WHAT IS AN ART GALLERY?: What does an art gallery do for an artist...art galleries explained!

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What is an art gallery? What does it do for an artist? How do I find art galleries in my city, or in any city? I get a lot of questions about art galleries since I go to them so frequently, so I put together a list of the most common questions I get about art galleries...
1. How do you know if a gallery is ‘good’? (6:25)
2. What do you wear to an art gallery? (8:50)
3. Can you take pictures? (9:50)
4. How do you understand/enjoy the show more? (10:24)
5. What can you not do in a gallery? (12:12)
6. How do you know when there's an exhibit? (14:02)
7. Are the artworks for sale? (17:32)
7. Why doesn’t anyone talk to me in galleries? (19:16)
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RESOURCES
INSTAGRAM
/ mary_lynn_buchanan
WEBSITES/APPS
www.marylynnbuchanan.com/
Frieze: www.frieze.com/on-view/galleries
Art Basel: www.artbasel.com/galleries
See Saw App: apps.appl
e.com/gb/app/see-saw-gallery-guide/id791643418
Galleries now: www.galleriesnow.net/
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LISTS OF GALLERIES TO EXPLORE BY CITY
NEW YORK
Chelsea, New York: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...
Tribeca, Soho, West Village, New York: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...
Upper East Side, New York: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...
Lower East Side, New York: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...
PARIS
Paris: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...
LONDON
London: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...
LOS ANGELES
LA: www.marylynnbuchanan.com/blog...

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2 авг 2024

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@gregoryfreeman2269 Год назад

What not to do in an art gallery (l.o.l.) I work Security in an Art Museum, and you just listed all our rules (and pet peeves). Also, I'm glad Gallery Assistants aren't all over me when I walk into a gallery. Honestly, I usually just wanna look at art. I'm not looking for ocnversation (unless I do have a question). Thanks, also, for the explanation of the different types of art galleries.

@afroarabianempire 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing this with the public... I am South African Artist Farook Mohammed from Gqeberha in Nelson Mandela Bay, Resident Artist of the Athenaeum South Africa. It's this kind of information that keeps the industry alive. Keep it going ❤👌🏻

@MsCaleb79 4 месяца назад

I have a painting from Zambia in my collection

@Jupiter-ji6zz 2 года назад

This video has very high-quality content and you are professional. I can see you have a lot of experience in the way you talk and how well structured it is the video! Thank you so much, you are amazing Mary!

@victoriatarpinian5857 3 года назад

Ive been dreaming of getting my art into a gallery for so long, and this video helped me on my path to start. thank you! Subscribed!

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

I love that!

@alexisherrera4687 3 года назад

I'd love to see your "short" list of 100 galleries in NYC! I'd even like to see the one with 300! Would you please share them?

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

I have them here on my website, broken out by neighborhood www.marylynnbuchanan.com/lists

@alexisherrera4687 3 года назад

@@MaryLynn_Buchanan ¡Gracias!

@southafricaismyhome814 2 года назад

@@MaryLynn_Buchanan HOW CAN I GET MY ART IN AMERICA

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Google it!

@evieva2639 2 года назад

Thanks for the great work you're doing. I really enjoy every video you upload.

@johnburman966 9 месяцев назад

My way to visit galleries is to walk in without any prior knowledge. I paint ....so my radar takes me to what I want to see. Then I get right up close, take it all in. Then I leave taking the ambiance with me. It's a big thrill to find work I like, the rest doesn't matter to me.

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@pablopicoso 3 года назад

Just found your videos. Very enjoyable. You present them very well and love the music choices. Thanks for the effort

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

thanks for watching!!

@pisongsea 3 года назад

Hi! Thank you for sharing so much great art content on IG and now YT! I did have a quick comment on your answer to "How do you know if a gallery is ‘good’?" You answered the question assuming by "good", the asker meant "prestigious/elite/expensive". Perhaps that is what they meant by "good". However, since you seem to be a forum for many "up-and-coming" art lovers, I would like to add that one can discover what's "good" to them by exploring a plethora of galleries big and small, encountering works, and discovering what their eye is most drawn to, even if that means they might ultimately prefer a tiny start-up gallery that won't be in Basel any time soon. There's nothing inherently "better" about art from a mega gallery e.g. Gagosian than a mid-sized gallery e.g. 303 or small gallery e.g. Freight & Volume.

