Fife town in top ten UK places for buying art, survey reveals
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Kirkcaldy was one of only four Scottish places ranked highly in a study carried out by Artfinder, the UK’s biggest art marketplace.
The Lang Toun was third behind Motherwell in second, and ahead of Kilmarnock and Paisley.
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Hide AdThe art buying capital in the UK was Redhill with others listed including Rochester, Romford, Truro, Llandudno, and Tunbridge Wells.
Kirkcaldy bought 2,607 artworks per 100,000 inhabitants.
Scottish art-lovers buy more paintings than any other kind of art, with oil and acrylic paintings making up half (50%) of all pieces bought between the four towns. Landscapes, sea and sky (30% of all purchases) is the preferred artwork subject.
When it comes to style, Scots top purchases are on impressionistic art (33% of all purchases).
Artfinder sells original art from 6,000 artists in 96 countries.