About
Masha Schwartz Art
Elevate your business, rental property, hotel, restaurant and home with inspiring pieces from our collection – they will add positive energy to your day, increase your creativity, and spur conversations among your clients and friends.
Masha Schwartz Art was founded in 1998 by Masha Schwartz, a professional artist, entrepreneur, public speaker, and business owner with over 20 years of experience in fine arts and business management. During her high school years Masha revolted against traditional art techniques, which led to development of her own signature Surreabstract art style. This style was the beginning of a forward thinking organization, Masha Schwartz Art, which is focused on changing the view of art across generations to increase awareness of the scarcity of imagination and creativity in our society. Today the digital images that we capture of people and surroundings can be easily reproduced in high definition on paper, canvas, and in 3D. This has reduced the need for artists to create photographic and realistic paintings and increased the need for image manipulations, pushing the boundaries of reality, and depicting ideas beyond the capabilities of what our cameras and printers can produce. Artificial Intelligence (AI) pushes art in that direction as well. While humans transfer feelings and energy they experience to others through art creations, AI art does not stem from the heart or transform energy, yet! This is the art of the future that will increase creativity, imagination, and innovation in our world!
Masha Core Values
Vision
Mission
Social Impact
Help others discover the power of Surreabstract Creativity.
Accelerating innovation and well-being worldwide by increasing the use of imagination and Surreabstract creativity.
Since 2001 Masha Schwartz Art has worked with nonprofit organizations including Hands on DC, SOME and others to help renovate schools and homeless shelters in the DC area with educational murals. This has been an ongoing effort to educate and inspire our future entrepreneurs and business owners.
Changes in the Art World
The art world overall is rapidly changing. As minority groups increasingly move towards a collective majority in the U.S. and Europe, it’s becoming important for museums to evaluate their collections and hiring policies not only diversity in race, but also in gender inequalities.
Some figures below are eye-opening:
- 85% of artists in major U.S. museums are white⠀
- Work by women artists makes up only 3–5% of major permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe ⠀
- Less than 3% of museum acquisitions over the past decade have been of work by African American artists⠀
- Among museum curators, conservators, educators, and leaders, 84% are white, 6% are Asian, 4% are African American, 3% are Latina/o, and 3% have a mixed-race background⠀
- 46% … of U.S. museum boards are all white⠀
- The top three museums in the world — the British Museum, the Louvre , and The Metropolitan Museum of Art — have never had female directors⠀
- There are no women in the top 0.03% of the auction market, where 41% of the profit is concentrated⠀
- Overall, 96.1% of artworks sold at auction are by male artists
Driving Global Art Trends
the United States remains the dominant force in the global market. The United States saw the “most robust” recovery of all the major art markets in 2022, rising 8 %, to $30.2 billion, a record. Business was buoyed by $10 billion of auction sales, including several prestigious single-owner collections, with 41 of the world’s 50 most expensive fine art lots being sold in New York, according to the report Art Basel yearly report.
A few important trends to watch:⠀
- Global art sales increased by 3% in 2022 to an estimated $67.8 Billion
- The high end of the market continued to be the driver of growth in 2022.
- Sales in the public auction sector dipped slightly by 1% to $26.8 billion, with works priced at over $10 million being the only segment to increase in value.
- The dealer sector grew by 7% to $37.2 billion
- The US retained its premier position in the global ranks, with its share of sales by value increasing by 2% year-on-year to 45%.
- The UK moved back into second place with 18% of sales, and China’s share decreased (by 3%) to 17%, as it fell back into third position.
- France maintained its position as the fourth-largest art market worldwide with a stable share of 7%.
- Sales of art-related NFTs on platforms outside the art market fell to just under $1.5 billion in 2022.
- When it comes to marketing, artists said the most important marketing channels are Newsletters (60%), gallery websites (58%), in-person events (57%), social media (43%), online art platforms (42%), and in-person fairs (39%).
