Well 2018 is almost at an end, about 600 years have passed since Gutenberg started our cultural revolution and about 40 years since the internet took the revolution and put in in hyperdrive. And after all this time, the question…
I made this blog series to be a collection of my thoughts and findings, that I have gathered throughout a period of 10 years working as a visual artist. My intention is not to fool anyone in saying that all…
In the last blog we broke off when our artist Rachel was approached by a gallerist from gallery A. If we now continue our simulation we see that Rachel has in fact been accepted into the circle of artists, being…
Let’s talk about the art market. The art market can be divided into roughly 5 segments: 1.) The direct market 2.) The primary beta market, 3.) The primary alpha market 4.) The secondary alpha market and 5.) The auction market. …
You’ll hear people tell you about different techniques, but usually these are artists who mostly do one thing, and what works for a classical portrait painter doesn’t necessarily fit someone working with photo / video works; you can’t really charge…
Welcome to the first blog at Surviving Art. Here we explore the world of art, from economics and simple tips on equipment to surviving the existential dread that is the art world. Today we’re going to talk about Commissions; this…