Are You 100% Ready for Art Galleries? (Watch This First!) - How To Get Your Art In A Gallery (2/4)

[@fitzgeraldglaude8569]

Thank you very much for everything. You really really helped me and I think many other people too. No words man....thank you

[@contemporaryartissue]

That’s wonderful. These words mean a lot to me, thank you 🙏

[@TheHungryworm]

Thanks so much, demystifying the Art world and how to navigate it is absolutley invaluble, since finding you guys I've built up my resume, been in various shows and competitions, got some funding and very importantly feel like I have some level of knowledge and direction. Thanks.

[@contemporaryartissue]

That's wonderful; thank you for sharing, and wishing you the very best of luck in achieving your goals. Stay in touch!

[@NewYorkerinLondon7]

This information is also valuable for aspiring gallerists going into the business. 👌🏽✨

[@contemporaryartissue]

Indeed! Thank you for tuning in 🙏🙌

[@EminMathers]

Yes! Thank you Julien for this feeling! And your half year assistance for resume, education, edition of bio, website and etc.

[@contemporaryartissue]

The pleasure is all mine! Wishing you the very best 🙏🙌

[@EminMathers]

@@contemporaryartissue Thank you! This wish is mutual!

[@williamerickson520]

How does one go about determining their niche, exactly? What elements are involved? Style? Medium? Content? Thanks.

[@contemporaryartissue]

Great question. I think it all starts with your discipline, followed by the different sub-categories within your discipline. For instance, painting > abstract painting > mark-making. Reading about established artists who are creating art that is similar in terms of artistic discipline and style is a great place to learn more. I discuss this topic and approach further in the following video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKeoXpmOqd9qhKc Have a great day!

[@chriserskineartist]

So, if you need 10-15 gallery pieces and these are the best of the best from a consistent body of work; and each gallery ready piece requires let say 15 previous pieces; plus you work large; my question is where do you store your body work? Do you roll it up, do you use cold storage$$ or do you use climate control storage$$$$; how do you protect it; and how do you keep track of it? These are a few practical questions that are never fully addressed anywhere.

[@contemporaryartissue]

Very important questions I definitely plan to answer with CAI! Rolling them and storing them in tubes is real space saver. Very often, your galleries will store the works in their storages or backroom after a show. To keep track of where everything is, I recommend using our overview document/catalog raisonné where there is a seperate column for the location of the artwork. To be continued!

[@BlindEyeVisions]

A large climate controlled storage unit isn't that expensive per month

[@MondoArtista.]

requirements: rich friends

[@contemporaryartissue]

🎯😂

[@Allenmayesallenmayes]

influential friends

[@DanielLopes-kv4sp]

Still need talent to keep their respect. People who have acquired millions are not stupid. I have their respect and they have mine. Too they know what hard work is no matter the vocation and reward it. Character is also a big thing with money people and loyalty. Miss any of these points and they won’t be friends for long.

[@leststoner]

Or just be rich, the art world only cares about money the art is second thought.

[@DanielLopes-kv4sp]

@@leststoner It’s a game called get in where you fit in. Like any other vocation in life. We’re just making art. Follow the rules dot your i ‘s and cross your t ‘s if you need help find a mentor. Perhaps that’s why you’re here or why are you here? Just an observation.

[@BarbaraBonyai]

Thank You for this perfect channel.

[@contemporaryartissue]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@suparna1192]

Hey, can you also share about other medium like ceramic schulpture, some famous artist and how to succeed on that

[@contemporaryartissue]

Absolutely! Ceramics have experienced a renaissance the past few years so it would indeed be a great topic for a top list video. I have written the topic suggestion down 🙌

[@backslider_bob]

That sounds like some kind of corporate BS to me and I don't believe the true artist needs to do any of that stuff just show your art people they love it they love it, if they don't they don't. I don't agree with all this stuff but I appreciate you putting it out there for people who do. thank you and goodbye

[@rohitmadashri7250]

True artists don't even have to create art, which is very bourgeoisie. They just have to declare themselves artists.

