tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post232742564544977404..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Marketing Mondays: Gallery BusinessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-5523607887009588552012-01-22T17:36:29.780-05:002012-01-22T17:36:29.780-05:00I'd like to comment on the shipping issue here...I'd like to comment on the shipping issue here.... I recently looked at applying for a group show at a respectable gallery space. However they were asking the artist to cover shipping BOTH ways, and still were taking a 50% commission. And this was a sculpture show! As an artist, I can't afford to take a $400 hit on shipping. Isn't the point of the gallerist paying the return Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529562255058636672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-87020830531788200502009-12-11T08:29:22.660-05:002009-12-11T08:29:22.660-05:00Cool article as for me. I'd like to read more ...Cool article as for me. I'd like to read more concerning that topic. Thank you for posting this information.<br />Sexy Lady<br /><a href="http://www.baccaratgirls.com" rel="nofollow">Female escorts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-17731154653955554802009-09-22T12:14:00.699-04:002009-09-22T12:14:00.699-04:00what if a gallery tells you they just can't pa...what if a gallery tells you they just can't pay you right now? that's the situation i'm in. they have paid me consistently b4 but things have slowed down. do i demand my money and put all future business w/them on hold until i get paid? i understand this is a tough economy, but i have bills and expenses too. this gallery has brought much traffic and interest in my work/website - and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-80989801086648424902009-07-15T10:05:29.925-04:002009-07-15T10:05:29.925-04:00I’ve been following Joanne’s blog over the past fe...I’ve been following Joanne’s blog over the past few months with interest in the topics on galleries and artists taking an entrepreneurial spirit and control of their own fate/success. During this same time I have been embroiled in a tedious situation with one of the galleries that represents my work in New Orleans. Long story short, when things didn’t seem to add up and make sense I did a bit of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108770813588197855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-67973812189647138592009-06-09T17:25:06.282-04:002009-06-09T17:25:06.282-04:00Very good post!
One of the galleries I was in rece...Very good post!<br />One of the galleries I was in recently had to close it's doors. They called and asked if I could 'forgive' payments currently owed on work sold to help them out during this tough time of having to close their business. Lucky for me, the only thing I hadn't been paid on was something very small and I said "sure". I did this because they asked, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-50535750423715634822009-06-07T19:24:20.544-04:002009-06-07T19:24:20.544-04:00As a gallery owner, I'd like offer my thoughts...As a gallery owner, I'd like offer my thoughts. Frankly, I'm appalled. I have never not paid an artist within a month of the sale of their work (and for larger works, I pay the artist as soon as the customer's check or credit card clears). What I do is sit down on the last day each of month, print my art commission report for that month, and then print the checks immediately from my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-15024000274095136732009-06-06T19:58:41.623-04:002009-06-06T19:58:41.623-04:00I'm not sure if it is karma or bad luck or jus...I'm not sure if it is karma or bad luck or just coincidence, but whenever I hear of bad things happening to galleries, it always seems to happen while their insurance has lapsed for some reason...A big fire, a flood, theft- I have started to think that when galleries or artists let their insurance lapse that the insurance company sells their info to thugs who go & make it palpable why grovecanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973601186376093274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-91765775826068400712009-05-30T13:42:02.884-04:002009-05-30T13:42:02.884-04:00Xoc,
Thanks for this post.
Maybe it will take lon...Xoc,<br /><br />Thanks for this post.<br />Maybe it will take longer than a generation, be we have already begun the miration to cyber screens. Technology will improve, too. (Meanwhile I still like to read the NY Times in the dead-tree version.)<br /><br />As for galleries, the decline of bricks-and-mortar venues is a result of the economy. Just as painters don't paint digitally-- unless they Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-65418069766696192022009-05-30T13:27:10.076-04:002009-05-30T13:27:10.076-04:00"It will take another generation at least bef..."It will take another generation at least before we are as combortable with an electronic book as with a real, tangible object in our hands. "<br /><br />Joanne, I realize the benefits of electronic books and especially the ability to modify and correct as well as the "green" implications. However, I for one, cannot read a computer screen for very long without adverse physicalLXVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396149640519096992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-40340861356077190762009-05-29T21:23:45.061-04:002009-05-29T21:23:45.061-04:00Hi Claudia,
I found out about insurance when I ha...Hi Claudia,<br /><br />I found out about insurance when I had my own little gallery, Lovelake. State Farm helped me. <A HREF="http://www.mikegferguson.com/" REL="nofollow">My guy </A>made a package for me... I had so much coverage for the studio, so much for the gallery and also for work someplace else... like I said, if it was in transit or at a window project I developed across the street. MindEvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526963554623770078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-60595307252263073392009-05-28T10:35:55.899-04:002009-05-28T10:35:55.899-04:00Honestly, NJ, I have no definitive answers to your...Honestly, NJ, I have no definitive answers to your questions. <br />. Galleries? I do think that the dealers who want to have a bricks-and-mortar space will find a way to do so, just as artists find a way to maintain a studio. <br />. Invites and catalogs? There is a move afoot to go green. We artists like the cards because they allow us to get images before curators, other dealers, or friends, Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-27846095173482372182009-05-28T02:41:31.067-04:002009-05-28T02:41:31.067-04:00Hi Joanna,
This is a very interesting post. I am...Hi Joanna, <br />This is a very interesting post. I am not with a gallery but after reading through these changes do you see some of them becoming standard operating procedure after the economy "rebounds"? I think that one trend that may continue would be more group shows and less one person shows especially with a new artist that a gallery may chose to show. I also think that NJ ART 73noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-89846540103688110332009-05-28T00:01:49.487-04:002009-05-28T00:01:49.487-04:00Anon,
