All this investment growth which has been seen in the last few years has resulted in a lot of collectors becoming dealers. They want to buy the art and sell when it goes up in value. This is not good. These so called collectors are traders who go and meet artists and try to get paintings from them directly and try to sell them for a bit of profit. An artist should deal with the gallery directly and not with other people. And a lot of artists who increase their price too quickly can be hit by these dealers supling their paintings to the market. A gallery should be able to work the market, reach out to the public and creat the right awarness for the artist. There are the other type of collectors who have now started art camps and take artists to a trip and expect a painting in return. This is not a camp, it is a travel agency and a way again to get a cheep painting. the real camp is where artists come together paint and understand each others style and after the camp there is a show of their paintings to again show their styles to vario By : james

That is so true. I jsut went for one such camp By : ashwin_u

But where are the galleries. I have writen to so many galleries but no one has got back to me. By : hinduja

Art is not a short term investment. The traders who are selling art for short gains are going to miss out on the future value. They are going to be at loss. Art should be held for a minimum of 5 years before even thinking of selling. and that is when one can see a real return on investment. By : Jal

In every market there shall be these people who shall be interested in short gains. but the artists should be more careful with who they deal with By : hinduja

It is the galleries responsiblity to make sure their artists are sold to the right collectors. By : ashwin_u

common if artists feel like this why do they take part in such camps. No one has put a gun to their head. there must be some advantage. By : james

it is not investment in art that has resulted in art collectors becoming dealers. no, it is this quick increase in prices that has actually resulted in people selling art really quickly because they feel like they can make a quick buck in all this. By : Jal

but what if all this investment results in the artists market going down, like some galleries that have increased a few artists prices by 1000 percent in a matter of two years. it is the artists life and some of their markets are going down. what is to be done with those artists. will they stop selling. By : ramg

the crazy thing is that in all this activity some artists look at some other artists increasing prices and feel that they should do the same. this results in their art not selling all together at their new price. and some established artists get into this rat race and increase their price befor the market has been established at the new increased price. this results in their art selling in auctions below their own market value. this is also a direct result of all this investment blaaa blaaa blaaaa. again not good for artists. By : james

common.. if collectors become dealers who will actually collect art???? By : ashwin_u

oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh ya, artists should not get into this rat race and try to understant their own market. every artist has a place in this market based on their talent and their awarness which has been created over a period of time. the exhibitions and the number of shows, awarness, books ect that he is a part of. one should study the investment in art report and study it more deeply. By : james

i dont see the point here....what is wrong with collectors becoming dealers and how does this affect the artist in a bad way......the art market is just like any other commodity market....the demand and supply of the work of an artist drives the prices....some people play the game to make money....no body finds the stock market a bad thing...so why pin point art....infact speculation like this is going to increase the number of people participating in art and the art market will only grow for all genres of artists....on the other hand people who really want to collect a particular artists work will never step out on that particular artist even if they trade on others By : nm5587

It is these activities that drive up prices. The fact that every one is making money from art is the reason there is so much of interest in in and that is the reason there has been all of a sudden demand for the same. If any artist thinks that there is actual demand for their work at 5 lacs plus naturally they are highly wrong. demand has been created by taking prices up in auctions, by promotion, by secondry market trading resulting in collectors becoming dealers and telling their friends what a great painting looks like. collectors who make a quick buck in art are as good as dealers but artists need to understand which dealer to go with By : hinduja