Evaluate the environment where you intend to market fine art. Some common places that market fine arts include galleries, frame shops, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, art shows and fairs, and local businesses particularly in art districts. Each environment has a different target audience and needs to employ different marketing strategies.
Use specific strategies geared toward your clients to market the art you want to sell. If your location is not a fine art gallery be certain that your clients know that the art you have hanging in your shop is for sale. Do this by simply including the price of the piece on the name tag hung next to the artwork.
Send out newsletters, emails, fliers and other promotional materials to your mailing list with images of the art you have to sell. This is a good idea if your business is not primarily art related. Not only does this make your clients aware that you have fine art to sell, it also gives them an idea of what type of art you are promoting. It may encourage non-regular clients to stop in and see the work, or at least gives them the opportunity to suggest the work to art lovers they know.
Host an opening event after the art is installed in your store. Invite the general public into your store for the purpose of viewing art. Art openings are generally free and offer light refreshments to guests. Hold a grand affair or a relatively inexpensive party depending on your atmosphere and clients. If the shop hosting the event is not art related, an art opening also allows the owner to market her goods to the art community, which may be a previously untapped market.