How's My Dealing? 2.0

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

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  • Zürcher Gallery
    The gallery owner is not responsible when works they exhibit don’t sell....
  • Art.Number23
    Hello I had some trouble with Constantine too, I was selected for the next exhibition in Tokyo but I saw all of your messages. Is it possible to speak with some of you that have trouble with this guy ? Maybe by a email address for everyone ? Thanks......
  • Pashmin Art Gallery – Hamburg
    Stay away from this gallery. They`´re a bunch of fraudsters, run by Nour Nouri. They promise you scccess, rip you off and then you never get it. All the exhibitions venues aren`´t recognized in the art world and bring nothing. Quite the opposite: they`´re just a source of stress. Artists who open their mounths there will be sued. If a work of art is ever sold, the artist never gets it. What Nour Nouri is...
  • Art.Number23
    Just exhibited at Boomer Gallery and can confirm Constantine is still up to his old tricks. Avoid...
  • Holy Art Gallery?
    Totally agree, they only care about money...
  • Art.Number23
    Hello, I have just been selected for the next exhibition in Tokyo in 2026 and I came across this discussion. I found another artist who was also selected and I notified him by sending him this thread. Do you have any news of this Constantine and your works? I am going to Tokyo in January/February 2026, I am thinking that it might be good to go in person to notify the gallery of this type...
  • Art.Number23
    Hello I had a mail from this Constantine says that I'm selected for the next show in Tokyo. Imagine, my dream ! I was sooooo exiting but I saw all of your post so I don't know if it's a good idea to send my artistic work for this exhibition. Now I m super sad because I saw that this men is a huge scam. I will go to Tokyo in January and February 2026...
  • Van Gogh Art Gallery in Madrid
    Thanks for sharing your review...
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    Thank you for the feedback from all the artists. This bullying virtual gallery is too bad. I also received an invitation today....
  • The Art Letters and Numbers in Averill Park
    Can you tell me more about your experience? I am slated for a residency there in July 2025. Thanks!...
  • Thierry Goldberg Gallery does not pay his MFA artists
    Not a new problem I showed with Ron Segev (& Claire Lematais) in 2006 when they opened their first gallery Sixtyseven in NYC. I had a solo in 2006. They sold 1/3 of the work. Reviewed by Ken Johnson in NYT. I never got a penny from the sales. Years of emails, phone calls, frustration. They told me I was ‘investing in the new space’ (Thierry Goldberg). I wish I had been more aggressive frankly. I...
  • Amsterdam Whitney
    Tks! Excellent to know I too got a em requesting I submit my portfolio. And although I have 4)+ years as a pro, I am a newbie to the fine art gallery world....
  • Parallax Art fair / PAF
    No they don't lie because I've taken part many times and visited. You are clearly one of the nasty exhibitors and they are glad you're gone!...
  • The Art Letters and Numbers in Averill Park
    Just finished a residency at Arts, Letters & Numbers and I highly recommend you look elsewhere. The people I met were lovely. Everything else was dirty, unmaintained, broken and unsafe....
  • Rebecca Hossack Galleries
    I know people who showed there. What happened ?...
  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    They accepted some of my artwork, but I was so unsure about everything because I for some reason can't find any receives....
  • Flyer art gallery! Scam!
    After 2 years I get finally my paintings back from Floriano. It costs me 50€ to send them from Italy to Holland. But I paid because I want my paintings to come home. Finally! Mariken Instagram: Art_by_mariken...
  • Art.Number23
    I had exactly the same experience in Tokyo this June, I wish I had seen all your testimonials before. PLEASE keep writing negative reviews on their Google page, I feel terribly sad, humiliated and sorry for the artists that were exhibiting there and couldn't go (and might have never figured out what they were doing)....
  • Photographers should think twice about entering LensCulture
    I submitted to them a few years ago and included two detail shots which are important to see in my work. I clearly labeled both as "Details". Whoever the juror(s) was they never read that or didn't even realize those were details, not the entire piece, and gave me a bad review on those two details. They never said a word about the rest of the series I had entered! Yikes!...
  • Colorida Gallery
    Marcolino, Anne, Dario and Ribeiro are all fake names of Colorida staff. AVOID THIS "GALLERY" AT ALL COSTS - the more we get the word out, the sooner they will close. What a corruptible operation....
  • Photographers should think twice about entering LensCulture
    That's good to know. However, did the 'exposure' on their various pages where they promote themselves using your work amount to any tangible benefits or recognition anywhere else....
  • Divulgarti group
    That's not how the art world works. Sorry to inform you, but you were scammed. Educate yourself, read the whole thread and some others from these pages....
  • Superfine Art Fair
    I exhibited in Miami a few years ago. Although the guys promote the fair extensively on social media, their business plan is to make money on the exhibitors. Unfortunately they do not have a good ground plan to drive traffic. They also charge admission which is a turn off for many casual attendees. Their email list doesn't reach art collectors....
  • Superfine Art Fair
    I did two Superfine fairs, one in DC in 2023 and one in Savannah in 2024. Attendance in DC wasn't bad, In Savannah it was abysmal. Both fairs were fun, and I learned a lot (hadn't done a fair since 1983). However, with sales at the two fairs TOTALING $1600, I was more than $10,000 in the hole. I didn't expect to break even, seeing these fairs as an opportunity to learn, meet people and...
  • Divulgarti group
    I have exhibited at the galleria Cael. I was cautious at first too because it sounded to good to be true. But I did my research and applied. My artwork was accepted and the exhibit was wonderful and made with lots of care. You could really see that the Gallery put their heart into this exhibit. The Gallery is very much real since I have bin there myself. However exhibiting does cost quite a bit...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    I was contacted on my page, and after a conversation, I had some doubts about the gallery’s reach. I encourage fellow artists to remain curious but to conduct thorough research, ask specific questions, and seek feedback from others before engaging....
  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    He took 3 pieces of my work and I’ve wanted them back for years. He is the worst. He told me I would be in a show in Milan and I flew over for the show. Then he told me there was a bacteria outbreak and my show was cancelled but he would be in Switzerland and I could come to that show there. I did and I met him and he did not have...
  • Van der Plas Gallery
    Do not apply to this gallery. They make a big deal about their New York "exposure" opportunity and I got suckered to pay $150 to display a small drypoint print. After failing to sell, they added insult by losing the return paperwork for the return shipment. They didn't even apologize. I had to pay the shipping company to recreate the paperwork and send it to New York, so the incompetent gallery may ship the print...
  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    Thank you everyone for your sharing. I’ve also received the same email and was doing some research to understand their credibility. Hopefully soon enough they won’t be able to scam anyone because they’ll be too exposed...
  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    How did that go? like i see on instagram that some people have their art there so does he just scam some of us and let other people make money? or how does this work lol...
Dab Art now Cheating Artists in LA

