Your guide to buying art

Getting familiar with the art scene and deciding who and what to buy can be challenging for a newcomer, but there’s plenty of information and hand-holding available, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Buy because you love it might seem like a tired cant when deciding to buy art.

But if you’re buying for investment and the value drops, then having splashed out because you loved it means there’s something hanging on your wall to enjoy, instead of looking at it with resentment over a decision which yielded an unexpectedly negative outcome.