Carlos Fentanes
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 4: Gallery BOM, Boston MA
Me: The art that you show in your posts looks great, very good curated. Congratulations! I wish you the best. Gallery: Nothing. Hey, now I’m not telling you anything about exhibit, about I’m a starving artist, about showing my work… Did I deserve an answer this time? I wanted some answer, maybe just a: “Thanks!”,…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 3: Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Me: Your posts are awesome! I wonder what’s the process you follow to chose an artist? Is there any artist call or submission form? Gallery: not a single word Something is not working in this approach, I think I should change something but what? How can I start a conversation with a gallery? what should…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 2: Massimo de Carlo Gallery, Milan, London, Hong Kong
I wrote a DM in Instagram. Me: Hello, your feed news is wonderful, plenty of great art and great artists. Congratulations! I really enjoy your Instagram.I wonder how do you select your artists? Is there a way to submit on your website or a collective exhibition for new artists? Do you charge a fee?Thanks in…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 1: Galerie Géraldine Banier, Paris, France
Me: Hello, I just saw your feed and you have a great selection of artist, I wonder how do you select an artist for your gallery, is there a process that an artist have to follow? Gallery: Mute Is this too aggressive? Should I be a little more passive? less obvious? Why they don’t answer?…
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Fifty ways not to approach to an art gallery.
Yes, you read well, maybe I do not know how to approach to a gallery to show my work but I’m an expert in failing at that. I have so many experiences in being rejected by a gallery that I can write a book about it. Why it’s so difficult to show my work in…
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Restoration or Forgery?
The collector William Stern, in front of Wall Drawing #679 In 1991 Architect William Stern commissioned Sol LeWitt for a mural in his living room, the result was Drawing #679, this “drawing” or mural stayed in his living room until his dead and then he donated his home and art holdings to the Menil Collection…
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Professional or just hobby?
Every morning I woke up at 5:30 am for painting before going to job (my wife said “real job”, the one that pays bills). Yes I’m working as a electronic support technician and database analyst during the day but also I’m an artist, and everyday I make art. The other day I went to an…
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To porn or not to porn
Not long time ago Facebook put a warning to a friend’s wall because he posted “inadequate content”. I remember that his account was freeze for 24 hours or so and they ask him no to publish “inadequate content” again, if so, he will be banned from Facebook. Facebook refers to “Inadequate content” to that that won’t complain…
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Museum Selfies
Museums have been guardians of works of art for centuries. They have created state of the art rooms to keep works of art in optimal conditions: temperature, relative humidity, light, seismic meters… They don’t allow flashlights because of the damage that UV rays can cause to works of art. When photography was mainly made in…
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The Top Five Most Famous Works of Art
I have seen in several sites the impossible task of enumerating the top five or top 10 or even top 100s of everything from food, jewelry, vacation places, etc. I wonder what will be the top five most famous works of art of the world. Just by reading the header everyone can start to make…
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