For Bay Area art collectors
Meet the artists behind the walls you walk past.
LAB puts local art in local places, like cafés, barbershops, studios and open studios, and links each piece back to the person who made it. It's free for collectors.
No card needed. Nothing about you is public unless you choose it.
What you get
Find art near you, in person
A map of the cafés, studios, shops and shows where local work is on view right now, and what opens next.
Hear it from the artist
Scan the tag at the wall: the artist's story in their own voice, with a transcript.
Save it, follow them, ask
Save pieces and places, follow artists, ask about a piece. LAB passes it on, and your contact details stay private.
A record that travels with the piece
Each work keeps its history: where it hung, who made it, and how it changed hands.
Your collection, your rules
Keep it private, or show only the pieces you choose. Lend a piece to a local wall and get it back on a date you set.
Resell, and the artist still gets paid
Sell a piece on later: you keep 80%, the artist gets 10%, LAB keeps 10%.
How it works
- 1. Join free, in a minute on your phone.
- 2. Browse the map, or scan a tag on a wall near you.
- 3. Save, follow, ask, or collect. When you buy, the artist is paid first.
Already collect?
Add pieces you own, even ones bought before LAB, so their history stays whole and their artists can be found again. You choose what anyone else sees.
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