Tangentially related: if this article isn't written about you or your friends, a great place to find really nice art for relatively cheap is at a student art sa

Tangentially related: if this article isn't written about you or your friends, a great place to find really nice art for relatively cheap is at a student art sale for your local art school. Money typically goes to the students directly to help them pay their tuition. Some of them even have "VIP" opening nights, which end up being just kind of a nice date night. $125 gets you food, booze, and first crack at the art, most of which will be in the $100-$1000 range. An example, in Minneapolis: https://mcad.edu/about-mcad/events/art-sale https://mcad.edu/about-mcad/events/art-sale There will be a lot of stuff you'll probably not like, but there's some absolute gems. Bought a lacquered painting of Ai Weiwei for $300 that I wouldn't sell for $3000.