MUST AVOID Art Galleries - Career Advice for Artists: 8 Common Mistakes & How To Fix Them (5/8)
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Table of contents:
00:00 - Web series Introduction: 8 Crucial Career Advice Videos
00:20 - Video Introduction: Must Avoid Art Galleries
00:52 - Major Career Mistake 5: Vanity Art Galleries
04:07 - Mandatory Petting Intermezzo...
04:10 - Vanity Art Contests
07:16 - Where To Discover More Information
07:54 - Outro
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Dear readers and subscribers, welcome to our fifth video of this series. First and foremost, my apologies for my voice in this video. Secondly, I should start responding to (all) the comments of the past few weeks in the coming days. So chat soon!
Viele galleristen nur wollen Geld verdienen auf arme Künstlers kosten. By mir auch passiert in Schweiz. Ich suche nur Ernste Collectors.
it would be awesome if CAI could make a video about the most prestigous art contest to apply. Because they really know a lot of the art world and some of us are beginners. There a lot of these vanity art contests out there and even we're living in the information era, it's really hard to find the good ones.
Thanks CAI, you're doing great and amazing work to all of us!
thanks for the heads up on the scammers and scavengers of the art world. your voice held together well
The pleasure is all mine! Happy to hear my voice did okay. I have some very funny bloopers in which it goes away entirely in the middle of a sentence
Art is very individual. I am doing very well thank-you in a few excellent galleries. I am having trouble keeping up . The good galleries work very hard, and consequently take a good chunk,50%, but promote your work for the long haul. Yes, avoid all the on line crap and deal only with galleries you can visit and evaluate. And work hard at being an original, dependable artist. Galleries need you as much as you need them. Being an artist is hard but rewarding work
Absolutely, I agree 100%. Thank you for sharing your experience here, have a great day!
Just watching this now and this is such valuable information!! Have to pass this onto my husband who’s an artist ❤
I couldn't agree more with you. Once again, a big thank you for your work and your videos.
Dear Konstantinos, the pleasure is all mine!
Thank you for another great and informative video. I have seen so many artists fall into these traps.
The pleasure is all mine, happy to hear you find this series insightful. Have a great day!
Thank you very much for sharing your valuable knowledge! It is extremely helpful!
The pleasure is all mine!
This is such important information for beginning artists, thank you👍 Great to see you lovely dog with you😉
Hi Christine, thank you so much. Happy to hear you find the video insightful. Yes, always happy to have her on the channel!
Amazing Thank you!
Thank you. This is very informative.
The pleasure is all mine!
Here's my story>>. I'm an artist and I was doing well in Palm Springs. My paintings were selling in the $2,500-3K range. My art was displayed in a high-end place that is a combo art gallery and mid-century furnishings. The gallery owner was approached by the owner of the best art gallery in Palm Springs who wanted my contact information. But the owner of the gallery where I was showing my art refused to give him my contact information because she wanted my art to be exclusive to her. She enjoyed having something that he wanted. When I asked her for his number she refused. Then I moved. I found a gallery in the area where I live now. I approached them; they didn't approach me. The gallery is large and very beautiful but it's a vanity gallery. She carries everything from masterful art to art that is almost an embarrassment, but even the bad art looks good based on the beauty of the gallery. There have been so many red-flags when dealing with this gallery but the problem is it's the only local art gallery within 100 miles of where I live.
To begin with she high pressured me into producing art that she claimed would be featured in a high-profile art magazine. She gave me a deadline which affected, I believe, the quality of my work to a degree because there was this high-pressure deadline to meet. Of course, the art magazine never materialized but she sold one of my paintings right away. The problem is she reduced the price without consulting me to make the sale. She sold a $3K painting for $1,500. Okay, so I dealt with it. Then she tried to get me to pay her a monthly fee. I refused but then she tried to sweeten the deal by saying, she would give me an entire wall to showcase my work. Prior to that my paintings were scattered throughout her gallery. It went against my grain to give her a dime but I thought maybe it was worth trying for one month to see how it went. So I agreed to pay her $45.00 for a month, but less than a week later, I stopped by the gallery and guess what? She had taken my paintings down and scattered them once again throughout her gallery. So what was I paying her for? I told her the deal was off. I wouldn't be investing anymore money. I told her either she keep the paintings on consignment or I was going to walk away. She told me she would keep them in her gallery at zero charge to me.
