Investors may access and purchase art in several types of markets. The traditional way has been to work with a dealer, use an auction house or go to art fairs. However, purchasing physical artworks outright can be cost prohibitive and difficult unless you have connections in the industry.

One expanding area of the market is the digital art space. Yieldstreet now offers fractional investment in physical artworks by blue-chip, mid-career and emerging artists, as well as providing investors with the opportunity to invest in loans backed by artworks that generate monthly income.