A marketplace where first-time buyers discover affordable original works from emerging artists — with transparent prices, no awkward DMs, and nothing that looks like a poster once it's on the wall.
No spam. Just updates when we launch.
You stumbled onto an artist's Instagram, felt that pull, and then hit a wall: no price, no buy button, just a DM option that felt presumptuous. So you closed the tab and forgot about it.
You searched 'original oil painting under R3,000' and couldn't tell what was handmade, what was a print of a painting, or whether the cheapest option would look cheap in your home. You gave up and ordered a poster you feel nothing about.
You walked in, saw no prices on anything, sensed that asking was somehow wrong, and left feeling more certain than ever that real art is for someone else — not you.
Every work is listed with a clear price and a breakdown of exactly what the artist earns. You buy like you'd buy anything online. No gatekeeping, no awkward conversation required.
No prints, no reproductions, no print-on-demand mugs. Every piece is a one-of-a-kind original. The discovery filters — size, style, medium, price — are built to give a nervous first-time buyer real confidence before they click buy.
Your piece arrives within two weeks with a handwritten card from the artist. You'll know who made it, what they were thinking, and why it exists. That's the thing you'll tell people about when they ask where you got it.
Set your budget, your wall size, and the style you're drawn to. Every result is a unique original — no prints, no ambiguity. A dedicated under-R5,000 category means you're never guessing whether something is in reach.
Every listing shows the exact price, the artist's cut, the dimensions, the medium, and room-scale photos so you can visualise it on your wall. No mysteries, no minimum purchase, no need to email anyone.
Checkout works like any other online store. Your payment goes straight to the artist. No gallery commission inflating the price — what you pay reflects the actual work, not the postcode of a Sandton gallery.
Your original arrives carefully packaged within two weeks, with a small card from the artist. That's a story. A poster from a big-box retailer will never give you one.
Join the waitlist and be among the first to browse when we launch. Early members get priority access and a curated selection of originals before the marketplace opens to the public.