Based in Spain and China, we offer insights, a residency program in Madrid, and an online community to help artists sell their art and build a robust online presence.
Hi, I am Mo, let me introduce you to the Very Private Gallery RU-vid channel, your all-encompassing guide to the art business. Our episodes cover various topics, from understanding the ins and outs of showcasing your work on social media to exploring multiple platforms for selling art locally and online. We delve into the subtleties of pricing and framing your artwork, offer insights into the best practices for building a social media presence, and even provide tips for setting up your art exhibition. If you want to learn about the benefits of art education, SEO strategies for artists, or how to avoid common mistakes on artist websites. In that case, our channel has something for you.
I'm from a little town of brazilian northeast and I'm a new media artist... I have to say that if in China is it in that way, you can imagine here? 😅 Actually, know your reasearch now made me think that I'm good with my little progress here, goin to do my first show with livecoding projections 🎉
I was a little put off that the interviewer started the conversation out with a disagreement about the definition of certified. I appreciated the honestly of the appraiser. That being said I have been a professional artist for 20 years. When you are making and pricing art you have to figure out what lane you plan to be in and who your buyer is. If you are making art for you, if you are making very personal fine art and you plan (or hope) to market to high end collectors you have to start off like everyone else and sell good art for low prices, at art fairs, local shows, online... until you build a client base and get attention. Hopefully as you sell and create demand your prices climb. There is only one you, and only one person making this art and a lot of people who want it, so you increase your prices to meet demand. Hopefully larger shows and bigger galleries find you and do the heavy lifting for you. There are the people who seem to have pulled a Martha Stuart and convinced people that a 2.00 piece of pie is worth 35.00 or the down on his luck artist who over night gets discovered and all he did was spray paint easter decorations. Does it happen? Sure. Is it often? NO. what usually happens is an artist is prolific and is working a lot, networking, showing up where ever they can, getting invites to parties and openings and creates a community, where artists and collectors are. Collectors like to find someone who makes them feel like they have magic and a big star over their head and collect early. If you have potential and/or your vibe is right for the moment... magic. Most of us have to grind. If you want to be a designer, decorative, home art, wall art, that is a different story and you can make good money online, showing at trade shows etc. This art can sell using the supplies, hours invested, times three method. You can also start low, attract people and raise those prices. Either way there is always someone with like skills and even art that is very much like yours. You can use them for comps and some people will use their business skills to undercut and get the attention over to you. The best thing in my opinion is just to work from a place of integrity. What would you be willing to pay? Are you making original work, digital work and plan to me send people a link to print, or make limited prints or giclee yourself? Are you looking for fast money or a lasting career, what is the feedback you get, are you current, classic, retro, pop, fine, graphic, design, contemporary, conceptual. Who are your people, what are they willing to pay, how do you connect with them. I feel the interviewer is coming at this from a traditional classic, capitalist, consumerist, mindset. How do you make the most money fast. I may be wrong and there is nothing wrong with that but for me, art is a different, it is personal, it is worth investing not only in the art but in the artists. Art can be that painting you hang over your mid-century reproduction sofa for a season until you paint a wall and get a new sofa or it can be a piece of art that speaks to you, an artist you admire, an investment in them, and an heirloom for your family.
I was apprehensive because a lot of people giving advice in this space seem to not actually know what they are talking about but this video was really good. Thank you :)
Thank you for your tips you give good advice I would like to see it written out and be able to follow those tips to the letter. Since it's instruction and learning that would be very helpful. Thanks.
Wow!!! Its nice to see you're face and the art. 🤦🏻♀️ People are so weird these days.... Just wished you would have gotten up closer to more of the art and got straight on views.
Will RU-vid allow my website name, Fine Art America, the words are branded on the corner on my paintings that I upload to my channel.? Thanks for your quick reply.
Ohh God.. i so needed to listen to this video.. Absolute Legend!Absolute Legend! Real quality insights and explained very plain and clearly.. I wish my algorithm would have landed me on your video a long time back.. thanks so much for this..Absolute Legend! 😃
Do you REALLY think the woman was right: that there are gestures, expressions, ways of doing things (at the level that woman in the street could have observed) that can be identified as "communist"? Or-as seems more likely to me (but I wasn't there)-this was just veiled racism: looks Chinese, doesn't like Chinese, shouldn't say bad things about another race, changes to "looks communist." (Veiled and/or not-fully-conscious racism is rampant in the US, though outright racism seems to be gaining popularity here as well.) This is a real question.
