Art Spotter - Eye of the Beholder

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Tools (12)

• search_art

  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.

• get_fair_art_price

  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.

• compare_where_to_sell

  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.

• price_commission

  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.

• size_art_for_wall

  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.

• list_open_calls

  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.

• get_artist_funding

  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.

• calculate_resale_royalty

  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

  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.

• make_artwork_passport

  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.

• verify_artwork_passport

  Check a picture matches an artwork passport. Recomputes the picture's fingerprint and says whether it matches the one in the passport.

• check_artworks_feed

  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.