Virginia Damptsa
Virginia Dampsta is a London based art agent and former gallerist. She knows many people in the art world but you realise her connections to these people are skin deep and her ‘clients’ are far and few in-between. She will let you down as an agent with her false promises and excuses. Invest your money elsewhere.
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Anonymous
So many positive comments at the same time is a bit suspicious, don’t you think? 6 positive comments in 4 days. The question arises as to how all these artists found their way here at the same time and why no one is sharing their name and website or social media account, meaning why aren’t they sharing their positive experience in public with their face.
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Anonymous
Suspicious is that this platform blocked all the positive comments all these years.
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anonymous
that is incorrect, no positive comments were ever blocked – admin
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Anonymous
I posted mine 2 years ago. The positive comment only just turned up on this post.
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anonymous
that is not correct, your comment was just recently posted, that is not an old comment – admin
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Anonymous
Being an artist, it’s really hard for me to create my own network and community. since I teamed up with Virginia, I’ve been amazed by her connections and how she’s been able to hook me up with opportunities I couldn’t have found on my own. There are only a few folks in the art scene who actually look out for artists like she does. Oh, and here’s another thing: I used to struggle with galleries taking forever to pay me, but Virginia always pays me right away after a sale. It just goes to show that relationships are all about two people making things happen together.
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Anonymous
Yeah, she can be a bit pushy, but honestly, that’s what makes her so good at her job. She never gave up in finding the perfect partnerships for me. And you know what? She didn’t waste any time paying me either. As soon as she got paid from her collector after making a sale, she made sure I got my money on the very same day. No waiting around or hesitations.
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Anonymous
I’ve worked with Virginia for a while now, I find her honest, charming and helpful. I sent a positive comment for your site last year and you didn’t put it up. I don’t think your feedback for Virginia is representative of her professional attributes at all as she is a total professional and has helped me tremendously in the business side of my practice.
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Anonymous
Virginia has great passion about art and always does her best for her job as an art dealer and gallerist. She helps and supports artists, giving them good advice. As an artist, i love cooperating with her.
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Anonymous
Virginia is a lovely person and a great supporter of artists. I have worked with her several times and found her very honest and with a commitment to represent the artist as best as possible, with the artists interest at the soul of what she does. She is extremely well intentioned with a commitment to make really great art happen and to establish really great connections between artists, institutions and private galleries and agencies. I highly recommend working with her.
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Anonymous
I had a good experience with her. It was not immediate but it paid off at the end. She knows the market very well and she managed to speak to several galleries about my work. Hope that helps.
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Anonymous
Virginia used to run a gallery in London named Riflemaker with a man named Tot Taylor. They showed some of my work right as I finished graduate school. While they sold a handful of pieces, it took me close to 6 years to get paid in full and have my other pieces returned, and that only happened once I hired a lawyer to write them letters threatening legal action. Virginia and Tot can be very professional and charming, they can be great curators and art dealers too, but for whatever reason they often choose not to be and leave artists feeling disappointed and taken advantage of.
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Anonymous
Hey,
Recently been approached by Virginia.
Would be very interested in hearing more about your experience before speaking to her again.
Hoping that there’s something positive that came around after this experience.
Any advice would be very welcome.
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Anonymous
I was approached by her as well. I did some research but didn’t see very much about her online for how connected she claimed to be. We ended up chatting over the phone and when she told me her “fee” I was concerned. Then she sent me a contract that states some extravagant terms, such as how she would take a percentage of sales on top of the 50% a gallery she connects you with would take. She was very pushy about starting immediately and getting paid right away. It felt very off so I declined.
Anonymous
How many of these posts are from the Admin?