John Bishop Fine Art

Did you know there are patterns in the way you collect art? You may not be consciously aware of them—I’m not sure I am either—but they are there. While there are certainly people in the art world who would love to analyze what drives our purchasing decisions, I sometimes wonder whether it’s more important, and perhaps safer, for us to understand those patterns ourselves. Art collecting is shaped by far more than the galleries we visit or the communities we move within. It is