Boston one of the biggest art-buying centers
In the SoWa arts district in Boston.
Photo by Sowaboston
From Robert Whitcomb's Digital Diary in GoLocal24,com
Boston was one of the top 10 art buying cities in the U.S. last year, according to a new report by art marketplace Artfinder, the Boston Business Journal reported.
The paper reported that “’Boston is young, cultural and creative, plus it has great universities” Artfinder CEO Jonas Almgren said in an email. ‘We also have a lot of artists in Boston, and of course our customer hubs tend to grow in places where we have thriving artist communities.’’’
So maybe more RISD grads will stay in our area?
But the total dollar value of art buying is and will remain much higher in New York than Boston!
Artfinder’s surprising top 10 list of U.S. cities is below, with each number representing the number of art buyers per million inhabitants in 2016:
Tallahassee (1,303)
New Haven (953)
Anaheim, Calif. (842)
Tampa (789)
Raleigh, N.C. (770)
San Francisco (726)
Miami (620)
Austin (592)
Santa Monica, Calif. (578)
Boston (572