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How's My Dealing? 2.0

Worldwide Reviews by Artists for Artists of Galleries, Art Fairs, Mail Scams and more.

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  • Parallax Art fair / PAF
    Terrible experience this week, worst ever the venue was practically empty...
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  • Parallax Art fair / PAF
    It's proving g to be disastrous second time around. The place is empty trickle of peopkw6. This place is soppose to. Be decked out with people to the brim.wmpty the visitors are jus going from shop to shop and I do t see anyone buying any paintings. So something is clearly wrong....
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  • Roy’s Art Fair – A complete waste of time and money
    Poor venue as the Bargehouse is really not suitable for an event of this nature. Furthermore the quality of the works was at the very least questionable, making me think I probably should not have put mine next to them. Sales were poor and I have not made my money back....
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  • The Other Art Fair, London UK
    The Dalllas show last year was like that too. Not that many sales, footfall not aamzing. For the price, I would not go back....
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  • Art.Number23
    I cannot believe they have the audacity to also present more shows in tokyo for 2025. For those who are trying to warn others please help spready the word and make a public review on their google page!...
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  • Galeria Azur Madrid
    Thank a lots! Is that trasparent? See below: Hello … can you send me more information if you want, but I assume it is an invitation for artists willing to pay to exhibit. Is that correct? Best regards Hi .. Thank you for your response. I should inform you that this is a paid opportunity. If you change your mind or would like more details, feel free to reach out. Kind regards,...
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  • Greenhouse Gallery – Walter aka“Dub” Wagnon aka WC Wagnon
    I never knew this. I take his paper and he is an arrogant man!!...
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    This community must spread to more artists all over the world. Share your social media. Very supportive and helpful. Thank you so much ....
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    Thank you so much for sharing all your experiences. Much Much obliged. This community should share with more artists all over the world. Incredibly supportive and helpful. Hereupon when I applying any gallery, exhibition, contest I will research all reviews, comments on the internet. There are many sharks on show business we must be careful. Stay safe....
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    Thank you so much for sharing all your experiences. Much Much obliged. Hereupon when I applying any gallery, exhibition, contest I will research all reviews, comments on the internet. Thera are many sharks on show business be careful. Stay safe....
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  • Roy’s Art Fair – A complete waste of time and money
    Sadly I also share the same opinion as the above artist. I need to say I'm surprised I do not see more of these negative reviews about them....
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  • UAE Art Collector / Global Art Awards / Global Art Agency
    Yep i had issues where I wasnt paid and had to take a hit last year (NFT related)....
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  • Pashmin Art Gallery – Hamburg
    They are very interested and push a lot on you to make yo pay. they ask a lot of money and cannot guaratee any sales. the ammount of force they use to push you and make you pay is suspicius...
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  • Flyer art gallery! Scam!
    YES I can confirm, scam and very poor on the human side too...
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  • Arcade Project, M. Charlene Stevens
    I'm amazed Charlene has continued getting away with her scams for as long as she has. It's basically impossible to confront her. But make no mistake, she rips off everyone no matter their background. She will enter into a business relationship with someone as a consultant, client, or curator, and then she will obliterate all professional and personal boundaries. She's not emotionally stable, and that plays a big role in her decision making....
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  • Amsterdam Whitney
    Went to check it out and heard a woman, I’m presuming the owner, berate an assistant about answering the “cotton picking” phone. I’m white, but that blatant racism really soured me on that gallery....
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    I'm really sad that this gallery is still functioning and scamming artists! And also abroad! I only took part in their online exhibition, it was an awful thing. (could have been their first one?) they promised social media marketing, but there was nothing. My titles of paintings were also misspelled. I actually went there one day to see paintings of one artist that I follow on Instagram. It was supposed to be the last day, but...
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  • Van der Plas Gallery
    I worked here because of some unfortunate circumstances that I can't describe for privacy's sake. DO NOT work with this man. His team consists of him, an underpaid gallery assistant who comes in like twice a week, and like 30 unpaid interns. The man himself is a total creep and also does not know how to run an art business at all. He has no eye for curation, does not know how to run a...
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  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    A classic vanity gallery scam for foreign artists. The gallerist trusts that the artists will not visit the gallery again after the opening. I don't think anyone else goes to these galleries either, ever. When visiting Rome, would you go to these vanity galleries to see the work of other artists if your own art wasn't on display? Be honest!...
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  • Galería Azur Madrid: vanity gallery
    That's funny! They "only" take 30% commission because they hardly sell anything and therefore don't care about sales. They make money by renting out gallery space. That's their real business....
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    Apparently you didn't even read the comment you were replying to. Your words don't carry much weight. Prove that you really sold something, tell us who you are and how you happened to find here. Otherwise, I assume you work for a gallery....
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  • Galería Azur Madrid: vanity gallery
    thanks for the information. There was something that didn't seem right to me. I then asked them straight up. What is in it for you. you are not doing this out of the goodness of your heart. I know that usually a gallery wants 50/50 so that would be reasonable but she then sent me this.(below) as soon as I saw requires a first investment made me do some googling and found your post Thank...
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  • Galeria Azur Madrid
    Omg, I did get an email two days ago! Thanks for sharing!...
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  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    Priska C. Juschka Is the director. I have screenshots of the exchanges but suspect that wouldn’t convince you either since your tone is so hostile that I suspect you are well aware of the gallery already. Everyone has access to Google and can find her history for themselves....
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    My experience also hs been a positive one, having participated.in two of their events I found both Konna and zee approachable and quick to respond. I also attended their London event amd it has been extremely busy...
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  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    The real art world doesn't work like that. There are of course some rare exceptions, but usually the artist does not pay rent for the gallery space or any expenses, but the gallery takes 50% of the sales. Please educate yourself or you will end up just losing money....
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  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    I participated in the Rome Art Fair 2023, and I must say it was a disappointing experience. Despite the high participation fee of over 600 EUR, there was no marketing effort in the city of Rome, just free Instagram stories. They also suggested using their service to deliver my paintings, but it turned out to be a standard uninsured DHL courier with a 20-30% markup on the official price. The opening at Medina Art Gallery went...
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  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    right, and have those galleries made sales for you? Likely the answer is no, because when you pay t be in a gallery their incentive to sell is gone because they already have their money...
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  • Holy Art Gallery?
    its a scam...
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  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    Never pay for exhibitions? So far, all of the galleries have asked me for cost of entry for the Fair, and shipping is my cost....
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Statement for Artists who have been scammed by #emergingartistplatform to circulate

