Past events

Making Sales: The Shifting Landscape - April 2024


Topics we covered:


Post-Covid: is the traditional art market changing?


The growing focus on graduates' work and emerging artists


Artists + Galleries: Collaboration rather than Representation


What are the barriers to selling your work?


Alternative platforms and the traditional gallery system


Is the profile of art buyers changing?



Online Visibility... Without Overwhelming - February 2024

Online Visibility... Without Overwhelming - February 24

Larry Achiampong, Artist, Filmmaker + Musician


Mollie Balshaw, Artist + Director at Short Supply


Richard Dyer, Editor in Chief at Third Text, Art Critic, Curator + Artist



Topics we covered



• How best to showcase & promote your work

• Sharing your work in progress

• How to get noticed by dealers, curators, collectors and gallerists

• What content should you rely on?

• Is there a role for selling your work online?

• Getting noticed on search engines

• Controlling the conversation

• What platforms should you join & are they worth it?

• To video or not to video?


How to Navigate The Legal + Financial Maze of Being an Artist - March 2023

How to Navigate The Legal + Financial Maze of Being an Artist - March 23

Kimberley Ahmet, Senior Manager, Artists' Collecting Society


Daniel Foley, Associate in Mishcon Private, leading practitioners in Art law, advising artists, dealers, collectors, auction houses & others


John Martin, Gallerist & Co-founder Cromwell Place


Stacie McCormick, Multi-disciplinary Artist, Founder of Fair Art Fair

& Unit 1 Gallery Workshop




Topics we covered


  • Your legal rights – how much of your art do you really own?
  • Pricing & Commissions – a dealer’s perspective
  • How pricing your Degree Show work can affect future sales
  • What you should be negotiating with your dealer
  • Could zero-commission approaches become the norm? 
  • Artist's Resale Right Royalties – how to benefit as your work rises in value
  •  Navigating the system we work in – different contract models



Topics we covered


Your legal rights – how much of your art do you really own?


Pricing & Commissions – a dealer’s perspective


How pricing your Degree Show work can affect future sales?


What you should be negotiating with your dealer?


Could zero-commission approaches become the norm? 


Artist's Resale Right Royalties – how to benefit as your work rises in value


Navigating the system we work in – different contract models

Studio Life, Exhibitions + Collaborations - November 2022

Emmanuel Unaji - a British-born Nigerian multidisciplinary artist & co-founder of award-winning design company, Unaji&Co, Coined as ‘new talent to watch’ by several publications and brands such as Forbes, British GQ and Adidas.

James Putnam - He founded and was curator of the British Museum’s Contemporary Arts and Cultures Programme from 1999 to 2003.

Maggie Matić - curator, writer and researcher with a specialism in contemporary feminist and queer visual culture currently Curator at Studio Voltaire, and has previously worked at Tate, FACT, The University of Liverpool and The Royal Standard. 

Sarah Beddington - British artist and filmmaker based in London. Her work is included in many private and public collections including Arts Council England.


Studio Life, Exhibitions + Collaborations - November 2022

Emmanuel Unaji - a British-born Nigerian multidisciplinary artist & co-founder of award-winning design company, Unaji&Co, Coined as ‘new talent to watch’ by several publications and brands such as Forbes, British GQ and Adidas.

James Putnam - He founded and was curator of the British Museum’s Contemporary Arts and Cultures Programme from 1999 to 2003.

Maggie Matić - curator, writer and researcher with a specialism in contemporary feminist and queer visual culture currently Curator at Studio Voltaire, and has previously worked at Tate, FACT, The University of Liverpool and The Royal Standard. 

Sarah Beddington - British artist and filmmaker based in London. Her work is included in many private and public collections including Arts Council England.


Topics we covered

  • Do I need a studio space? – benefits and costs 
  • Artist residencies and how to use them to your advantage
  • Why collaborations are so vital 
  • Curated exhibitions – why you shouldn’t be afraid of curators
  • The importance of developing a branding strategy
  • Exploiting different platforms and channels
  • Surviving a market-driven art world 
  • Networking and community opportunities 


Topics we covered

Do I need a studio space? – benefits and costs 


Artist residencies and how to use them to your advantage


Why collaborations are so vital 


Curated exhibitions – why you shouldn’t be afraid of curators


The importance of developing a branding strategy


Exploiting different platforms and channels


Surviving a market-driven art world 


Networking and community opportunities 

Building + Retaining a career after art school - May 2022

Gavin Turk - British born, international artist. One of the Young British Artists who pioneered many forms of contemporary British sculpture now taken for granted

Paul Benney – Artist and musician who is represented in public collections worldwide. Selected for 8 leading portrait award exhibitions

Zavier Ellis  - International curator, artist and originator of multiple art based initiatives. Founder of Charlie Smith London (Young Gods, THE FUTURE CAN WAIT)

Rebecca Riegelhaupt - Communications Director, Europe for Pace Gallery, a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential contemporary artists and estates from the past century


Topics we covered


  • Navigating your early years as a professional artist and when to start planning


  • Making your mark and what practical steps are involved


  • Communicating your practice


  • Focussing 100% on your own practice or working alongside other practitioners


  • What galleries look for when discovering new artists


  • Perseverance and surviving periods of self-doubt


  • How changes in your career may affect your practice


  • What’s the right gallery relationship for you



For further information email inpractice@painters-hall.co.uk or phone 020 7236 7070


Photo by Martin Hartley

Gavin Turk - British born, international artist. One of the Young British Artists who pioneered many forms of contemporary British sculpture now taken for granted

Paul Benney – Artist and musician who is represented in public collections worldwide. Selected for 8 BP Portrait Award exhibitions

Zavier Ellis  - International curator, artist and originator of multiple art based initiatives. Founder of Charlie Smith London (Young Gods, THE FUTURE CAN WAIT)

Rebecca Riegelhaupt - Communications Director, Europe for Pace, a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential contemporary artists and estates from the past century


Topics covered

 

Navigating your early years as a professional artist and when to start planning


Making your mark and what practical steps are involved


Communicating your practice


Focussing 100% on your own practice or working alongside other practitioners


What galleries look for when discovering new artists


Perseverance and surviving periods of self-doubt


How changes in your career may affect your practice


What’s the right gallery relationship for you



For further information email inpractice@painters-hall.co.uk or phone 020 7236 7070

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