from CULTURED

12 Collectors on How to Buy Art That Actually Has Staying Power

From buying books before art to finding dealers who share your sensibility, these are the rules that celebrated collectors live by.

by Julia Halperin

Author James Frey at home in Pound Ridge
James Frey at home in Pound Ridge with Aaron Young’s Arc Light (Moscow Performance), 2008. Photography by Maegan Gindi.

“Plenty of collectors play the financial game, and so have I. But it took away from the joy of art for me, the emotion. The market will do what it does. Buy what you love. Let it make your life better.” – James Frey

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