"What will it cost me?" — the first question of anyone considering a custom commission, and somehow also the hardest one to find a straight answer to. Prices are unpublished, "it depends on the project", "talk to us". So here it is, in black and white: what commissioned art really costs in Israel, on every route available.
The traditional gallery: ₪5,000 to ₪100,000 and up
Buying an original at a traditional gallery is the most expensive route — justifiably, from the gallery's side: it carries the costs of a prestigious space, curation and artist representation. A work by an established Israeli artist typically starts around ₪5,000 and climbs easily into the tens of thousands. Important to understand: this is a purchase of an existing work, not a commission — what hangs on the gallery wall is what there is.
Commissioning directly from an artist: ₪3,000 to ₪20,000
Approaching an artist directly for a commission is a personal, wonderful experience — when it works. The going range in Israel for a commissioned oil or acrylic runs from ₪3,000 to ₪20,000, depending on size, technique and the artist's reputation. But a few things are worth knowing upfront: the price and delivery time are not always fixed in advance, you see the result only at the end of the process, and you have no way to compare — you received one artist's interpretation, better or worse.
A commission platform: from ₪1,500 at a fixed upfront price
The walll.art model is built the other way around: you set the budget upfront — from ₪1,500 — and it is final. The price includes everything: the original work created just for you, gallery-grade printing on Fine Art paper, framing, and delivery to your door. No add-ons along the way.
What makes the model truly interesting is competition: instead of choosing one artist and hoping, you publish one brief — and several artists create original proposals for it. Each proposal is visualized on a photo of your actual wall, at exact scale, and you pay only for the work you actually choose.
The same ₪1,500 that buys one proposal from a single artist buys, on the platform, a competition of several original works — and the right to pick the best of them.
What actually determines the price
On every route, these are the factors that move the price:
- The work's size — the meaningful jump is above 120 cm wide
- The artist's reputation — an in-demand artist prices higher
- Complexity — a multi-figure portrait costs more than an abstract; dense detail costs more than minimalism
- Technique — oil on canvas costs more than a digital original in a gallery-grade print
- Framing and glazing — upgrades like museum glass add hundreds of shekels
How to get the most for your money
Our advice is simple: don't pay for the experiment. On any route where you pay before you have seen the work — you carry the risk. Look for a model where you see first and pay after, and where the money is held in escrow until the work is with you. At walll.art both conditions are built into the process, and the result is peace of mind worth no less than the artwork itself.
The bottom line: a custom commission no longer has to cost like a holiday abroad. From ₪1,500 you can now get an original created only for you, with full confidence about what will arrive home — a real shift in a market that was closed to most people for years.
