If someone found you on a gallery website, do you owe your gallery a finder’s fee? How do you know? Does it make a difference if the client wants a custom painting that doesn’t yet exist?
Deep Thought(s) Thursday: Do you owe your gallery? Read
Today's Deep Thought comes from an NPR rebroadcast of the debate: Is the Art Market Less Ethical Than the Stock Market? I'm paraphrasing a statement by Michael Hue-Williams from that debate. To become an art dealer, you need to have a pulse and two eyes in your head. Otherwise, anyone can be one.
Deep Thought Thursday: What does it take to become an art dealer? Read
Last fall I was asked, by a national publication, to write an article about innovative marketing by art galleries in this economy. I said I couldn’t. I explained that I have yet to see galleries doing anything truly innovative, so it would be impossible for me to write such an article. The truth is, artists
Unsolicited Marketing Advice for Galleries Read
This is the new weekly feature where I group things together for you and highlight the best of the Art Biz Blog, the Art Marketing Action newsletter, and my book, I’d Rather Be in the Studio! Today, it’s all about galleries. As always, keep in mind that some of the links might be broken by
From the Vault: About galleries Read
Are there too many art organizations out there? Are there too many art museums and art centers? Are our messages being watered down because they're spread too thin?
Deep Thought Thursday: Organizations Read
Edward Winkleman has a great post on his blog: How to Buy Art in a Recession: Part I. He gives you a look at behind-the-scenes gallery dealings such as discounting, payment plans, and down payments (or pre-orders). I am looking forward to Part II.
Secrets to buying art now Read
Thinking of turning over big bucks just to add a New York venue to your résumé? Think again. Vanity galleries will suck your wallet and leave you deflated (in more ways than one). Renée Phillips has written a terrific article on vanity galleries (which she also refers to as Vulture galleries) for Art Calendar. Don’t
Monday’s Art Marketing Action newsletter is about donating your art. As a preview, I want to encourage you not to forget your gallery affiliations when gifting any work to charity auctions, raffles, drawings, and the like. Some dealers are understandably anxious to see their artists’ work going for less than market value. Keep the lines
Consider this when donating art Read
Thoughts from my visit yesterday to the Denver Art Museum. Why don’t I visit more often? Perhaps because I used to make a living from visiting museums. It was so pleasant to wander the galleries without an agenda. No exhibit I HAD to see. Just looking at what I wanted to see. I LOVE the
Visit a museum for no reason Read
Okay, first I read this article about rip-off auctions on cruises. Amazing! I guess I’m slightly amazed that people on a cruise buy $30,000 art at an auction. But I’m flabbergasted that naive bidders have no problem dropping $30,000–on "fine art" they know nothing about. And I’m dumbfounded that an auction house would tell bidders
Taking care of art while it’s in someone else’s hands Read
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