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Art Gotham made Craigslist headlines this weekend for poor management of their accounts payable. As the above screen capture documents, at least one artist is angry over an outstanding bill. I haven’t spoken to the gallery about this latest Craigslist smear, so at this point you can apply the same grain of salt you do whenever you read any blog “reporting”, though I did talk to them last year about related artist complaints. The tip originally came from an anonymous source; upset over what they characterized as hidden fees ($150-$250 dollars to exhibit in addition to the standard 50 percent commission.) I didn’t get very far with the gallery owner, but assuming this artist paid these fees to exhibit, they will have now lost a considerable amount of money.
Tip via: Laura Fayer
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Artists: never, ever, under ANY circumstances pay to play. It’s total BS and no honorable curator/gallerist/organizer/etc would ask you to do it.
Artists: never, ever, under ANY circumstances pay to play. It’s total BS and no honorable curator/gallerist/organizer/etc would ask you to do it.
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Almost every artist has such a story. The gallerist can’t find your work; either lost it or sold it under the table, and won’t negotiate a reasonable amount to cover the loss, the tragedy and the trouble. Sometimes shit happens and life goes on, other times the dealer is just not honest. Often artists’ loose considerable sums of valuable art and time. And it’s very hard to fight it in court or in the press. In the end they’ll always get away with it, either going bankrupt or simply by calling you a “problematic prima Dona” and letting everybody in this tiny art world that you are a risk. Just because you asked for justice. This site is for those that are not millionaires, artist that can’t afford a good lawyer. This is your site, post pics of your lost work and tell your story. Maybe someday the art press will decide to push this problem so common in our profession. The artist shouldn’t have to pay for a dealer’s idiocy. Artist make the dealer, is not the other way around. Please, send you stories and pics …just remember this site is not about the art dealer, it’s about the work lost.
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Almost every artist has such a story. The gallerist can’t find your work; either lost it or sold it under the table, and won’t negotiate a reasonable amount to cover the loss, the tragedy and the trouble. Sometimes shit happens and life goes on, other times the dealer is just not honest. Often artists’ loose considerable sums of valuable art and time. And it’s very hard to fight it in court or in the press. In the end they’ll always get away with it, either going bankrupt or simply by calling you a “problematic prima Dona” and letting everybody in this tiny art world that you are a risk. Just because you asked for justice. This site is for those that are not millionaires, artist that can’t afford a good lawyer. This is your site, post pics of your lost work and tell your story. Maybe someday the art press will decide to push this problem so common in our profession. The artist shouldn’t have to pay for a dealer’s idiocy. Artist make the dealer, is not the other way around. Please, send you stories and pics …just remember this site is not about the art dealer, it’s about the work lost.
The artist has not contacted the gallery directly about this complaint.
The artist has not contacted the gallery directly about this complaint.
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