Collecting
How to Choose Art That Reflects Your Personality
In short
Great rooms are not made by copying trends. They are made by choosing pieces that make you feel something every time you see them.
Start with how it makes you feel
Before you think about colour or size, notice your reaction. Does a work calm you, energise you, make you curious or proud? That first feeling is the most reliable guide you have.
Notice what you keep returning to
For a week, save every work that stops you, then look at them together. You will see a pattern: bold colour or quiet tones, faces or places, pattern or open space. That pattern is your taste.
Think about the room
Light changes everything. A deep, dark work can disappear in a dim room. A pale one can wash out in strong sun. Consider scale too: one statement piece can change how a living room, bedroom or office feels.
Choose a story you want to live with
Art you can talk about becomes part of your home's story. A work tied to a place you love, a tradition you belong to, or an artist whose journey you follow will mean more each year.
Every Raknida artwork comes with its Cultural Passport, so you always know the story behind it.
Frequently asked
What size artwork should go above a sofa?+
Is the Passport physical or digital?+
From this story
Curator's Note
Of Toni Kuyinu's three royals, only the king keeps his eyes open, and he wears round wire glasses. A thoroughly modern young man, crowned w…
Curator's Note
Her face is drawn in black and white while everything around her blooms in colour. Then you notice the hand resting on her shoulder, the on…
Curator's Note
A single balloon, four strings, and a lion who clearly disagrees. Anth Ezeokoye turns the Igbo proverb Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe into a deadpan…
Curator's Note
Yeko builds sky, hills and girl from one rhythm of strokes, until it is hard to tell where the young woman ends and the earth begins.
Every Raknida work comes with its Cultural Passport — the artist, the tradition, and how it was made, documented.




