Animal Crossing New Horizons Art Guide

After the announcements, you'll be able to find Redd wandering around your island. Simply walk up to him, interact, and get ready for a heavy dose of flattery. He'll indulge in classic salesman tactics like naming a high price then drastically lowering it because of 'family discount'. Once you get through the dialogues, he'll offer you a painting for a whopping 498,000 Bells. If you decline it, he'll offer it for a discount price of 4,980 Bells for a genuine painting.

Take this painting to Blather the owl at the museum and he'll add a new wing to the museum dedicated to art. The museum will close down for a day for construction.

Once the construction is complete, the museum will open again. On the same day, you can find Redd roaming around the island as well. Once you speak to him, he'll invite you to his boat, the Treasure Trawler, to check out more art pieces of dubious legitimacy.

Every art piece sold by Redd is based on a real-world art piece. All the fakes ones are slightly different from their real-world counterparts.

Fortunately, you can take a closer look and inspect an art piece before buying it. To inspect an art piece, simply go up to it, interact with Redd and select 'I want a closer look' in the dialogue menu.

Unfortunately, the art pieces in Redd's clove aren't named the same as their real-world counterparts, so you might need to dig around a bit to find out the real art piece.

Once you've purchased the artwork, take it straight to Blather the owl at the museum to determine the credibility of the artwork. If it's genuine, he'll accept it in the museum but if it's a fake, you just simply wasted a lot of money.

It's a matter of utmost importance to choose the genuine piece, as you can only purchase one of the four artworks at once from Redd. On top of that, he has an unpredictable schedule so you never know when he'll be back with more. Some players argued that one out of the four pieces is genuine, but this theory was bunked as sometimes Redd came with more than one genuine item while on other occasions he packed four counterfeits

Fake art is worth no more than rubbish in Animal Crossing. Even notorious scammers Timmy and Tommy will not want to buy it. You can just dispose of it in trash cans, but we have a better idea.

You can hang the fake paintings in your house and place the statues around the city. Sure, deep down you'll know it's a fake one. On the surface though, you'll have a tough time distinguishing it from the real deal without a second glance. But that's not all, the fake art can be haunted!

This is a subtle phenomenon and takes on different forms for different artworks. For example, the Wistful Painting (Girl with a Pearl Earring) opening and shutting her eyes, and the Ancient Statue (Dogū statue) levitating.