Art Society FAQ
34 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
1. Preparing the Auction
2. Placing Bids & Acquiring Paintings
3. Placing Tiles
- Can you deliberately take a painting that does not fit your wall so you can exchange it with the museum?
- Can you exchange a newly acquired painting with the museum if it would fit on your wall?
- How many decor tiles do you earn when a new painting touches several paintings with the same frame?
- Can you split a decor tile into smaller ones to take a lower value?
- Must you offer an unplaceable painting to your assistant before exchanging it with the museum or storing it as excess?
- Can you swap the newly acquired painting with the one your assistant is holding?
- Must you place your assistant's painting to make room for a newly acquired painting that does not fit?
- Can a painting held by your assistant be exchanged with the museum?
- Does moving a tile from your assistant to your wall count as placing a new tile for decor?
- Can you place your assistant's tile before or after placing a new tile in the same turn?
- Can you decline to place a painting or decor tile that fits your wall, for example to avoid a faux pas?
- Can you put a painting into excess storage while your assistant is empty?
- How much decor do you take when you place a painting and your assistant's painting in the same turn?
- When you cannot place a painting, must you exchange it with the museum?
- Is taking the decor tile earned from matching frames mandatory?
- Can a decor tile you cannot place be set aside as an excess tile?
- Do you still take the matching decor tile when placing a painting causes a faux pas?
- How long can you keep moving a newly placed painting on your wall?
- How should paintings be oriented on your wall?
- When exchanging with the museum, does 'same type' mean the same physical shape?
- Can you move a painting from your assistant to excess storage to free the assistant?