[@contemporaryartissue]

No one has to do anything, but for those who want to make a career in the art world as an artist, this information is essential. I would not say it is corporate bs as these unwritten rules do add value and also protect art to be experienced in a high-end manner, so I don’t mind them. In the end, it’s not a big deal to spend some time to set up a resume, prepare a catalog, or to have a website. The only issue I often have is that this information is not always accessible, hence our mission to share this inside information to level the playing field. Thank you for tuning!

[@chadkilgorestudio]

Does it not make more sense to leave no stone unturned if this is the career you really want? Sure anyone can half ass it and hope for the best, sometimes that approach will work but for most it will not.

[@janetatuniquerawfoods2361]

Hi Julién and Perrier… the usual quality insights… and tools… for us as well. These items resonate with being wise in the approach of a long term career. Thank you. Could you at your convenience provide a wider perspective on the ‘niche’ of work please? I am creating from the standpoint of just being myself as an artist. I sometimes see similarities in the work of others here and there. However I cannot really grasp giving a name to these things. Sincerely, Janet 💦☀️🍎👐

[@contemporaryartissue]

Dear Janet, I hope you are doing well. The pleasure is all mine, as always! Yes, absolutely. I think it all starts with your discipline, followed by the different sub-categories within your discipline. For instance, painting > abstract painting > mark-making. Reading about established artists who are creating art that is similar in terms of the artistic discipline and style are a great place to learn more. Have a great day!

[@vrejtamazian524]

Thank You.

[@contemporaryartissue]

My pleasure, thank you for watching!

[@lumen8039]

Don’t really understand ppl in the comments discrediting any and everything that is spoken about in the videos. Most artists are the same ones that complain about the art world being ambient or challenging to navigate bc there is no clear direction and here is a channel doing just that and they have an issue with it??? It may not be the info you want to hear but it is the truth. I would challenge the ones that feel this way to implement 1-2 of the tips over a course of a year and see if they experienced any change in the reception of their work. Until you try the thing, your opinion has no bases of accuracy, you just sound defensive and are operating in fear which is also probably why you are not getting the results or response that you want. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is insanity remember. Part of being successful in any industry takes you to step outside your comfort zone and explore your thinking. I used to be one of those artists and I realized that my fear of rejection and being seen was what my real issue was. I still sometimes want to divert all of the rules but I eventually get real with myself and honor my desires which means crafting an ability to acknowledge that yes there are in fact rules and steps I have to do to get a certain result. I have to side step my ego and just do the thing…all what he’s speaking about does work. I have dozens of friends that prove that it does work so I can’t really argue with that.

[@contemporaryartissue]

Amen! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and take on both the advice and the often negative response to the advice based on no true empirical evidence or experience whatsoever. Thanks a million! Stay in touch. Cheers, Julien

[@achappell1111]

Can you make videos for fine art photographers

[@federicostocco2832]

Excellent video , btw How do you rate the book of Rick Rubin: The creative act a Way of Being?

[@contemporaryartissue]

I haven't read it yet, but it is on my to-read list as many artists following the channel have recommended it, and overall, the book looks very promising. To be continued!

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@NN-yg2do]

Please, create a video for artists over 50 who have never exhibited their work. They don't have a list of exhibitions, etc., but they are not beginners. I don't think, exactly the same advices will suit them.There must be some special features.Thank you

[@contemporaryartissue]

Hi there, thank you for tuning in. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts or special features for artists over 50. In essence, the approach remains the same. If you have no exhibitions yet, you are a beginner when it comes to exhibiting, regardless of your age, and you have to gain experience first and work on your resume. The following article is great place to start: www.contemporaryartissue.com/10-ways-anyone-can-improve-their-blank-artist-resume/ Have a great day!

[@michellegarfinkel5321]

I have heard some galleries want to see a solid sales record from artists. Is that true? If so, how is an artist to go about making sales in a reputable way?

