Entertainment

Art Spotter

by Sandeep Singh Rai

Overview

Art Spotter finds original art and prints sold directly by independent artists, and helps artists sell. One search covers about 21,000 works in 190 independent artists' own shops (checked live for availability) and eBay art, with search links for Saatchi Art, Etsy, Artfinder and Singulart. It also suggests a fair value for new work by size and medium, wall sizing, scam checks, what each selling platform leaves an artist after fees, commission pricing and contract points, open calls and grants in the UK, US and Canada, UK resale royalty maths, and an artwork passport. Nothing about users is stored.

Tools

calculate_resale_royalty

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UK Artist's Resale Right on a resale. The royalty owed to an artist on a UK resale through a gallery, dealer or auction house, by band, with the cap and who collects it.

check_art_listing

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Check an art listing before buying. Whether a link is an independent artist in the index or a marketplace with buyer protection, reverse image search links for the picture, and the checks that catch stolen images, AI work sold as hand-made and payment scams.

check_artworks_feed

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Check an artist's artworks.json. Reads an artist's artworks.json (the open format at artspotter.pages.dev/artworks that lets assistants find work sold direct) and lists anything to fix.

compare_where_to_sell

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What an artist keeps on each selling platform. For a sale price, what the artist keeps after fees on Etsy, eBay, Saatchi Art, Artfinder, Singulart, their own Shopify shop and direct card payments, sorted by money kept, with print-on-demand options for prints. US and UK fee tables.

get_artist_funding

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Grants, buyer finance, royalties and copyright for artists. For the UK: arts council grants, Own Art 0% buyer finance and the Artist's Resale Right. For the US: grants and the $85 group copyright registration for 2 to 20 artworks.

get_fair_art_price

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Fair price for a new artwork by size and medium. What original work or prints of about this size and kind sell for in independent artists' own shops: the typical price, the middle half of prices and the price per square inch, from comparable works for sale.

list_open_calls

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Open calls, prizes and residencies for artists. Recurring open exhibitions, prizes, residencies and listing sites in the UK, US and Canada, with entry fees, usual closing month, media and official links.

make_artwork_passport

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A free artwork passport for an artist's work. Makes a certificate for a work (title, artist, year, medium, size, edition) with a fingerprint of its picture, as printable text and schema.org data the artist can publish, so anyone can later check the picture is unchanged.

price_commission

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Price and terms for commissioning a piece. A price guide for a commissioned piece by size and the artist's level, what similar finished originals sell for, the usual deposit, revision rounds, cancellation fees, copyright and a contract checklist for buyer and artist.

search_art

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Find art for sale from independent artists. Searches works in independent artists' own shops and eBay art by words (subject, style, place, artist), kind, original or print, price, size and colour. Results show title, artist, size, price, where it ships from, an image and a link to buy straight from the artist.

size_art_for_wall

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What size art fits a wall and how high to hang it. Art width for the furniture or wall, the hanging height, the gap above furniture and gallery wall spacing, with a ready search for works in that size range.