I would like to push back a little on the concept that AI art has no “soul”. AI art tools can be used in a way that it uses other art to generate new AI art. The new AI art can therefore be imbued with the “soul” of the original art. I guess it all depends on how you are using the AI tool to generate the AI art. Furthermore, I think if you are using the AI art to come up with ideas, and then transferring those ideas to canvas by hand, your personal style will come out adding to the “soul” of the piece of art. Something that worries me a bit is how some galleries and art organizations are reacting to the use of AI art. I saw a call for art that said “artificial intelligence-generated art (AI-ART) is not accepted. NYAC strictly prohibits the use of AI-ART in any form” It went on to say something like that if it was discovered that a piece of submitted art had used AI in any way to create the art, the art would be disqualified. I contacted the organization for clarification and asked: “I read in the Chelsea International Fine Arts Competition guidelines that AI art is not accepted in any form. Does this include using AI as part of the creative process? For example, if I was to use AI to explore ideas for a painting and then was open about having used AI in the process for coming up with some of the subject matter for the art piece, but painting the piece strictly with my human hands, would that process fall under the prohibition?”. The response was:” You are correct that our competition does not accept artificial intelligence-generated art (AI-ART) in any form. Our competition is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating human creativity and artistic expression. We encourage artists to submit their original, human-created artworks that reflect their individual perspectives and creative journeys. This allows us to appreciate the depth and diversity of human artistic talent.” That seemed kind of like a cop out answer to me, and made me think that I should not tell them if I had used AI in the way I described. I guess if I were to use AI tools to help me with my art studies (Not saying I ever would, of course, wink wink), I would feel like I would need to stay in the closet about it, and would perhaps even not be open and honest about talking to people about my creative process.
This was a very interesting video! Christine seems like such a nice person and is so informative. I would love to have her as my gallerists or even have her spend a day with me answering all the so many questions I have about showing my art and art gallery representation.
fml i studied a very specific group of subjects just to get into marketing and media but now my mom wants me to study English linguistics instead because "it's too broad" (as if language studies aren't also vague af)
*US Copyright Protection (Watermarks):* Here’s the LEGAL reason to affix a watermark (logo), copyright attribution, image title, licensing information, metadata, and/or other *“Copyright Management Information” (CMI)* to your posted creative works on your website and US selling platforms. Per 17 USC §§ 1202-1203 (part of copyright’s DMCA), US-based copyright infringers who knowingly remove, cover-up, or change CMI (watermarks) with AI, apps, Photoshop, or any editing software to hide their copyright infringements or induce others to infringed, can be liable for the copyright owner’s actual money damages and profits OR US$2,500 to US$25,000 in statutory damages PLUS attorney fees PLUS legal costs (at the court’s discretion). A timely registered copyright claim is NOT required to pursue CMI violators. US copyright attorney, Andrew Epstein, writes, “We recommend always attaching a watermark or other copyright management information [CMI] to all works that you distribute. Although you do not need to have a copyright registration to recover under the DMCA [CMI], we always recommend [timely] registering your [works] with the Copyright Office to be able to qualify for maximum awards for copyright infringement (US$750 to US$150,000 per infringement, plus costs and attorney’s fees).” www.photolaw.net/did-someone-remove-the-copyright-notice-from-your-photograph.html
I haven’t finished school/I don’t know what to do/COVID had me making Art outside of School just for Therapy…. I don’t know if I should put out my work or not/because I haven’t finished school/and could pricing extremely differently then I’m I was a Grad…. My work is Graffiti/Graffiti Influenced…. Should I wait to finish school/I’m running out of space too…. :)
Congratulations (v. belated) on your PHD ! As a retired architect due to an injury, I've trained my non dominant hand to draw animals and at 62 slowly daring instagram to hold myself accountable and be consistent. Delighted to have come across your channel...subscribed !
Hello! Do you think it is more difficult for a male artist who has not yet prospered with his work to find a partner than for a female artist? Could it be that accomplished women reject him for not having stability and do not value his talent or potential? All the best!
Omg, thank you for excursion. I used to visit M50 every week when I lived in Shanghai, now I’m not there anymore and it was so nice to walk there again with such a nice companion as you are ;)
It’s not all about money Immediate successs is hard to come by The art market is very small and it’s lost its essence due to money and let’s face it all the art pieces that have sold for huge $ are not always displayed They’re all stored away in Europe because people can’t afford to insure them, correct? There are only a few key players and galleries in the world Art is a passion it’s not necessarily there to make money that’s a huge bonus if you can obviously but that’s not the essence and I think a lot of people only think about the dollars and then their work becomes very slick & commercial and they suffer turning out the same old work as they don’t take any risk and don’t grow as an artist - nothing evolves - this desert residency looks great and helps to give you the peace and freedom to experience and experiment in a unique environment. Would love to go perhaps one day!
It’s not all about money Immediate successs is hard to come by The art market is very small and it’s lost its essence due to money and let’s face it all the art pieces that have sold for huge $ are not always displayed They’re all stored away in Europe because people can’t afford to insure them, correct? There are only a few key players and galleries in the world Art is a passion it’s not necessarily there to make money that’s a huge bonus if you can obviously but that’s not the essence and I think a lot of people only think about the dollars and then their work becomes very slick & commercial and they suffer turning out the same old work as they don’t take any risk and don’t grow as an artist - nothing evolves - this desert residency looks great and helps to give you the peace and freedom to experience and experiment in a unique environment. Would love to go perhaps one day!