[@eleonoragudenko6836]

✌️thank you 🙏

[@contemporaryartissue]

The pleasure is all mine, Eleonora 🙏🙌

[@01suiteness]

Is het mogelijk om te exposeren zonder te willen verkopen?

[@contemporaryartissue]

Absoluut! Denk bijvoorbeeld aan institutionele tentoonstellingen of ook gewoon tentoonstellingen die men zelf organiseert zonder de werken te koop aan te bieden. Via galerijen is dit echter niet mogelijk, aangezien men omzet moet genereren om uit de kosten te geraken en om winst te maken. Bedankt voor het kijken!

[@01suiteness]

@@contemporaryartissue bedankt voor je reactie! Hele informatie, zoals alles wat je post. Heel erg bedankt er voor

[@loop-io8yk]

Everything that is said here is correct - theoretically... But life is not theoretical. Everything that is shown here, all the checklists, the dos and don'ts are interesting but ultimately irrelevant... You and your work, but above all you as an artist, must be unique, interesting and marketable...

[@contemporaryartissue]

The art itself is the most important and most difficult part to get right-but that does not make the rest irrelevant. Thank you for tuning in and wishing you all the best!

[@JosedeJezeus]

Yes. You have to have a truly unique point of view, or have invented new techniques. Also, be weird. Have a mental illnesses die young.

[@mjeffn2]

How about some videos on how to separate out galleries an artist would want to do business with from those that they should steer clear of. How about some videos discussing what galleries should be doing to impress an artist that they should choose to work with that gallery instead of another one. Galleries are really struggling these days. I find the more a gallery is struggling, the less transparent they are willing to be with an artist on a whole host of important business issues, and it’s not like galleries have the best reputations for business practices to begin with but it seems to have gotten so much worse in my neck of the woods the last couple of years. I’ve never been a “pick me,” “pick me,” kind of person when it comes to business, and so much of the “how to get into a gallery,” advice falls into “pick me, pick me.”

[@contemporaryartissue]

Some great suggestions here, especially on how to distinguish the good from the bad when it comes to art galleries. I have written your suggestion down and will definitely dedicate a video to this topic in the future. Stay tuned!

[@mjeffn2]

@@contemporaryartissue Cool. I’m looking forward to that. Hopefully it will be focused gallerist’s sales approaches, qualifying customers, and closing sales. By and large most that I have spoken to know little to nothing about who the artists are as people that they represent, put a lot of effort into talking about/showing off how much they know about technical aspects of painting, and rarely ask questions that would help to focus on what a customer is looking for emotionally in an artwork. A woman looking to buy a piece of jewelry doesn’t really care about the geology/chemistry of a stone, she wants to know that it will make her attractive to that special person. Also, your thoughts on gallerist’s often dismissive attitudes toward the people who produce the inventory that they hang on their walls of their galleries would be fascinating.

[@ericbabcock846]

Great help a life review for me you left nothing out (slides)THANK YOU EB

[@contemporaryartissue]

Thank you for tuning in! My pleasure!

[@zapveresepa1]

I don't know, I think I'll contact the Louvre, and ask if they want any new paintings. I'll start with a joke, just to break the ice before I send them some jpegs. Then, it's just time wait for the dollars to roll in.

[@contemporaryartissue]

Please do let us know how things worked out 😅💪

[@zapveresepa1]

@@contemporaryartissue I sure will 🤣

[@heathen.47]

A lot of times the artist’s resume looks better than their art. Just a bunch of mumbo jumbo, what fancy art school they attended and basically what connections they have. At that point it’s no longer about the art but the pretentiousness of it.

[@TomH_YT]

fyi - there's a typo in the text list. Art is spelled artt.

[@contemporaryartissue]

Well spotted! Thank you for letting me know and for watching.

[@ericbabcock846]

in the states " they" make fun of unsuccessful artists to need to teach art so... With all this help how'd you do.....?????

