How's My Dealing? 2.0

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

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  • LemoArt Gallery
    Olivia Hontas ist gerade in Wien, aufpassen. Keine Beschäftigung mit ihr Liebe Grüße...
  • PAKS Gallery and MAMAG Museum invite to exhibit at Cannes Film Festival, Art Basel Week and Carrousel du Louvre
    I just posted about the PAKS Galleries in Austria. Not good! This man, Heinz informed me that I needed to be respectful after I told him that the participation fees were outrageous. I have a five email diatribe with him. So arrogant! Do not do anything with this rip off gallerist!...
  • Italian gallerist, Marco Antonio Patricio, major scam
    Questo signore a una galleria a Padova in piazza Duomo...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    The quality is not good. The premises is completely nonexistant. Definitely not worth it. The only one making money here is Giuseppe Carnevale. Stay away !!...
  • Van der Plas Gallery
    Never displayed here cause i already learned not to work with vanity galleries but the owner is total jerk and I know from working with him. I started my first day as an unpaid intern with little experience art handling. He scolded me about not doing it the way he wanted with out providing any training and wouldn't teach me just told me to stand around and watch. Then when I was doing that he...
  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    I was contacted by Priska via instagram dm. She encouraged me to apply to an open call callling my work a perfect fit. I said that the delivery times would not work, so she offered to take my work at an alternative time which suited me. I also said I would not be able to make the opening - but she said that it was fine. I was on a tight time schedule and needed...
  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    Have you sold any of your art?...
  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    At the beginning of 2026, I was scammed by Marcio Patrizio of AM Art Gallery in Padua. As a result, I lost eight artworks worth €10,000. I came across your post on Reddit, which is why I'm reaching out to you. I have filed an official complaint, and the case is currently being handled in Venice. To make a long story short, I am looking for artists who are willing to share their experiences with this fraudulent...
  • If you’re approached by “Gallerist” Marco Antonio Patrizio – Run!
    I was scammed by Marcio Patrizio of AM Art Gallery in Padua. As a result, I lost eight artworks worth €10,000. I have filed an official complaint, and the case is currently being handled in Venice. To make a long story short, I am looking for artists who are willing to share their experiences with this fraudulent gallery owner. So far, around 100 artists and more have been scammed, and I am determined to stop this man...
  • Vedica Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
    months after i posted my experience here, they decided to send me my works back without any explaination. No comment on why the collector changed his mind, who was supposed to be interested in buying my works....
  • Art box project
    How did you benefit from participating in the exhibitions? Did you sell any work? What were the total costs? "Great way to add exhibits to the CV" How can participation be a merit when you paid for it and anyone who pays can participate? It makes no sense....
  • Galeria Azur Madrid
    Thank you posting your experience! It’s so helpful!!!...
  • UAE Art Collector / Global Art Awards / Global Art Agency
    Hello . I wanted to check if anyone had an update on jeolle and whether they have managed to get money back...
  • Residency Arquetopia
    Hi, Jut wondering if anyone has recent (2025-2026) experiences with Arquetopia's residency in Peru to share? These reviews have been very helpful!...
  • Europartfair 2021
    I agree. Stay away from all products of this organisation. Not really a scam, but definitely feeding off insecure artists paying to play. The artfairs are bad quality, only visited by friends and family of the artists on free admission tickets. The books are sold to the artists themselves. They name a lot of famous artists on their site as "supporting their ideas", as well as politicians as ambassadors who do not know about this.They...
  • ADC – Art Comes Alive Competition
    Litsa has no ethics. She is awful. I “won” a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. It was a cheap piece of paper. No prize, no nothing. I wouldn’t mourn her. STAY AWAY....
  • STATION 16 GALLERY
    I know so may lawsuit is in process....
  • Holy Art Gallery?
    Is the owner that absolute disgusting cheetos eating dressed like homeless I met in their Dalston gallery?...
  • Arcade Project, M. Charlene Stevens
    Rewritten for clarity: I can confirm the comments regarding Charlene. I will add that she sabotages deadlines. She makes herself the center of attention as everyone begs her to do her work and she deliberately turns it in at the last minute. The team then has to work all night to prepare her work printer or the website. She has cheated the artists she''s endorsed out of press in this way....
  • Studio Visit Magazine
    I was in an earlier publication, and was pleased with the look of it. I see people saying "pay to play", and I guess this is the case, kind of a vanity publication? I thought I would apply a second time, the juror seemed interesting. I got in, paid for a 2 page spread. I followed what was required for images and expected them to be printed as I sent them with the background showing...
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    Thank you for your opinions. I received the same invitation. My web host classified it as scam....
  •  Contemporary Art Curator (Magazine)
    I sent them all of my best art and my Biography and after I emailed everything to them I have not heard form them, so they are probably selling my art. So they steal art. I hope that they are caught....
  • Galería Gaudí
    I’m an experienced artist. If a gallery considers you as an investment it is typical to have commission taken but THAT is ALL. The lack of transparency on their socials is concerning- sure, beautiful art photographed but where are the photographs of the fairs and their people representing you? Championing you? If you’re paying these massive fees on top of commission consider 1) what kind of placement this buys you in a fair. Where is...
  • The Other Art Fair, London UK
    Hommm. Mixed thoughts here but tbh that’s the way it is at every art fair. They are all a huge risk due to time and costs. They are a lot of effort but unfortunately like a musician having to do free gigs to get noticed and on the map, art fairs are there for the same reason. Very very few go completely sell out and make a big. profit...
  • Rebecca Hossack Galleries
    I wish I listened to people 10 years ago who warned me about her. She will take you for a ride, not to be trusted....
  • Divulgarti group
    It is a "COOK BOOK STORE" Oh my God!!...
  • Flyer art gallery! Scam!
    I was invited to an exhibition, so I searched and found it, that’s why I decided to refrain. Thank you for sharing the information....
  • NYC Artwalk
    Whoever made these initial claims is wrong! It was ArtsGowanus and Imagination Collective that was doing the ArtWalk on Atlantic Avenue and THEY placed the posters and THEY received $$$ from the Sponsors!! Those artists mentioned here did NOT have ro pay a fee. BUT - Imagination Collective AND ArtsGowanus - Johnny Thornton DID GET PAID!!! Get your record straight BEFORE you trash a good person. ALSO - NYC ArtWalk is ran by Stephanie Sulaiman as part...
  • Pashmin Art Gallery – Hamburg
    Acabo de ver su página de instragram, es obvio que son un unos estafadores que viven de artistas desesperados. Una pena....
  • The Art Letters and Numbers in Averill Park
    How was it? Also considering......
World 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!

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Altamira.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.

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Arquetopia 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…

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Van 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…

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Virtual 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

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Zürcher 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!

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NYC Artwalk

an “art fair” where an organization that claims in it’s own words “is not affiliated with any art collectives nor artist-run organizations” contacts artists via instagram to apply to be displayed at their various exhibition locations. The exhibitions that artists pay for are posters pasted up against scaffolding and the outside border of outdoor dining areas – so in some places, the middle of the street. They target people who are not able to actually see the work in person, i.e international artists from Kenya, etc. Usually these take place nearby where a legitimate art fair is going on. So…

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Worldwide publications

I picked up 3 books which were being given away at no charge on a gallery table in a prime spot at ARTExpo NYC. I saw many fairgoers walk by my booth with the books. Layout and printing were great so I spoke with the curator of the books. She was upfront about prices and deadlines. This is a legit pay to publish company which gives out the books at major art fairs.

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