Out of the Box by Danni McCarville Glass artist Danni McCarville emailed me with a situation that I’m starting to hear more and more – a store that sells some of her smaller pieces of work sent her a letter saying that they would no longer allow her to display her website or her full […]
Galleries, Representation, and Legitimizing Art
Yesterday over at The Abundant Artist Facebook page, one particular artist made a comment stating: “If you’re making a living being an artist and you’re not represented by a NY or European gallery selling your work for thousands, you’re a cog in the wheel, a hack, not a creative fine artist.” it used to be […]
You Can’t Do That: Galleries, Agencies, and Online Art Sales
I’ve heard many artists say that they won’t sell their work online because they don’t want to lose their gallery representation. “You can’t do that,” say the gallery owners. I’m just going to come out and say this: if a gallery says you can’t sell your work yourself, stop working with that gallery (and on […]
