game · Office Collection

Modern Art

Players buy and sell paintings through several auction formats; each round's most popular artists determine values, and the richest player after four rounds wins.

Players3–5 players

Player age10+

Playing time45 min

Weight2.28 / 5

Average rating7.52 / 10

People behind the game

Designer

Reiner KniziaView collection credits

A closer look

See what it looks like

Modern Art, Modern Art photographed in Bruno’s office collection.

About the game

Collection: Office Collection
Record type: game
Published: 1992
Publishers: Hans im Glück · Arrakis Games · CMON Global Limited · DiceTree Games · Drosselmeyer & Co. Ltd. · Fractal Juegos · Galápagos Jogos · Gaming Library · GeGe Co. Ltd. · Kaissa Chess & Games · Land of Beautiful Mind (سرزمین ذهن زیبا) · Lautapelit.fi · Lavka Games · Lighthouse Games · Matagot · Mayfair Games · New Games Order, LLC · Odysseia Jogos · Oink Games · Pegasus Spiele · Phantasia Co., Ltd · Rebel Sp. z o.o. · Wargames Club Publishing · WoodCat · Yaofish Games

Mechanisms

Auction / Bidding Auction: English Auction: Once Around Auction: Sealed Bid Auction: Turn Order Until Pass Commodity Speculation Hand Management Victory Points as a Resource

BoardGameGeek ranks

Overall#223Strategy#167

What is still uncertain

The local title maps to the canonical Modern Art base-game record; the photographed copy is a later edition of that game.
Ratings and ranks are a 2026-09-01 snapshot from official public BGG data and will drift.

Your collection

Your versions and boxes

1 version · 1 physical box

standard

Standard version

Owned edition

Office Collection: 1 copy

PhotographOFFICE-PART-1-171

Source and provenance

References for this record

CMON Limited 2017 front cover, image provided by the publisher; matches the visible owned-copy spine

BGG facts checked 1 September 2026 · Manual static snapshot. Ratings, voter totals and ranks do not update automatically.

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