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Art Credit
Can you imagine the perfect world where every human can help each other and don’t try to take advantage of the situation? No negotiation or bargain, just yes or no about buying a service or a product? In a perfect world you don’t even need money to make a transaction, everybody will have “credit”, from…
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How to sell your Art on Instagram
Last year she was a starving artist working as a waitress and living from tips in a moldy basement and now she’s a successful artist with more than a million followers and showing her work in the main galleries of New York, London and Hong Kong, her work has been auctioned for more than a…
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Murder at Tiktok Street
Last year, popular local artist, Jane Doe, had it all: a growing TikTok following, a successful art business, and a bright future. But when one of her videos is flagged and removed by the platform, her account is shadowbanned, and her following stagnates. Frustrated and resentful, Jane becomes increasingly vocal in her criticism of the…
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Self Censorship
Have you ever felt the need to censor your artwork in order to make it palatable to your audience and/or to make a profit? Back in the 90’s my gallery gave me some freedoms but they had some restrictions with paintings: No religion, no politics, no national symbols. I couldn’t help to make a painting…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 96: Davis Gallery, Austin TX
Carlos Fentanes: And then I saw a brilliant number 6 in the horizon and realized that it was unreachable so I just watched it until it disappeared. The gallery didn’t answer. Of curse they’re not going to answer, what is a possible answer to this nonsense. What is it mean? I don’t know I just…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 81: Outsiders Gallery, Lyon France
Carlos Fentanes: Seeing graffiti art framed and properly hanged give it a twist in my conception of urban art and graffiti in general. It makes it serious art. I like what you’re doing.Congratulations! The gallery didn’t answer. I don’t see a reason why they don’t answer this one, is it too difficult to say thanks?…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 80: Mianki Gallery, Berlin Germany
Carlos Fentanes: Hello, I like your booth at POSITIONS, a good balance between sculpture, paintings and works on paper. The gallery likes my comment Well it’s better than nothing, at least I finally get a reaction from these German people: it’s really hard, believe me. So what’s next? Once you get a reaction from a…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 79: Galerie Z22, Berlin Germany
Carlos Fentanes: Hallo, ich habe deinen letzten Beitrag gesehen und sie erinnern sich an Musik von Serialisten wie Phillip Glass. Ich mag sie. The gallery didn’t answer In this occasion I tried to write in German but it didn’t work. I was trying to tell them that the works that they show in their gallery…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 78: Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Carlos Fentanes: I’ve seen your gallery through your posts, there are some artworks that are shown like a mosaic, or salon style. What’s better, the salon style or the classic gallery show? The gallery didn’t answer Yep, another gallery that doesn’t check their messages or if they did they didn’t bother to answer. After checking…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 77: Canadian Fine Arts, Yorkville ON
Carlos Fentanes: When I look at a painting, sometimes I also spend time looking how it is framed, how it’s hanged, how the space can be transformed by an object. I would like to see more of your space, not only the artworks. Canadian Fine Arts: Hi Carlos! Thank you for your suggestion 😊. We…
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