[@contemporaryartissue]

Let them make fun. In the end, this work-life-art balance will give you the time and freedom that is required to develop your art to find success. Wishing you all the best!

[@AAA9549-w7w]

I don't give a damn about what the gallery's criteria are. I paint. If they want it, they should be on my waiting list of eligibility and not me waiting for them. © Dr. Andrew X Metaphysician Classical musician Poet Fine art painter & Philosopher

[@joebroart]

Massive cope

[@AAA9549-w7w]

@@joebroart You go ahead and cope.

[@marusamusapusa]

👉👈☝️🤞✌️👍🙏🤗

[@contemporaryartissue]

🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌😎

[@AAA9549-w7w]

* 2- Indeed. I began painting only to relax. Then I heard from people.. Why don't you market them!? Then became hostage to my art. Rather than to be art for art's sake. Now the only thing that remains is to free my work to the world. And take this heavy burden off my shoulders. I say go, to my children and give them nature of the fifth kind and then tell people and animals who I am, yell the story of the real nature boy on earth. © Dr. Andrew X Metaphysician Fine art painter & Philosopher

[@samuele.m.b.sedilesm.7340]

Requirement: be ready to have a profit of 30% or less

[@contemporaryartissue]

50% of the total turnover goes to the artist. We discuss this topic in our article about the artist-gallery collaboration. Thank you for tuning in!

[@richardnolan3903]

Depending on the gallery, the artist usually gets paid 40-60% of the sale of their work. I guarantee you, even 40% of a sale through a reputable gallery is a lot more than the 100% you'll make exhibiting at the local café or farmers market.

[@renealmanza]

the only thing you need is to be rich, in a privileged position, and make whatever the money can make, your paintings or objects can be made in a poor country for poor artists and you are ready to go into the art world!

[@blackvirgo09]

Could you please let the dog talk

[@MalvinaPrimerose]

Haha. If I follow your advise I will never be ready. Having a solo exhbtn is financialy demanding. Very. We need special salons as the artists before. Many of them, not just 1 on the planet. Every country, every big sity. This galleries can go to hell. Sitting a whole day in a shadow room with a phone to sell some pease of art once per year and call it a success. No, thanks. I'd rather show my art 100 times with no pay here and there but free of charge at least. Or not show it at all. Just think of the framing, the hanging, this is all for the artist to do.The gallery does nothing. Unless I am dead. Just think of that most of the art sells in let say New York. At the same time nothing sells on the other side of the ocean because the same crowd has to attend it. Hipotheticaly speaking.

[@contemporaryartissue]

I live and exhibit on the other side of the ocean (Europe), and sales are fine here. Even more, the galleries take care of the hanging, and some even make the investment together with the artists to frame the works. Nevertheless, thank you for tuning in and wishing you all the best

[@proteusaugustus]

Dude; let's face it. Galleries and the art world is about story selling of the artists' personally; not, the work or honesty of it. Picasso was a businessman not an artist. His works were poorly put together. You can see his paint cracking and his is falsely accredited with styles he stole from contemporaries, museums and Cezanne; the true father of cubism. 🎓🪖⚖️🎓⚗️🔬⚡:🍀✝️🇺🇲

[@contemporaryartissue]

The persona of the artist can indeed be a determing factor in the success of the art, but also vice versa. Thank you for tuning in

[@artfixcanvs]

He was certainly an artist. His works vary from classic to progressively more cubist. Lots of depression phases and highs and more lows. Being inspired by other cultures and "stealing like an artist" is very much part of the game of being an artist and human. If you don't like the combination of being an artist and having a persona that knows how to navigate the world of galleries, business, etc, suck it up or cry me a river for me to swim in. Go see Guernica in person.

[@proteusaugustus]

@@artfixcanvs A cave man was an artist too. He stole every idea he ever worked with. A con man and a average artist. He was a marketing genius to the wealthy. He wasn't an artistic one.

[@artfixcanvs]

@@proteusaugustus uh huh