Pleiades
Has anyone had experience with this gallery? One artist said they required big upfront fees?
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Worldwide Reviews by Artists for Artists of Galleries, Art Fairs, Mail Scams and more.
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Holy Art Gallery?can you provide evidence for that? you are the first person in many many posts on this gallery to have said anything about sales, so it would help if you could show us evidence of that please...read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?Hi Anonymous, who commented on January 2, 2025 at 11:10 am. We will believe you if you prove your claim. Start by stating your name. Otherwise, what you are telling is a fairy tale and not true....read entire comment and original post
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PAKS Gallery and MAMAG Museum invite to exhibit at Cannes Film Festival, Art Basel Week and Carrousel du LouvreTHanks for these helpful responses. It's disappointing, but I'm glad to know....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?Hey! Im an artist who recently sold £1900 worth of art with them and I will be going back!...read entire comment and original post
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Galería Azur Madrid: vanity galleryThey prey on vain people who have no understanding of how the art world works. Renee Phillips writes on her blog: As one art critic said to me, “When I see a vanity gallery listed on an artist’s resume, I know they paid to have their ego stroked.” https://renee-phillips.com/vanity-galleries/...read entire comment and original post
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Galería Azur Madrid: vanity galleryThey've contacted me too. What's worse is that artists such as Zelda_Cavanaugh on Instagram help promote this obvious pay-to-play scam. Preying on young artists....read entire comment and original post
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Divulgarti groupThe first red flag is that they contact you very close to the start of the exhibition, for example in October, when the opening is already in November. It might be worth contacting artists who have already shown their art in the gallery. Some of them praise the gallery effusively because they don't understand that they have been scammed, some tell the truth and some don't respond because they are ashamed. It is worth thinking...read entire comment and original post
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Contemporary Art Curator (Magazine)Oh Marta, it's you who has to provide the names and other details of your success stories. Us skeptics don't have to prove anything. Scammers always project, as you constantly do. Put your money where your mouth is!...read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?To Anonymous who commented on October 28, 2024 at 9:09 pm: Hey Anonymous! And who are you? You’re slagging me off anonymously like a scared little coward. How much money do you make with your fake gallery, you wimpy grifter?...read entire comment and original post
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Thierry Goldberg Gallery does not pay his MFA artistsAlso he’s a terrible person in general! Showed with him years ago and he was awful to work with. I came and picked up my own work as I knew getting it back would be a nightmare....read entire comment and original post
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Arctic Circle ResidencyVery weird! Be careful! I was accepted to the program, and was looking for some more details on the Jury and the company behind the Arctic Circle. I turns out, there is NONE. It's all Aaron O'Connor. I researched, and could not find phone number at first, nor business license, really not anything. Somehow I found a number, called and it was a voice mail box of Aaron, the director. I I didn't leave...read entire comment and original post
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PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locationsI have been getting the same invitations. We students in art schools, years ago were warned about vanity galleries. I will finally unsubscribe from there solicitations....read entire comment and original post
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PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locationsI have been getting the same invitations. We students in art schools, years ago were warned about vanity galleries. I will finally unsubscribe from there solicitations....read entire comment and original post
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Dab Art now Cheating Artists in LAClearly it is Yessica. That is the tone she uses when she is trying to gaslight others....read entire comment and original post
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Contemporary Art Curator (Magazine)Dear Anonymous, Thank you for reaching out. However, upon reviewing your comment, we noticed discrepancies in the timeline you provided—mentioning "lately" and "a couple of weeks" later, which don’t align. This inconsistency, along with the nature of the claims, strongly suggests that the comment may be fabricated. Also information provided do not align with our practices. As an online magazine, we specialize in digital content and do not offer any form of physical exposure or representation. We take...read entire comment and original post
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ITSLIQUID GROUPITSLIQUID Group has reached out to me to place 2 of my artworks in their 2025 show with a deadline for acceptance of 8 days. Sounds like a vanity gallery scam. I looked at some of the artwork they displayed over the past 5 years……..some are skilful but some are truly terrible amateur rubbish. It’s a scam....read entire comment and original post
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Saphira & VenturaHorrible! They don’t do anything good to artist! Wasting money...read entire comment and original post
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Saphira & VenturaI have bad experience with SV !...read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?Derivative artworks, poor events. They only care about money, milking aspiring artists hoping to be featured and make a sale. The company should not be called Holy Art at all as they dont care about Art. Should be renamed as Holy Sh. Founders cannot even be considered as artists. A Photographer who has mediocre skill without an award in his belt. The rest what? There are other businesses like this in Athens with similar style of...read entire comment and original post
