you’re trading exclusivity for a good deal.

1. Fine Art America

Fine Art America is one such print-on-demand vendor, offering work from more than 500,000 independent artists. Once you place your order, the work will be printed at one of 16 facilities before being shipped to your door.

Choose from canvas prints, framed prints, wood prints, posters, metal prints and more. Want some artwork not only on your walls but everywhere else in your house? You can purchase artwork and have it printed onto throw pillows and tapestries, tote bags and even clothing.

2. Minted

Minted also allows you to order artwork in your desired size and format, but Minted additionally offers limited-run collections, which means that even though anyone can order the artwork anyway they like, Minted will only sell that piece a few hundred times.

In other words, there’s less likelihood of you walking into your friend’s house and seeing they have the same paintings on their walls.

Find original artwork from independent artists from all over the country.

3. Juniper Print Shop

‍Juniper Print Shop gives you an additional option beyond the print-on-demand vendors detailed above. The brand goes truly “on demand” and gives you the choice of buying a digital download of a piece of art, so you can save the art file on your computer immediately and then print it at home or with a local office store.

Digital artwork starts at just $20. You can’t go wrong with these affordable prints.

4. Society6

‍Society6 offers a range of decor items, from furniture to office goods. Choose from digital artwork to photography, paintings to illustrations. Most of the artwork is quite affordable, with a lot of options under $20.

You can buy prints in a variety of sizes, as well as prints of paintings by the well-known masters, like Matisse and Van Gogh. Their pieces make great options for a wall art gallery and come in a range of prices.

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5. Great Big Canvas 

Great Big Canvas is all about providing you with any art you want, any way you want it. Every piece of art offered, from new names to classics, is available in multiple sizes and as multiple products. You can shop by trend, style, subject or artist.

You can also create your own artwork, with the ability to create photographic ABC art on the Great Big Canvas website (using photographed letters to spell out the word of your choice, like a child’s name or family name); custom word art (for a canvas filled with meaningful-to-you words); and photo canvases using your own photos.

Artwork starts at just $15.

6. Art.com

It’s right in the website name. Art.com sells known and unknown artwork in a variety of mediums (canvas, prints, etc.), at low prices, with free shipping and free art consultation, to help you decide what you need in what space. If you buy a piece and don’t like it, you can return it for free within 45 days.

Just need some framing? The vendor offers that as well, with framing services for your personal photos.

Affordable Art Retailers 

What if you want an interesting piece of art to hang in your home, but you don’t have the cash to drop on a piece you might find in a traditional gallery? Go to one of the best places to buy affordable art online with these retailers.

7. NOVICA 

NOVICA sells much more than just art; the brand specializes in handmade and handcrafted items from all over the globe. Each item benefits a particular cause or nonprofit, for purchases you can feel good about.

In terms of paintings, you’ll find work in a variety of styles, from abstract to realist, expressionist to cubist. You can even choose to filter through paintings by country of origin (folk art from India, anyone?) or by subject matter, like animals or landscapes.

While there are some pricier paintings available on NOVICA, around the $1,000 mark, you’ll also find lots of work for just a few hundred dollars, or even less.

8. 20×200

20×200 believes everyone should be able to enjoy high-quality art in their homes. All of the brand’s prints are limited-edition and museum-quality, and all are exclusive to 20×200. In other words, if you don’t buy it from 20×200, you simply can’t buy it.

20×200 also offers custom framing and framing consultations, with each frame made by hand and not until an order is received.

You can find lots of artwork on the site for under $50 that will surely add to your specially curated gallery wall.

9. Absolut Art

Absolut Art (yep, the same Absolut that makes vodka) sells limited-edition prints that are signed and numbered by the artists themselves, for a more exclusive feel. These are authentic works of art, not mass-produced prints or posters.

Pieces start at around $175, and each piece is shipped within 48 hours of your online order.

10. 1xRun

1xRun puts the focus on street art-style pieces, as well as graffiti-inspired work. The premier dealer only offers limited-run pieces, so each option is relatively unique and you’re unlikely to spot it elsewhere. However, you’ll still find that most pieces come at an agreeable price point.

Artwork starts at $100.

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Traditional Galleries with Online Experiences

Just because you can’t physically go to an art gallery right now doesn’t mean you can’t experience all the beautiful art they have to offer.

11. Jenn Singer Gallery 

If you like the experience of buying art from an art gallery, but don’t live somewhere art galleries are plentiful, or you just want to explore galleries beyond your neck of the woods, make a (virtual) stop into the Jenn Singer Gallery.

This online gallery offers modern, contemporary art across a range of mediums, all carefully curated with a female eye. The pieces are sure to delight the astute art collector and the newbie art aficionado alike, especially if you appreciate the interesting visuals found in many modern works.