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! You're absolutely right, some of my favorite galleries are in the lower east side - like Freight + Volume. The biggest thing that makes a gallery 'good' (IMO) is if they're fostering the career of an artist and not simply buying works and re-selling them for marked-up prices...think a Taglialatella. That's what people mean when they're asking me if a gallery is good or not because it's hard to tell sometimes on walking in if a gallery has a legit relationship with their artists. Looking to see if an art gallery attends an art fair is just one of many ways to see if a gallery is 'good' - and there are many different kinds of art fairs such as Independent and Felix - that many of the smaller emerging galleries do participate in. I'd say the two things that apply to ALL galleries would be if they have a regular exhibition schedule and artists with good CV's that they have a direct relationship with then that's a good enough indicator.

@robertlparcus9377 Год назад

Your videos are phenomenal! I have a young gallery (5 years old) in a renaissance castle in Austria, growing very quickly, and my biggest wish is to have a branch of my gallery in New York. Have you ever thought about making one of your videos about how galleries could move in this direction or even more, how to find the right partners for such an endeavor in a foreign country, or specifically, New York? Best wishes from Parcus Gallery.

@zhandigong2087 3 года назад

Thank you for your sharing about galleries! I got a few questions. I enjoy art and I am interested in starting a gallery in the future. But i am not living in big cities like NY LA London etc. Have you ever been to some galleries in small cities and small towns? How can they survive with less niche customers and collectors? And do you think galleries can only survive in big cities? Thanks

@katia1859 Год назад

Love this vidéo🙏❤️❤️ I had been in contact with a gallery hère in the south of France, because i looked to exhibit in a gallery for the first Time. Thé gallerist told me if you invented something new, never Seen, ans give me lots of money, ok i am ok to see tour work...no comment i think 😄

@Stellifant 2 года назад

Thanks for this video Mary. I’m going to London next week to check out the primary galleries…..I start with White Cube. I wonder if you would consider making a video on choosing art below the $1000.00 price tag. Are Shows at Art College’s worth buying from? Regional art fairs etc. Thanks

@tanerkaraaslan6216 3 года назад

Best video about an insider in the artworld

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Thank you 🙏🏼

@ryanperrault8174 10 месяцев назад

Solid video, thanks for making it

@josephrapp7211 2 года назад

Thank you for effortlessly explaining what the public wants/needs toknow. What do you think about showing Cecily Brown?

@victoriav571 Год назад

Thank you for your insights ❤

@thefiatree Год назад

This is very helpful, thank you!

@petrastefankovaart 3 года назад

Interesting what you said about what to wear when visiting galleries. I have experience visiting a gallery in Chelsea, where the owner commented on my shoes because they were not expensive enough. I only had something comfortable on, because of the weather and I did a lot of walking in Chelsea obviously. :D

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Are you serious! That’s crazy, I’m so sorry you experienced that. I’ve seen people wearing all sorts of things in Chelsea galleries but most are wearing tennis shoes or some other form of comfortable shoes

@cliffdariff74 3 года назад

huh?...! been to a ton of galleries, never happened.

@Kittylamew 3 года назад

Very informative. Thank you for sharing

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@MsCaleb79 4 месяца назад

You have had a lot of luck the way you understand so much about art. I have studied photography but I just don’t get it right, I don’t know why.

@dylancotton6247 2 года назад

Really interesting, thank you.

@cliffdariff74 3 года назад

I would think a good gallery sells good art, and practices good business. Also to be a good visitor, I would recommend discussing the materials of the art, along with the concept of the piece... it shows some knowledge and context, and may open the gallerist up for conversation 👍

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

What’s “good art”? If art is beautiful and decorative, it’s considered boring and won’t end up in galleries. What is “good business”? Because, galleries make most cash from abusing the artists, so… is it really a “good business” if the gallery is wealthy that way? Technically they maximize profits, but I’d never consider such a business “good”, but capitalism says profits are the only mentric of how good the business is. Start thinking deeper about what YOU want, vs what the galleries want. Yeah… it’s complicated.

@Icon328 3 года назад

Great presentation!

