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SAS,
Museums are not commercial endeavors. They receive public funds as not for profit organizations. Taxpayers pay for these funds! I.E You and I!
"Legitimate galleries will never ask for money from the artist."
Really, which ones are you referring to? If they are selling auction house works that’s one thing. I challenge you to find one that’s selling emerging artists and clearing all expenses/making a profit."A gallery that cannot cover its overhead with its sales, or with a wealthy benefactor, is not worth showing at."
So, wealthy benefactor? Sounds like your referring to a museum again? Just curios, is your gallery located in NYC? Because I would love to know what emerging artists your selling? In this economy even established market price works are not moving let alone emerging....Cannonball- This is a fantasy for all but the .5% of artists in this world. Money flows to the academics and critics first! They review positive or negative which directly relates to future sales for galleries. Galleries then pay artists!
If anything as an artist your best bet is to attempt to cut galleries out of the deal all together, but GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
SAS,
Museums are not commercial endeavors. They receive public funds as not for profit organizations. Taxpayers pay for these funds! I.E You and I!
Audria- You make the best point out of everyone on here. Galleries are terrible to their employees........ Most galleries don’t even pay people to work. Galleries take advantage of all the free student labor in a BIG WAY. This is because its a very difficult business, especially when dealing with self righteous artists who feel entitled to everything! God forbid someone asks you to cover some of the expense to promote and further your career.
If you were to ask an emerging actor to pay for headshots, they would accept it as part of the business.
This is a glamour business and as such you WILL have to spend money to get anywhere. How you do it is totally up to you.
- what do you think about websites instead of galleries?Pupsipu