Art under 100$: Beyond the Price Tag

On December 13 and 14, Kulturnest felt like a house doing what a home is supposed to do: holding people.

Our 3rd edition of “Art under 100$” wasn’t a “market” in the usual sense. It was two days of moving from room to room, and garden area to garden area, and realising, again and again, that art doesn’t need a spotlight to matter; it just needs a surface, a wall, a hand to pass it to another hand.

More than 100 artists brought pieces that were unique or limited editions: photographs that conceal a small secret, prints that insist on being looked at twice, illustrations that make you smile without explanation, and objects/clothes/accessories that sit somewhere between design, story, and memory. Kulturnest carried it all, while people wandered, paused, compared, returned, chose... and definitely, connected.

What stayed with us most wasn’t the rush to buy. It was the way visitors took their time. The short conversations that turned into longer ones. The careful questions. The joy of seeing someone discover an artist for the first time, and the unspoken relief of artists seeing their work leave with someone who really wanted it.

"Under $100" became less about price and more about a promise: that collecting can be accessible, that supporting creators can be part of everyday life, and that culture doesn’t only happen in big halls or special evenings; it can happen on an ordinary weekend in Sin-el-Fil (Lebanon), inside a home that keeps making space.

Thank you to every artist who trusted us with their work, and to everyone who walked through our rooms and made them feel alive.