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Divulgarti groupi so appreciate your posts as I've been approached but didn't trust the message...read entire comment and original post
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Roy’s Art Fair – A complete waste of time and moneyBargehouse is a horrible venue. That artfair is very low quality...read entire comment and original post
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Lichtundfire in NYCYesterday I was contacted by Claudio Giulianelli via Linkedin to participate at the Vernice art fair in Forli. Since I was reading this comment I would like to know more details about the experience exhibiting here? Please be so kind to contact me pattwolf@me.com...read entire comment and original post
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PAKS Gallery and MAMAG Museum invite to exhibit at Cannes Film Festival, Art Basel Week and Carrousel du LouvreAs an artist with a 40+ year practice, these phishermen, like Playner disgust me, as do those scammers who try to "buy" artworks that they urge you to convert to NFT's. If they BELIEVE in your work, and have the foundation of real transparent support for the creative makers, NOT the short term profit,NOT the superficial photos proving his being a slave to the ego-driven cult of celebrity, then their entreaties to...read entire comment and original post
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Art box projectMy work has been exhibited on the screen of Miami 23 with the Artbox project And then I took part with them in Venice. And Basel. These are the lines in the CV I had no sales...read entire comment and original post
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Van Gogh Art Gallery in MadridThanks for the warning! It save many artists from frauds...read entire comment and original post
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Studio Visit Magazine1. Company says” they’re too busy to answer questions , so let the buyer beware” 2. Their email is spelled incorrectly- (stuidiomagazine) so don’t expect a response 3. Call the gallery at the same address and complain. You’ll get a better response 4. It’s a scam...read entire comment and original post
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Greenhouse Gallery – Walter aka“Dub” Wagnon aka WC WagnonThat's just the tip of the iceberg with him....read entire comment and original post
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Venice International Art Fair?I was almost caught by this. I don’t think this is a real fair and I’m not sending money or art. It’s pretty tricky but there are half dozen signs that indicate it not real....read entire comment and original post
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Artifact GalleryHahaha hello Mr. Martin Bernstein....read entire comment and original post
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Contemporary Art Curator (Magazine)Dear Anonymous, If you’re truly interested in clarifying your claims, please feel free to share your brother’s name, website, or social media profiles. Anonymous complaints without specific details can raise questions about credibility, particularly when they seem scripted or appear to be written by the same individual. We're here to address genuine concerns transparently and directly. As we consistently respond to all emails, your comments seem aimed more at harming our reputation than seeking resolution. The comment...read entire comment and original post
ArtExpo.com
The questionable practice of requiring artists to front money in order to exhibit is not limited to physical galleries. The online world is full of sites that will gladly display photos of your art for a fee. The allure is understandable, and you are certainly not alone if you are compelled to buy in. These sites know how to prey on the need for exposure that all emerging artists feel so strongly. And in this age of internet fame it is easy to believe that a digital gallery could be the answer to your exposure problems. But just like their…
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There are pay to play galleries everywhere. In LA there are a host of them, and Gallery Godo is surely one. It is important to understand that there are implications beyond the mere handing over of your hard earned cash when it comes to signing with these galleries. Often, having an exhibition in a pay to play is a stain on your artist CV. These venues have grown to have reputations throughout the art world that precede any artist who has dealt with them.
read moreIco Gallery
Another New York City venue with a mixed reputation, Ico Gallery offers the same “deal” as the other pay to play places. For an upfront fee, artists are given space to display their work. The gallery is in the habit of sending unsolicited emails just as many other vanity venues do. The emails explain that they have viewed work online and would like to offer a show if the artist is willing to put up the cost at the outset. If you haven’t begun to pick up on the general thread of things by now, let’s be very clear. An…
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A number of artists report being contacted by Montreal’s Galerie Gora with offers of exhibitions. Of course at first these emails are met with excitement, but then many of them realize they never submitted work to the gallery and they go on to read the terms of engagement. Galerie Gora solicits emerging artists, offering them exhibition space at very high cost. Again, while there is some debate over the validity of the gallery itself, it is a good rule of thumb to never fall victim to an email requesting money.
read moreAgora
There is some debate in the art world as to the validity of Agora Gallery in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. Some artists find this to be a respectable, even profitable way to exhibit their art, while many others have had experiences that border on scam. Agora has a pretty high profile reputation for this. Artists confront steep upfront costs to exhibit as well as commission fees. There are those who assert that Agora Gallery is held in low esteem by fellow Chelsea venues. The bottom line: you must decide whether spending thousands of dollars to put your art in a…
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