Dmitry Prut and Avant Gallery are pure trash
They don’t pay their staff, rip off their artists, and flat out lie to potential customers. This “business” would be long gone if it weren’t for family money.
read moreHow's My Dealing? 2.0
Worldwide Reviews by Artists for Artists of Galleries, Art Fairs, Mail Scams and more.
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Art.Number23Totally unprofessional to deal with, Laura Sottosanti has been the least professional person I’ve ever had to deal with in my career. Avoid, they are criminals and will get what they deserve in time. I think they just sell the art and keep the money for themselves....read entire comment and original post
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Galeria Azur MadridGreat information, thank you. I'll send them similar answer to held further contacts away. Thanks again!...read entire comment and original post
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Virtual ArtistsYes, I had an experience with virtual artists co uk and it was a bad one. You're right, I think it classifies as a vanity gallery and I very much regret having had "exhibited" with them. I joined one of their group exhibits and the experience was a smooth one, so I did not expect my solo exhibit with them to have gone as badly as it did. Next to no communications leading up to...read entire comment and original post
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UAE Art Collector / Global Art Awards / Global Art AgencyPlease exercise caution at this time. Attention! We have received a report regarding Joelle Dinnage, who owns the Global Art Agency. It has come to our attention that this individual is suspected of engaging in fraudulent activities by targeting artists through a scam email related to The Shanghai International Art Fair, scheduled to take place from November 16th to 19th, 2023. Joelle Dinnage is the owner of the Global Art Agency. Please exercise caution and...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 LouvreI too, have received at least 4 initiations in the last 4 weeks. The price is way too high and there is no visible human contact on the email....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?Pictures, websites and promotions outside of artist call. Without these uts a vanity gallery and nothing less....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?I like to see pictures and hear about all the successful sales....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?I have found the same at a recent exhibition. My emails are now going unanswered and I am being ignored. There seems to be an embargo on negative comments too. Lesson learnt for me and hope for you too my friend....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?These texts will hardly disappear from here, like on other platforms, so you don't have to keep the thread alive in that sense. The most important thing is to write the name of the gallery clearly and many times so that it pops up in search engines. You should also use words like "review", because many artists are probably looking for information with the words "The Holy Art Gallery Reviews". Gallery certainly does that. That's...read entire comment and original post
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Residency Arquetopiaeveryone please leave google reviews, that is the only way the public will know your feelings!...read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?IM SOOOOOOO GRATEFUL YOU SPENT Your precious time writing this. I am about to cancel exhibiting with them. You have saved me £185 and a lot of disappointment and pointless effort – thank you so much – point to note, I have just exhibited at Boomer, Gallery, and pretty much had the same experience– these people are just ripping off artists that are craving for acknowledgement and willing to pay to get it. It’s really...read entire comment and original post
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AgoraAgora Galleria has a new plot. They emailed out of the blue. Email didn't come from Agora Gallery but from AGI Fine Art. It took me a while to find the connection to Agora Gallery, because it wasn't clearly stated in the email nor on their website. The email came from the same person from Gallery Agora as before, but the email address they used was different This time I was asked to participate in...read entire comment and original post
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Agora GalleryCheck another thread: https://howsmydealing.com/2016/12/15/agora/...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia Damptsaonly those marked as such...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaHow many of these posts are from the Admin?...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia Damptsathat is not correct, your comment was just recently posted, that is not an old comment - admin...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia Damptsathat is incorrect, no positive comments were ever blocked - admin...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaI posted mine 2 years ago. The positive comment only just turned up on this post....read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaSuspicious is that this platform blocked all the positive comments all these years....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?ARTISTS BEWARE! My Experience with The Holy Ary Gallery - A Cautionary Tale I feel compelled to share my recent experience with The Holy Ary Gallery to prevent other artists from facing a similar situation. After being "handpicked" by the gallery to participate in one of their group exhibitions, I eagerly paid the £180 fee and submitted my artwork. It wasn't until later, after I had already committed financially, that I stumbled upon online reviews about The...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia Damptsayes, i was thinking the same thing, its suspicious......read entire comment and original post
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Galería Azur Madrid: vanity galleryYes, also Berlin and New York at least. Check the other thread: https://howsmydealing.com/2022/08/08/galeria-azur-madrid/...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaSo 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. Show me who you are, so I know you actually exist....read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaBeing 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...read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaI’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....read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaYeah, 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....read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaVirginia 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....read entire comment and original post
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Holy Art Gallery?We should keep this thread alive, so people can see before falling into this trap. They don't give a damn of our arts. All they wanted is making money from emerging artists. Shame on such behaviour and business model. No moral!...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 LouvreI have been Googling him also after receiving an email...check this out...https://www.artavita.com/artists/12826-milo - look at the description below the first painting - it explains how Heinz kept 3 of his paintings......read entire comment and original post
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Virginia DamptsaVirginia 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...read entire comment and original post
I was also Scammed and Harassed
I was also scammed and harassed by Dab Art Co. We asked the Owner of Dab Art Co. about some specifics after reading the facts here, m and she became enraged, really really angry, and threatened us. Screaming. Beware
read morecolorida galeria de arte Lisbon
don’t get fooled by their apparently professional approach. This is not a professional gallery. They have a very large space and they just make a living out of the various “artists” they show at once. They tell you it’s a solo show but it’s actually a massive group show. No curato, no press release. Even though they only ask for a refund for the show opening’s drinks (and no drinks have been allowed for two years now, yet they still keep asking) just multiply that amount by eight artists exhibiting at once and then by two because shows are on…
read moreWorld of Art (WOA) Contemporay Art Magazine
Hello, can anyone share experiences with World of Art (WOA) Contemporay Art Magazine? It´s a London based company which is publishing a magazine named “La Biennale di Venezia” (ISSN 1404-3408) with 15.000 copies. Thanks for your replies!
read moreAltamira.art and Joel van Wyk
Does anyone have any experience with Altamira.art? Joel van Wyk is aggressively emailing artists to join. The website is not related to the physician gallery named Altamira Fine Art. It seems really shady that they are using the same name as the physical gallery when they have nothing to do with each other.
read moreArquetopia Oaxaca
I want to share my resent experience with Arquetopia residency . I came to Arquetopia residency on January 17 and on the second day develop cold like symptoms and was ask to do a Covid test ,which nobody ask me before I arrived as well as my vaccination record.Just for my records I did a test back in US and it was negative .This time in Mexico my test was positive ,which makes me think that I got infected from the residency staff ,but they refuse to give me their records. I was waking up at 11:30 pm to let…
read moreVan Gogh Art Gallery in Madrid
You will not get the exposure you think you will after paying Van Gogh Art Gallery. I signed my contract in October 2020 and paid the 1,000 Euros for the exhibition at the Art3F art show in Brussels in November 2020. Due to COVID, the Brussels show was postponed many times and actually only took place in November 2021. It is important that you know, once you have given Van Gogh the 1,000 euros, they will not refund your money if the show is cancelled or postponed. What they will do is keep stringing you along with promises of getting…
read moreVirtual Artists
I’m trying to learn if anyone has experience with Virtual Artists, a UK virtual gallery. I’m thinking it is a vanity gallery, but looking for confirmation of that. Thanks
read moreZürcher Gallery
Gwenolee Zürcher calls herself an advocate for women artists but instead of supporting them she is charging them thousands of dollars to be in group shows to support her gallery space. Ladies, don’t do it. BEWARE!
read moreDoes anyone have experience with CAF or contemporary art fairs?
Does anyone have any experience of working with Contemporary Art Fairs? Their website is Does anyone have experience with CAF or contemporaryartfairs.co.uk
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