So what else have I dealt with? She told me she would "make me rich" that in itself is a big red-flag. Artists should run if they hear that one. She has tried to change our contractual agreement numerous times, and she has tried to keep a higher percentage of the profit than she was entitled to keep. She always seems to be trying to dodge certain people who hover around the gallery who are trying to collect money from her, and she changes her phone number on a weekly basis. She must lose a ton of potential customers just based on that alone. Last but certainly not least, she told me if a painting sits in her gallery longer than 6-months it becomes her property. She said it verbally it is not written down. I haven't checked on my paintings for some time. When I call if I'm fortunate enough to get her voicemail she doesn't return my calls. I trust her about as far as I can throw her and it wouldn't surprise me at all if she has sold some of my paintings without even telling me.
great info
Thank you 🙏
An excellent series
Thank you for advise...
The pleasure is all mine! Thank you for tuning in
THANKS FOR THIS
The pleasure is all mine!
One must learn to make opportunities for themselves. Every opportunity is good if you are able to make the most of out it.
Thanks!
Was waiting for number 5. Watched the last 4 on Sunday (yesterday) and it has been dope learning and soaking up all this info and letting it help me in my art practice in south-central Afrika 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Love from Lilongwe, Malawi 🇲🇼 🇲🇼
The help is more in new knowledge, reinforcement of ideas or just reaffirmation on things. But also it helps not applying everything since this is, after all, Afrika. We do things...well, a bit different. But the info is appreciated 🪴🇲🇼
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New sub, that was great.
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Words of wisdom!
Thank you so much Dom!
Completely agree on ‘vanity galleries’.
Absolutely!
This is incredible advice. Thank you for all of the videos that you have posted. I’ve been binging this page for the past month and it has been highly educational. Speaking of education, does a degree in the arts impact the beginning artist’s ability to enter commercial galleries or compete in art shows listed on artenda for example?
Hi Luiz, thank you for your kind words! I am currently working on an article for self-taught artists, which will reply to your question thoroughly, so stay tuned for that article and video. There is an impact, but we can minimize it and optimize your chances for success as a self-taught artist
@@contemporaryartissue Dear CAI, has the article been published?
Hi, Your dog is very cute,better as a each gallery. 😆🇦🇲👍
As usual so informative and helpful and thanks
The pleasure is all mine, thank you for tuning in!
Hello, thank you for making such helpful videos! I was wondering what is a reasonable price to pay to enter a competition, if any? Is there value in submitting art to any competitions? Even on platforms such as artenda, there are art competitions that strike me as most likely being vanity art competitions, and I am having trouble telling the difference. There are art competitions that seem clearly reputable, but also very unlikely for me to do well in as an art student/young artist. The smaller ones that I would be more likely to receive money for often seem a bit sketchy.
If you have to pay to show your art, the gallery will have no incentive to sell it.
I actually exhibited with The Other Art Fair by Saatchi in London and New York. I had to pay for my stand.
I always wondered if I did a mistake or not and sometime wonder if I should take it out of my CV.
What do you think please?
Thank you for your work!
Best regards
Did you make any sales?
@@karlabritfeld7104 yes in London
Hi what do u think of the VAA professional Artist Award !
I do follow n respect your opinion - is it worth while submitting to this on line gallery ?
Thank u in advance
Hi there; thank you for tuning in. I prefer not to publicly criticize certain organizations and entities. However, in my most recent video on how to make money as an artist, I have listed the key indicators to identify a good art contest (chapter 4). So feel free to have a look, and you'll question will be answered indirectly.
Wynwood gallery spaces in Miami paid off their mortgages using this ruse.
Which ones to avoid? If you can suggest
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Yep!, exactly.... I paid a lot of money to be included on exhibitions... The only benefit was to boost my confidence to keep on painting. 😁
Always be confident to continue to paint! Thank you for tuning in, Marc. Have a great day!
