Modern Art | Reiner Knizia’s classic high stakes art auction game, Modern Art, gets a modern makeover | Board Games about Art
In the high stakes game of fine art auctions, beauty is in the eye of the bidder!
You control a world class museum and hope to make a pretty penny by buying and selling masterpieces of modern art. Over the course of four rounds, each player will get a chance to auction off paintings. The more popular the artist, the more money you can make on a sale. There are five different types of auctions to compete in, and they all require you to have a different skill set. The winner will be the one who has earned the most money for their museum. Having good taste is only half the battle. You need to approach each sale with a cutthroat attitude if you want to walk away the winner.
Alternating Auctions
There are five different types of auctions in the game. Each one requires a unique strategy if you hope to get the best bargain.
Market Value
The value of an artist’s work is determined by how many of their paintings sell. The more popular they are, the more money their work can be sold for.
Real Beauty
Modern Art features the work of some of he most talented artists in the world. Each piece that goes up for auction is breathtaking to behold.
- PLAYING TIME: 60 mins
- MIN-MAX PLAYERS: 3-5 players
- SUGGESTED AGE: +12
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Modern Art: Card Game | A Classic card game about Art by Reiner Knizia
Art collectors are competing to gather the most prized art pieces. Who will best anticipate the changing tastes and trends, influence the market, and assemble the highest-valued art collection? Only the most cunning collector will come out on top!
Modern Art: The Card Game is a competitive game where 2-5 players take on the role of art collectors attempting to assemble the most highly prized art collection. Is, also, one of the most popular board games about art.
Each round, you strategically choose Artwork cards from five artists to place in your Display and gain bonuses from showing them off. The more a particular artist is displayed, the more valuable their Artwork is. In the end, the player with the highest number of Victory Points is the winner!
- PLAYING TIME: 30 mins
- MIN-MAX PLAYERS: 2-5 players
- SUGGESTED AGE: 14+ years old
The Gallerist | Awesome Board Games about Art
This age of art and capitalism has created a need for a new occupation – The Gallerist.
Combining the elements of an Art dealer, museum curator, and Artists’ manager, you are about to take on that job! You will promote and nurture Artists; buy, display, and sell their Art; and build and exert your international reputation. As a result, you will achieve the respect needed to draw visitors to your Gallery from all over the world.
There’s a lot of work to be done, but don’t worry, you can hire assistants to help you achieve your goals. Build your fortune by running the most lucrative Gallery and secure your reputation as a world-class Gallerist!
Maximize your money and thus win the game by:
- having visitors in your gallery
- exhibiting and selling works of art
- investing in artists’ promotion to increase art value
- achieving trends and reputation as well as curator and dealer goals
PLAYERS: 1 – 4
AGE: 12 and up
PLAYTIME: 120 minutes
Museum: Pictura | The Ultimate Board Game about Art
Museum: Pictura is a standalone set collection game for 2-4 players, in which you take on the role of an aspiring curator in an art museum, tasked with creating collections of some of History’s most iconic works of art!
Curate amazing collections of classic works of art
Created by Olivier Melison and Eric Dubus, Museum: Pictura is a standalone game that is part of the Museum range. Set in the luxurious extravagance of the Roaring 20’s, Museum: Pictura will have you taking on the unpredictable art world to create some truly spectacular displays!
Acquire Paintings, trade with other Museums, and display your greatest finds in your galleries. Create huge collections and open them to the public to gain Prestige points – the larger the Collection, the more points you score! The player with the most Prestige points at the end of the game wins.
The aim of the game
The aim of the game in Museum: Pictura is to collect Painting cards. During play, you will be acquiring these Painting cards and exhibiting them into the galleries of your Museum – represented by your player board.
To exhibit a Painting, you’ll have to pay for it by discarding any other Painting card from your hand. Your discard is a little like your museum’s storage space : Paintings you discard aren’t currently on display, but they can be retrieved at any time. Discarded works of art become available to other curators for their own museums however, so keep an eye on what your opponents are doing!
Your Painting cards will score you the most points if you create Collections, based either on the Painting’s Period (ranging from the Renaissance period all the way to Impressionism), or its Genre (Historical, Landscape, Mythological…).
As the game progresses, you will need to keep a watchful eye on the changing trends of the art world, acquiring and exhibiting Paintings depending on what’s in highest demand. Exhibiting Paintings of the types that are currently in fashion will gain you additional points!
At the end of the game, the Collections you’ve created will earn you additional Prestige points, and the player with the most Prestige wins.
- PLAYERS: 2–4
- PLAYING TIME: 60 Min
- AGE: 14+
Show Me the Monet: A Card Game | Board Games about Art
Show me the Monet is one of the most fun and educational board games about art! It’s great for families and -it goes without saying- for art-lovers.
Build the most valuable art collection by trading and collecting famous works by fourteen of the greatest artists of all time, from Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt to Vermeer and Frida Kahlo.
This card-based party game combines masterpieces and money–sure to be a hit at any game night, family gathering, or even as an ice breaker for your new book club.
After all the cards are drawn, the player with the highest-value collections takes the prize. May the canniest–and luckiest–dealer win!
- PLAYERS: 2–6
- PLAYING TIME: 15–60 Min
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