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Whether you’re an art professional or a hobby DIY artist getting inspiration on Pinterest, there are many awesome stores selling art supplies in Düsseldorf for you to check out.
If you’re into art, there’s more inspiration waiting for you on our Museums & Art page on Life in Düsseldorf!
Founder of Mused Mosaik, Miriam Bastisch, put together this helpful post for artists like herself. Miriam hosts some very cool mosaic workshops in the city, both in English and German, so if you’d like to check it out, head to her website.
Do you like to try out new creative techniques? Whether you like painting with oil, acrylic or metal, sewing, making collages, knitting, mosaic making, or working with beads – while most of what you’ll need can be found pretty cheap online, here are the top 5 places to buy art supplies in Düsseldorf – especially if you’d like to help support local businesses.
Artservice & Tube
- Mühlengasse 3, 40213 Düsseldorf
- Himmelgeister Str. 14-16, 40225 Düsseldorf
- Website: Artservice & Tube
Artservice & Tube is a well-known art supplier with 4 branches in Germany and an online shop offering art supplies, supplies for architecture model building, supplies for graphic design, storage, optical equipment and lights, and much more.
Creativ Discount
- Himmelgeister Str. 50, 40225 Düsseldorf
- Website: Creativ Discount
Creativ Discount used to be an art supplier with 5 branches in North Rhine-Westphalia. However, they’ve recently become a part of Party Discount (on Himmelgeister Str.) and offer an online shop offering 25,000 products with a focus on hobby crafting and also offers tons of Carnival and party supplies as well.
Hobbymade
- Am Wehrhahn 16, 40211 Düsseldorf
- Website: Hobbymade
Hobbymade is an art supplier with 10 branches in North Rhine-Westphalia and an online shop offering various art supplies including jewelry design, marionette design, and mosaic making. They offer short demonstrations and techniques in courses in store. They also host birthday parties for children!
Prokilo Metall- und Kunststoffmarkt
- Ronsdorfer Straße 74, 40233 Düsseldorf
- Website: Prokilo
Prokilo offers tons of art supplies for the do-it-yourself creators. There are 14 stores in Germany and an online shop selling all kinds of metals and plastics, a wide range of products for building, renovating, and home decoration, as well as cut-to-size services. Everything is paid “per kilo” and there are home delivery services too.
Boesner
- Wiesenstraße 72, 40549 Düsseldorf
- Website: Boesner
- Only for business customers
Boesner is a well-sorted art supplier with branches all over Europe and an online shop offering more than 26,000 products from all artistic fields, a wide range of picture frames and art frames, professional framing service, a good selection of art books and media, as well as workshops, seminars, and events.
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Hi Miriam,
What if I want to sell an art paint, do I must be somewhere registered?
And how I am paying the tax if I am selling paintings?
Please can you explain a little bit that process?
Thank you so much
Hi there Stan,
Yes – you will need to be registered with the Finanzamt in Düsseldorf. You can figure out which Finanzamt you need to register with using this link: https://ias.fin-nrw.de/ddvs/auskunft.faces.
You will pay taxes if you make more than a certain amount per year – depends on what tax bracket you are in (Steuerklasse 1 – 6). A certain amount is tax-free.
You can find more information about taxes here on our website: https://lifeinduesseldorf.com/category/living/taxes/
All the best,
Jenna