Artists, have you been approached by the #emergingartistplatform run by #Hansford&Sons? It appears to be a scam. There are two sides to this group a ‘light’ facade with a dark background. There is a small leased gallery in Milton Keynes called Hansford & Sons, that runs exhibitions there and virtually, but even there the selection process appears to be random. Artists are approached usually via Instagram and invited to display work on the #emergingartistplatform. There is a fee for this, but commissions and quantities of work that artists are told they can put up are apparently made up on a…

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EAP poor service

My experience with Hansford and Sons EAP is consistent with others in this thread. Vic was in contact with me daily for nearly a week. When I sent payment all communication stopped. Now one month later my work is still not up on their website. I can only assume that clients will never receive purchased paintings and that I will never be paid. Moving on.

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NY-ArtNews

I received this email and it sounds like a money making machine. I would like to explore with you the opportunity to be featured on NY-ArtNews.com We offer the prospect of one interview/review by an art critic chosen by us to be published on NY-Artnews.com for a contribution fee of $ 250.00. About NY-ArtNews: Founded in 2016, the NY-ARTNews is an independent forum and online art magazine focusing mainly on the New York City Arts, Culture, and Art Market Scene. It provides an opportunity for your name and work to reach a larger audience.

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ADC – Art Comes Alive Competition

My art came back from this show destroyed. Their framer wrapped it for shipping and either it was damaged in their gallery or during shipping. Either way – that’s on them. They’ve washed their hands of it. Very unprofessional.

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my experience with EAP

Hello everybody! first of all: thank you very much for this chat! i have the same problems. the contact was good at the beginning, all my emails were answered – until the time I paid the fee. Suddenly nobody contacted me anymore. I contacted my bank today to get the money back. I will also file a complaint. It cannot be that artists are exploited to make money. I can only advise everyone against doing business with EAP.

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The Emerging Artist Platform Hansford & Sons

I too have had problems with them. They are very difficult to get hold of. I sent an email via their website and have never received a reply (only an automated acknowledgement of receipt of my email). The telephone number on their website does not work and google brings up the number as a nuisance caller. The only way I got my page created was by pestering the 2 scouts who originally contacted me through Instagram, (even one of those ignored my request until I made a bigger fuss!) I did consider that maybe they are short staffed because of…

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Galeria Azur Madrid

This gallery contacted me through Instagram. I don’t want to sound rude, but what first caught my eye was the low quality of the artwork they were displaying. That can be disputed of course. It will cost the artist 1000€ to get 2 pieces on display in their physical group exhibition + 1 piece is there in the back room just in case (for what exactly??). The group exhibition lasts about a month. Also you get up to 10 pictures of your artworks for their online exhibition (including the 3 you sent them to the physical exhibition). They put them…

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Dab Art, got accepted but now afraid!

I’ve been reading bad reviews about this gallery, all of their locations. I was curated recently into an upcoming show. I live an hour away and was about to deliver my work for the take-in when I found all the bad reviews.I am supposed to drop off my artwork for a supposed “reception“ but now I’m afraid to do so for fear of wasting my time and maybe not getting my art work back. Did anybody have any good experiences with an actual opening and getting their work back in good condition? Should I just avoid the take-in and reception…

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