Contemporary Art Journal

Choosing Art for Bedrooms, Studies, and Private Spaces

How to choose art for bedrooms, studies and private spaces, where mood matters more than impression. A collector’s guide from Art of NOMA.

Genoveva Kelleher’s abstract SOUL series explores consciousness in oil, ink and collage. Originals from USD 2,500–5,500 at Art of NOMA.

Building confidence as a collector means learning to trust your own response to art. How to develop and rely on your own eye.

Why a single bold artwork brings a neutral, quiet interior to life, and how to choose and place that one anchoring piece with confidence.

Pia Dehne layers cinematic reference and collage into worked, scratched-back portraits. Originals from USD 4,950–16,000 at Art of NOMA.

Raúl Cerrillo paints monumental mythic and speculative works in oil on jute, fabric and wood. Originals from USD 2,000–12,750 at Art of NOMA.

Collecting across mediums — painting, sculpture and works on paper — adds range to a collection. How each reads, displays, and sharpens your eye.

See how daylight and lamplight transform a painting through the day, and learn where to hang and how to protect the works you collect.

Practical, warm guidance for new collectors: set a budget, buy what you love, and start an original art collection with emerging artists you admire.

Nuria Oliva paints domestic ritual and memory in acrylic, resin, oil and pastel. Originals from USD 908–2,041 at Art of NOMA.