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Thank you 🙏🏼

@ricardosoto648 Год назад

gracias!

@lukedominicodonnell2347 Год назад

I love your content, Mary. I wonder if in your gallery tours you have visited galleries that exhibit "fine art" in which the artist's medium is exclusively recycled material. I wish to investigate these as I am an artist who works predominantly in recycled plastic.

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

This is such an old idea, that was done and overdone. Seriously, you should focus on novelty ideas. Not obscessing over extremely outdated topics, with zero innovation. Try actual creativity for a change!

@curiousnomad 3 года назад

I love your online content! How do approach discussing the price and whether it is set in stone or flexible? Obviously if it’s an artist in high demand probably not, but how do you ask?

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

I would always recommend negotiating. I usually ask what the range is because galleries feel more comfortable with ballparks. But in general you can always negotiate price as well as how you’d like to pay - in full, installments, etc. Worse they can say is no

@danielcasallas7400 2 года назад

❤

@Superinnisfree 2 года назад

Could you give a similar talk on the best way to approach a gallery if you are an artist wanting to exhibit your work and how to choose which ones would be likely to welcome your approach?

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

It’s a huge no no. You’re not supposed to “approach” galleries, they approach YOU if you’re worthy. Grow your community and become famous online first, or no gallery will accep you. They need only artists with proven success and with the platforms to SELL your work. Galleries will find you and ask to represent you, eventually. But if you approach THEM, you’re clearly jyst a deaparate nobody.

@creativepistachio2229 2 года назад

Mary you're awsome! Nice feeeeed 💕💕

@MrIrons-og3rg 7 месяцев назад

I need my own Art Gallery here in Jamaica to promote Caribbean artists.

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

I’m sure they already exist.

@poppingoffbottles 3 года назад

How can you tell when a new genre or style of art occurs?

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

You already know the answer. From art history. Unless you’re new to arts? New style occurs when there is a big change is society, like a huge world war, a giant plague, big industrial or social revolutions etc. We are in that exact place right now, with post pandemic insanity, change in work culture, self isolation and mental illness as a side effect, outgrowing capitalism that is now a negative thing, change in tge world order, divisions by race/gender/culture etc The change is NOW! You could be the new artist, creating revolutionary fine artworks that will allow humanity to jeal and move forward. It’s in YOUR hands!

@victorialopes9965 2 года назад

you are the best

@anonymousfellowindian 3 года назад

By end of 2021, you are likely to cross 100k subscribers. On instagram, you already have 60k plus followers. Next Jerry Shaltz in the making.

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

that's very kind, thank you

@DrFrankenskippy 3 года назад

Nice presentation. I must say I love many galleries in NYC and currently living in Sydney, Aus' with many great galleries. The one thing I find totally off putting is the elitist snooty BS that seems to go hand in velvet glove with many galleries in areas like Chelsea NYC and Paddington Sydney. Hence many of the best artists historically were/are not the blue chip gallery's invited-by-art-clergy spread and it is far worse this day and age with most of the artists signed to posh galleries more a case of merch' and capitalist venture undertaking than any credible artistic slant.

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Sydney is in the middle of nowhere dear 🙄 Not a good place to live. Better go where there’s actual people.

@LXARTSTUDIOS Год назад

Can you share your shortlists?

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Google it, seriously

@sebastiancar86art Год назад

can you help me to find gallery representation?

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

It’s not something anyone else will do for you, it’s on YOU. Obviously you need to have a huge social media following, so that the galleries FIND you and CONTACT you. How else will you become visible to them? It’s not like you approach them or contact them, it’s NOT how things work. So, stop your pathetic desperation and grow as an artist. If you can’t grow a following online, you have 100% proof that your art is NOT good or liked. Meaning, it will never be sold or represented.

@katia1859 Год назад

I am sorry but i didn't understand all as there is no french translation. You Say that as an artist WE mustn't get in touch to thé gallerist to exhibit? That's it Il ne faut surtout pas candidater pour exposer ? Est ce que j ai bien compris.☺️

@dewit7 Год назад

Is there a vid on buying good art, What do you thinks of sculpture an photograpy. What is hanging on your walls?.. Thank you... 🙂

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Most people are too broke to buy ANY fine artworks and have zero artistic taste. What people have on their walls is some old lame family photos and occasional ikea print, likely found near the dumpster. Seriously… Just look what your friends and family have at home lol Art is a hobby, earning even $1000 is practically impossible for even seasoned fine artists with several degrees etc. There are millions of fantastic artists, amd zero real demand. Art is an awesome hobby, not a profession or business. Unless you wish to teach annoying kids for minimum wage, but then you’re not an artist. You’re some low level teacher instead.

