Art Dealing vs Gallerist. The assumption. CHG has an active exhibiting program of contemporary artists. A constant flowing series of individual, dual, or mixed artist exhibitions with both 2D and 3D artworks. Showcasing both mid-career professional and emerging artists. Art dealing applies more to established artists’ reputations, living or dead, and well-known Australian contemporary artists. It involves placing art into public and private collections, by buying, selling, upgrading and refining. It requires an
established knowledge of the 150 years that Australian art has been acknowledged, observing and intuiting market trends, demands, and fluctuations, and being able to recognise a quality artwork vs the banal!
Daily Life of a Gallerist. This is a snapshot of my last week at CHG:
1 Exhibition Preparation – conversing with the exhibiting artists regarding art subject(s), content and pieces. 2 Phone Calls – enquiries relating to artworks’ authenticity, significance, and provenance. 3 Referrals – received from another gallery/gallerist. 4 Off-site Visit – artist studio, collection valuations, art inheritances. 5 Concerns – addressing artist’s disquiet relating to poor weather and artwork storage.
6 Interstate – enquiry relating to identifying original art vs manufactured print. 7 On-site – partial re-hang of gallery works, planning new exhibition layout, gallery walk-ins, out of hours enquiries, stock assessment, photography, art writing, artist profile development. 8 Sales – follow-up with an art enquiry and achieving a sale, online queries. 9 Administration – accounting, book-keeping, data entry, e-mails, post, and telephone calls, filing, writing,
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