Yessica Torres is now cheating artists in Los Angeles with her illegal business practices. She has no Gallery Downtown. Her business is online. She uses three different names (Yessinia, Yessica Russel Torres, Yessica Torres de Marin). She is vile, an alcoholic and uncaring for the artistic community. The Dab Art LA phone number is 213,260.0556 Dab Art claims Gallery Appointments are available, when they are not. It’s a shame such a vile person is associated with the artistic community. Our hearts go out to everyone here.

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Banditto Residency

I was contacted by Roy Ockers in 2020, asking for a fee to submit artwork to ‘apply’ for Banditto Residency. When I ignored his first email, he sent another offering me a discount on the fee. When I checked on the Banditto Residency info online, there was a section saying anyone contacting previous resident artists would not be eligible to apply. That’s weird. There is a list of previous residents, they are all real artists. When I looked at their web sites there is no mention in their CV etc about the residency. Also weird, any artist who won a…

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Spanierman Modern

This dealer, Spanierman Modern, falsely claims location of actual galleries. When I did not want to work with him anymore, he refused to return my work for months and when I finally received it it was barely packed and damaged. His excuse, his wife was leaving him. He would not submit to his insurance company or take any responsibility to repair.

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PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations

For more than a year i have been spammed with mails from this gallery. They use my full name followed by the sentence: “as you know, gallery repressentation is very important for the artist’s career.” I find this marketing strategy very aggressive since i politely stated as a reply to the first mail i got – that i didn’t need repressentation by a foreign gallery. I did not block the email, because i wanted to see, what they were “tempting” me with. It is a pay-for-play/vanity gallery and i read some negative reviews online that has confirmed this is not…

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SPANIERMAN MODERN MIAMI

Gavin Spanierman kept my work after being asked to return it. He had no consignment. He finally put the works in a truck, threw bubble wrap over it and delivered it to Brooklyn, Paintings were damage.He did not insure the shipment. Furthermore he claims to have galleries in NY and Miami in online talks. They both have been closed. He did not pay an art writer. He berated an art handler at a public museum event. Stay clear of this dealer.

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Espace Inter-national

Anyone have experience with this company? looks like they send a a form email (did not address me by name but said they want to represent me). Paris address. no web site or IG profile I can find. Just a 4 page contract with a 500+ fee to sign on. Thought i would post to be careful.

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Art.Number23

Hello! Has anyone had any experience with Art.Number23, uk based gallery and virtual exhibition space? Thank you

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Sonia Monti Galerie in Paris

I’ve been contacted by their gallery. they offered immediately a contract without knowing me. in exchange of representation the artist has to take a membership to a platform (https://www.artnowdefiscalisation.com/fr/) It shouts vanity gallery

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London Art Biennale Curated and organised by Gagliardi Gallery

I participated in the London Art Biennale at the Chelsea Town Hall. This was a vanity show that is not to be confused with the Chelsea Art Fair, which was my mistake. It was Curated and organised by the Gagliardi Art Gallery and involved an Association of Art Critics who would write about your art and produce a hard cover book for you at a considerable fee. This is a vanity show and is organised for the artists, the public do attend but it seemed to be more for the artists than anyone else. There are prizes handed out to…

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