Skip to content
← All work

Live · private repo

ArtCollect

Preview of the ArtCollect website

A marketplace for buying original art, editions and prints direct from East African artists, alongside community causes to support and opening-night events to attend.

Why you would want this

A gallery that sells while you sleep: originals, editions and prints online, plus the community that brings collectors back.

Selling art over WhatsApp and Instagram means no catalogue, no stock record and a manual conversation for every sale. Buyers can't browse a collection, and nothing brings them back once a post scrolls away.

What it does for the business

  1. Sell direct

    Originals, limited editions and prints each get a proper page with the artist's story, so a buyer can decide and pay without a back-and-forth.

  2. Give people a reason to return

    New drops, a journal, artist studios and opening-night listings keep the site alive between sales. It works as a shop and as a cultural calendar.

  3. Turn goodwill into funding

    Art causes let visitors fund community projects, such as mural and workshop funds, with progress shown against each target.

Why people want it

  • A homepage that assembles itself as you scroll, like walking along a gallery wall.
  • Artists get their own studio page, which gives each of them a reason to bring their own audience.
  • Opening-night tickets hand off to a dedicated ticketing platform, so one site covers browsing, buying and attending.

Built for

Galleries, art collectives and artist-run studios that want to sell direct, on their own site, instead of through DMs and a marketplace's cut.

What’s inside

  • Collection browsing across originals, editions and prints
  • Artist directory and individual studio pages
  • Journal with long-form articles
  • Art causes with funding progress
  • Upcoming openings with ticket links
  • Trending-artists leaderboard
  • Customer accounts

Want one like this?

Every business is different, so treat this as a starting point. The estimate shows what it would take to build something of similar scope, line by line, in USD and Kenyan shillings.

Year
2026
Type
Live · private repo
Languages
TypeScript, CSS, JavaScript, HTML
Stack
Next.js
Last updated
Oct 2026