Galleries & Collectors: a working reference.
What a gallery does and how representation happens, being a good partner, collectors and placement, talking about the work out loud, and how fairs work.
What a gallery does, and how representation actually happens
What a gallery actually does for an artist, why cold submissions rarely work, and how representation really forms.
16 min 02Being a good gallery partner and recovering from a souring relationship
What dealers reliably value, how exclusivity and territory work, how to read a fading fit — and how to part professionally.
22 min 03Collectors, placement strategy, and an artist CRM
Treating the first sale as a beginning: communication craft, building a collector base, and where the gallery's role ends and yours starts.
19 min 04Talking about your work out loud: pitch, studio-talk, interviews, panels
Three lengths — logline, two minutes, full talk — plus answering the question actually asked, handling tough ones, and managing nerves.
17 min 05Art fairs: how they work and how an artist participates
How fairs became galleries' central sales channel, what a booth actually costs, and what an artist's role is before, during and after.
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