Animal Crossing’s Black Art Market: 3 Things You Need to Know
As we flock to the safety of virtual worlds to escape the unpleasant reality that surrounds us, we don’t expect to encounter the darker corners of crime-hit humanity. Not even Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2020 is safe from the coppery, cunning claws of resident mafioso, Redd.
If you haven’t got a Nintendo Switch, but still feel strongly about the black art market, fear not we have you covered. Not fakes, no foxes, just the real deal from a collection of contemporary artists: Create a Painting!
1. How to buy art
The aptly-named fox doesn’t do any favours for the city-dwelling species around the world, as he truly endorses their seedy stereotype. In order to buy art from the wily vendor, you’ll need to have donated at least sixty items to the museum (including the five given to Tom Nook at the start and the fifteen given to Blathers in order to open the museum). When entering his tenebrous trawler, it will be a near-impossible task to tell the difference between a fake rendition of Starry Night and the real deal.
2. How to tell the difference between a real painting and a fake.
After purchasing your fake art, you might find yourself in an aesthete’s paradise where your innocent virtual world suddenly embodies an eerie scene from Dorian Gray. If it wasn’t bad enough being sold a fake painting, you’re also treated with it being…
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