@davidmayhew8083 2 года назад

Should I learn how to read tea leaves?

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Might as well

3 года назад

Hi, Mary Lynn 😊✨👋🏼

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Hello!!

@xitapedrao1377 2 года назад

If you don't give a cv to gallary, how can gallary makes a deal with artists to show they work ?

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Gallery will approach YOU, when you’re worthy. Meaning, you need to already have a large following as a pre-requisite. Don’t have that? That means, you’re a NOBODY. Artists can never approach galleries, that’s a horrible idea and shows the pathetic despair of that artist. Huuuuge no no! Gallery will contact YOU and ASK for your CV (or find it on your popular social media links).

@quiettornado1970 3 года назад

As an female artist, I've been watching RU-vid video about "what galleries do for artist", none of them has any promising and good thing to say about them.

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Most people filming videos on gallery advice have never been represented by a gallery and are just trying to grow RU-vid channel. If they were real artists with gallery representations, they’d be actually PAINTING, not filming silly videos on social media lol So, to learn about galleries - contact REAL artists who are already IN the galleries! Not some nobody.

@AlessandroCardano 2 года назад

Great answers! I remember when I accidentally stumbled into Erwin Wurm's one-minute sculptures while doing a school assignment about the house it was hosted in. Knowing a little about the exhibit would 1000% have made me enjoy it more.

@jeanmichelbasquiat4444 2 года назад

Personal question, but i'm sure everyone wonders what you do for a living that lets you travel all over to look at art full time????

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

Google ads likely pay her enough. Channel is big enough to earn a living and pay for travel.

@tonyaustin4629 2 года назад

You don't have a Patreon?

@bryandibucci583 3 года назад

Mary Lynn l

@satansearwax5374 3 года назад

Yea what’s your universal pet peeve about galleries ..........?

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Such a good question!! Probably their hours - especially ones that are 11-6 it’s really hard to see a show without cutting out of work early and it’s just not doable for the average person. It also drives me crazy when their hours or business address are wrong on Google - when they just can’t get basic things together that drives me crazy

@satansearwax5374 3 года назад

@@MaryLynn_Buchanan hey you just described every other gallery in BK....I was gonna ask you through your Insta but I felt goofy doing it that way 😂

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

@@satansearwax5374 well thanks for asking here and for watching!!

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 6 месяцев назад

The rude trolls that sit in front desk lol

@danielmask3871 3 года назад

Great 411/101

@bryandibucci583 3 года назад

Mary lynn. Doin good😙😶😋

@SantaBarbaraBiking 3 года назад

I worked in The Armand Hammer Museum in L.A. and a child poked a Van Gogh with their finger. The parents didn't really care at all.

@MaryLynn_Buchanan 3 года назад

Oh lawwwd! That’s terrible!

@SantaBarbaraBiking 3 года назад

@@MaryLynn_Buchanan It was! Thank goodness the museum specialists saw that the painting would be fine and no major damage. Happens all the time with parents not holding their kids hand.

@stojanovich 3 года назад

@@SantaBarbaraBiking I work for the Venice Biennale every two years..oh the stories that I could tell..and unfortunately the stories involve more adults than children :/

@FromGemsToJewelry Год назад

Would you like a glass of water

@rebecca_8888 2 года назад

Mary, did you never had the impression that most galleries aren't that much happy with the "Art Gallery Tourism" that is going around? I'm an artists and I know that an Art Gallery is mainly a space serving the purpose of selling art and welcoming their collectors (or influencers like you). I personally don't like it at all that art became a lifestyle thing and entertainment for the general public. People go to openings because it's "cool", drinking champagne for free and trying to get conversations with artists to get some inspiration. I know artists and art gallery owners who feel really annoyed by that trend. What do you think about it? 🙂 Best, Rebecca