OK, I get it. You're pissed off. I am not d...Anon,<br /><br />OK, I get it. You're pissed off. I am not defending galleries that don't give as much as they get, but the point of this post is to look at what's happening now--in a bad econnomy. If we are with a gallery that's having these problems we do have options:<br /><br />1) First and foremost, we can leave the gallery. However my impulse would be to stick with a good dealer during a Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-72527704976083781522009-05-27T22:10:24.236-04:002009-05-27T22:10:24.236-04:00And they get 50% for what? No insurance, non-paym...And they get 50% for what? No insurance, non-payment, or late, late, late payment, only a cyberspace gallery, artist self-promotion, not paying for return shipping of work...These all sound like stories for the "How's my Dealing? blog." While we are all in this together, it is advisable to work with galleries that have large enough capitalization to weather these bigger storms. A couple of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-61391083678699802842009-05-27T19:57:58.929-04:002009-05-27T19:57:58.929-04:00Eva mentioned: 'It's possible to buy "off-site" in...Eva mentioned: 'It's possible to buy "off-site" insurance, which covers work in transit or just work which is elsewhere, not in your home or studio. It's not much and worth looking into if you are showing in uninsured places.'<br />Eva can you tell us exactly what insurance is available? Can you suggest a specific company or web site please?<br />Thank you.Claudiahttp://www.claudiawaters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-26408990381575471012009-05-27T17:29:43.454-04:002009-05-27T17:29:43.454-04:00Alyson says: "I think that any gallery that can't ...Alyson says: "I think that any gallery that can't insure an inventory shouldn't be in business."<br /><br />In a normal economy, I'd agree wholeheartedly. But in a bad economy like this, we're all doing what we need to do to stay alive. I have dropped the insurance on my studio, too ($1500 for $50,000 was too much for to enough)and I'm still in business. I'm sympathetic, for now.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-74851290718655189782009-05-27T16:15:39.812-04:002009-05-27T16:15:39.812-04:00I totally agree with Alyson Stanfield. "No insuran...I totally agree with Alyson Stanfield. "No insurance" means the gallery is basically out of business. Thanks for this great article.Jackie Jacobsonhttp://www.jackiejacobson.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-66864720475752125282009-05-27T14:30:21.207-04:002009-05-27T14:30:21.207-04:00Joanne, this is a very helpful post. I've heard ma...Joanne, this is a very helpful post. I've heard many of these stories from my clients. "No insurance" was the most recent issue for one client. I may be old fashioned, but I think that any gallery that can't insure an inventory shouldn't be in business. It's a terrible way to run a business and build trust. I'm going to Twitter right now to share this link with my followers. Thank you.Alyson B. Stanfieldhttp://www.artbizblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-59888316885213770272009-05-27T12:04:21.797-04:002009-05-27T12:04:21.797-04:00Some good points made here. I read this with inte...Some good points made here. I read this with interest. I have recently moved back to the midwest, Michigan, and have found that smaller galleries want to exhibit my work but sales are slow and uneven. I have tried to get Chicago galleries to look at my work but if it works anything like NYC it is important to know an artist that already exhibits at the gallery you are interested in to gain KRCampbellArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185783768927918993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-55094777014458388652009-05-26T04:48:14.236-04:002009-05-26T04:48:14.236-04:00Why we need a gallery?Why we need a gallery?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-28948103581925172562009-05-26T01:28:37.581-04:002009-05-26T01:28:37.581-04:00The mention of a gallery not contacting an artist ...The mention of a gallery not contacting an artist about a sale, and possibly not sending a check in a timely manner IS just plain bad business practice.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-91787163854117773502009-05-25T15:49:26.077-04:002009-05-25T15:49:26.077-04:00If the space has no insurance, I would not relish ...If the space has no insurance, I would not relish showing there. I have had more than my fair share of scratched paintings and destroyed work. One time a flood got ahold of a group of pastels - almost the entire show. Luckily the space had insurance and I was paid for it all. <br /><br />There is way to get around it - insure your artwork. It's possible to buy "off-site" insurance, which covers Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526963554623770078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-89553234092674276582009-05-25T10:21:04.544-04:002009-05-25T10:21:04.544-04:00This gallery is not being limited by its four wall...This gallery is not being limited by its four walls and appears to understand the advantage that galleries have in giving an "experience" when viewing art works. They also open their market beyond the neighbourhood.<br /><br />http://www.unscenetour.com/<br /><br />Creating a <B>mobile gallery </B> would also lead to the possibility of corporate spnsorships if you show up at a sporting event sayGamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-38599378775183717852009-05-25T09:32:11.931-04:002009-05-25T09:32:11.931-04:00Sorry to be anonymous here, but I want to be able ...Sorry to be anonymous here, but I want to be able to speak frankly. I'm all for the "we're all in this together" type of gallery relationship--bad economy or not. But the mention of the gallery not contacting an artist about a sale, and possibly not sending a check in a timely way (30 days sounds reasonable) smells bad to me. I guess it might seem better if the gallery had reached out to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-85689137197882080602009-05-25T07:04:23.543-04:002009-05-25T07:04:23.543-04:00One of my galleries (Europe) is closing down (movi...One of my galleries (Europe) is closing down (moving to Internet only, does not do fairs) and also did not send me a check for a sale - I found this out more recently, in a sideways way, and am not sure how to approach them. They're doing pretty bad, and I hate to say it but have NEVER made sales on the Internet, despite having a very nice site. I don't see them lasting, and am hoping to figure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com