Ubud Art Market

This guide to the Ubud Art Market follows the vendors' theatrical bargaining ritual and the local belief in a lucky first sale, then traces the market's start as a humble produce stall by the Royal Palace. It picks up the story of painters like Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet settling nearby early in the twentieth century, and how carvers and weavers followed them into the stalls. Listen for what separates the roadside souvenir tables from the quieter stalls behind them.