Pricing ranges heavily, with pieces available starting at $450.

12. Lumas

Lumas is a combination site featuring 40 photography galleries, which all offer photography prints from big names, framed and delivered straight to your door.

But, even with all this high quality and the posh names, the online gallery still offers art for a good price, with certain pieces available for under $50.

13. Uprise Art

If you’re okay with paying a little more, but you’re still a newbie to the art world and you want to ensure you’re spending your art budget wisely, Uprise Art might be a good online gallery for you to check out.

Uprise Art offers original contemporary artwork from emerging artists, consulting to help you find the right artwork for your space and payment plans so that you can afford the artwork your heart most desires.

Find artwork across a range of mediums, including sculptures, paintings, prints, drawings and even full-blown installations.

14. Saatchi Art

Boasting that it’s the world’s leading digital art gallery, Saatchi Art offers a range of art, from original pieces to prints. Find a large selection of works, with something to fit every style, space and budget, and discover new and emerging artists while you’re at it.

Buy a piece and don’t love it? You can get your money back for the first seven days after your purchase.

15. Twyla 

Twyla offers curated artwork and fine, limited-edition art prints. If you’re a new art collector, you’ll be happy to know that Twyla provides free art advising, design and even room rendering. Newbies will definitely want to stop by the Twyla blog, too, where the experts provide tips for buying art for your home.

Small budget? Twyla provides multiple financing options.

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Other Online Art Options

If you are looking for a few different options that you might not have heard about these are great options.

16. Sotheby’s Home

Sotheby’s offers a range of original art and vintage art-related items (like vintage prints or posters, that, while not necessarily one-of-a-kind, are definitely unique and not easy to find). Pricing starts at $150.

Sort through paintings, prints, sculptures, vintage posters and photographs. Narrow down your selection further by choosing an art period or movement, style or even the condition of the art piece.

17. Mavenart

Mavenart is a unique art option, in that the service turns your own personal photos into oil paintings. A real artist takes your photo and then creates a 100-percent, hand-painted piece of art based on that photo, in the style of your choice.

All you have to do is place your order online, approve your design, preview your painting in a few weeks and then wait for arrival.

You’re guaranteed a completely unique piece of art for your walls, and Mavenart’s products start at just $89.

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18. Etsy

If you want affordability, but also something totally unique, go to Etsy. You can find just about any kind of artwork imaginable, from lithographs to vintage movie posters, acrylic paintings to miniatures. Sort your options by color palette, handmade vs. vintage, price point, shipping availability and more.

19. The Met150 Store

Where better to buy some art than from one of the most recognized art museums in the world? The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online retail space is The Met150 Store, and it offers a range of art and art-inspired items.

Find home decor featuring some of your favorite paintings, miniatures of some of your favorite sculptures and more. Check out the Met’s custom prints to order reproductions of your favorite pieces from The Met’s collection. Each print from their curated selection is produced to your medium, size and framing specifications.

20. MoMA Design Store

The MoMA Design Store is much the same, offering curated items from The Museum of Modern Art. Find framed reproductions, artist products and posters (including rare posters). The rare posters are particularly interesting, as they’re original posters created by the artists featured in MoMA’s collection.

21. 1000Museums

Along these lines, if you pretty much just want the artwork you see in your favorite museums, you need to go to 1000Museums. The online vendor offers prints and reproductions of the world’s most famous artwork. If you can see it in a museum somewhere across the globe, it’s likely you can find your own copy here.

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Buying Art Online: What to Consider

Purchasing art online is as big of an investment as you want to make it. But whether you plan to begin collecting more affordable pieces or you want to drop some cash on a larger, more expensive original works piece, you’ll want to take your purchase seriously.

Before buying a piece of art online, consider…

• How well it will fit into your current space and where it could possibly be displayed
• The buying experience with your preferred vendor (what do their reviews say?)
• Hidden costs, such as framing, shipping and possibly installation or insurance for some pieces

Whatever you do, don’t rush the process. Discovering new art for your home should be an enjoyable experience! Now is the time to elevate those bare walls with one of these online retailers.

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The 21 best places to buy art online:

1. Fine Art America
2. Minted
3. Juniper Print Shop
4. Society6
5. Great Big Canvas 
6. Art.com
7. NOVICA
8. 20×200
9. Absolut Art
10. 1xRun
11. Jenn Singer Gallery 
12.  Lumas
13. Uprise Art
14. Saatchi Art
15. Twyla
16. Sotheby’s Home
17. Mavenart
18. Etsy
19. The Met150 Store
20. MoMA Design Store
21. 1000Museums