Did you make any sales?
@@karlabritfeld7104 It's difficult (for me) to sell "Art"... it's much easier to sell "Decoration"... I do both, this satisfies you as an Artist an also fills up a little bit your wallet 😊 Art collectors are just a few... but everyone needs something for their living room... Just make sure you have the highest quality standards on yourself 😋
who is the female with dreadlocks in video? thanks
In the field of graphic design, this is called “working on spec,” or work of a speculative nature. One thing this guy got wrong was about good v bad contests. There’s no such thing as a good contest. They devalue the work, the profession, provide a poor quality product, and take advantage of younger and student practitioners. If they respect your work, they should pay for it.
Do you go to a restaurant, ask the chef to prepare everything on the menu, sample each one, and then only pay for the one you like?
Do you go to the bookstore, take a book, and tell the cashier “I’m going to take this book home and read it for free. If I enjoy reading it, I’ll come back and pay you for it.”
Sorry. There’s no such thing as a “good contest.” In his defence, he may be confusing “contest” with “donation.”
_“Work for me for free, and you’ll get a great portfolio piece from a real client that’s sure to make you look good and get you more jobs in the future. Also, if you give me this work for free, my own business will become successful, at which point there’ll be lots more work for you in the future!”_
If I had $1 for every time I heard this, I wouldn’t be a broke unemployed designer.
For more reading on the ethics of spec work: www.nospec.com
Hi Christopher, 'this guy' here. Thank you for tuning in and for your comment. I don't entirely agree with this comment. I am very much aware of the problems of working on spec, and would advise any artist not to do it. You should never work for free. But with art contests, there is the chance to actually get paid when you are one of the selected artists. Further, you don't donate your works at all, they remain 100% yours all the time. There are good contests. You don't work for them, but the people organizing the art contest are actually providing a service and an event to support young emerging artists and to help kickstart their careers.
Agree with you
98 procent of galleries are very AROGANT. 😆
Avoid Tate Modern, devoid of light and full of miserable artwork. Everything in it speaks of the misery of the 21st century and nothing of mankind's joy, innovation, achievements or love of living.
@Van Brighouse i prefer the Tate Britain, its a bright airy place rather than a cold industrial setting. Also the work is way more optimistic and tells of the good things of life rather than the Tate Modern sharing more of the horrors of modern times.
@Van Brighouse well said 👌
Such a weird reason to avoid it.
You're only interested in art that makes you happy and don't want to acknowledge the reality of the world? That's just straight up fucking strange.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC i see plenty of suffering on a daily basis enough to make my own decisions on what i choose rather then being in a gallery which focuses on one aspect of modern life.
And yes its my choice, not fucking yours.
@Van Brighouse couldn't agree more
The dog needs some "speechbubbles". I am sure he says something. Or she.
I feel like she could start to talk any day. Thank you for watching, greetings from Perrier and myself!
Vanity Gallery....Just like pay to play for musicians....stay faaaaaar away!
Exactly! Thank you for tuning in
No incentive to sell your art if you're already paying them
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Thanks for your channel, and appreciate this series of 8 videos on the art world/art market, agree with much of it as I've learn't it through sheer experience...A decade into my career as a visual artist(I've also been a musician, which has helped a lot with having a broader perspective on arts culture both fringe and mainstream) I decided to separate art and money, have a day job and keep my art career as a vocation, though still professional ....Since then my artistic direction has become much clearer, not worrying so much about 'competing' against the hyper saturated art world, but still being involved in the art community and galleries etc wilst maintaining an indepenence...for me this has worked best in order to be able concentrate on working at a creative vision and hopefully contributing something good to art.....Works for me though I realise this path doesn't work for all, especially balancing the day job with creative life style....
Hi Mark, thank you for tuning in and for sharing your story. I believe you're absolutely right-we always advise to have a work-life-art balance when starting out. It is the best way to create art without compromise and to maintain your artistic integrity while simultaneously being in search of sales and exhibition opportunities. Wishing you all the best!
@@contemporaryartissue thank you Julien!…btw enjoying your Insta page too….cheers 🙏