How's My Dealing? 2.0

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

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  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Thank you for confirming our suspicions. It's quite telling that you require appointments for a gallery that appears to have no dedicated exhibition space. The "Headquarters of Excellence Art Gallery" seems to be little more than a handful of paintings displayed inside Hotel La Fonda Heritage in Marbella, which funny enough, is at the very same address. Fellow artists are paying for next to nothing, and what is presented as an established gallery presence, but...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    I had a similar experience with Excellence Art gallery and Giuseppe Carnevale, unprofessional and unsophisticated, coming across as very dodgy. Clearly not entirely trustworthy and they would sell their own mother even—the kind of people that would do anything for a few coins....
  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    Why would you care about artists' participation and tell them to reconsider unless you were the gallerist in question? If your experience was good, how did you end up here? Did you google the gallery name after you participated? Yes, entrance and participation fees are very common in Vanity Galleries....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    The art "promoter" called Mr. Giuseppe Carnavales from "the gallery" Excellence Art Gallery, suposed in Marbella , Spain, contacted me by Instagram some time ago. Afther some conversations with this suposed "profesional" "art curator" I felt myselve very unconfortable and embarrassed by his telephone harassment tactics trying me to accept any of his expensive packs to be represented by him. So, luckly, before take a desicion I just had a look in...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Please stay away all of them, Excellence Art Gallery, Giuseppe Carnevale, and Art by Excellence. Self-promotion, opportunism, and personal gain seem to take precedence over honesty, gratitude, and respect for others......
  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    I have been in three Lichtundfire open calls over the last few months. Her themes are thoughtful and well-written. She charges a fee for consideration. That is not at all unusual. Never was I asked for any money beside my entrance fee, and my experiences have been very positive. Maybe reconsider? People learn....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    I was contacted by Giuseppe Carnevale and Excellence Art Gallery via Instagram. The offer struck me as a classic low effort vanity-gallery approach: artists pay, while the promised benefits remain vague and difficult to verify. I won't be participating. Anyone considering it should ask hard questions about sales history, collector engagement, and what exactly they're receiving in return for their money....
  • 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...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Really?...
  • Context art gallery, Venice. AKA Marco Patrizio
    I am also korean and got scammed. Was his gallery in Venice at that time? Not in padova? I already reported the police, and they are investigating....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Vanity gallerists are always pathetic. No matter the name...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    From all the comments, it's clear that Excellence Art Gallery is Vanity Gallery, and also that Giuseppe Carnevale, tries to use every method possible to keep his scam afloat...
  • Italian gallerist, Marco Antonio Patricio, major scam
    My mom also got scammed. Unfortunately for him, I had a week in between jobs and managed to figure out his real location and probably his real identify as well. I made a dedicate page about it: https://iwasscammedbylorenzobucceri.vdvphotographics.com/...
  • 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...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Hi Giuseppe. Welcome to our forum....
  • 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....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Excellence Art Gallery. Clearly a vanity Gallery, you won¡t get anything else than money wasted.. Beware!...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    This is a subjective, likely biased endorsement that shouldn’t carry much weight without independent verification....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Thank you for clarifying that your gallery is indeed a pay to play company and not a real and respected gallery. The artists are your customers, not the people who buy the art. So you don't make money by selling art, but by renting out the walls. You are a vanity gallery, as you clarified....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Oh please, if you have to clarify that you are neither a chatbot nor a friend, you are either or both. Provide your name and social media account so we can verify that you are indeed an artist and are telling the truth. How much art have you sold through this gallery?...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Provide your name and social media account so we can verify that you are indeed an artist and are telling the truth. How much art have you sold through this gallery? Have you received any invitations to collaborate with prestigious galleries since all this?...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    And here we go again, suddenly the page appears with comments praising the gallery. Vanity gallerists think artists are so stupid that we believe these praising comments, which are btw written by the gallerists themselves. How and why would any artist who has positive experiences with these galleries even come to this page? This page is visited by artists who are looking for information about collaborators, as well as artists who have had bad experiences,...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Excellence Art Gallery, Holy Art gallery, Van Gogh, Gaudí, Azur, Monat... No matter the name, they are all vanity galleries and exactly the same trash!...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Welcome to the Forum Giuseppe!...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Could you share more specific information, how many artworks—costs, actual sales results, and measurable outcomes...??...
  • If you’re approached by “Gallerist” Marco Antonio Patrizio – Run!
    He just contacted me a couple of weeks ago. Now the gallery is called AM Fine Art located in the Duomo square. He says his name is Marcio. Thank you so much everyone for posting this warning!...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    In my case, my experience as an artist with Excellence Art Gallery has been positive. I understand that there may be different opinions, but personally, it has brought me a lot. I’ve had the opportunity to participate in international exhibitions in cities such as Paris, Monaco, Brussels, and Barcelona, which has helped me gain experience and showcase my work beyond my local environment. Also, just to clarify, the gallery is indeed open in Marbella (Plaza Santo...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    My experience and opinion: Just started with him with a pack exhibition and representation for one year; it finally had been five years collaborating. In 2021 was my first solo exhibition in Art Marbella Art Café as the physical gallery with a successfull result. Now a days, even the gallery format had changed there are always different places as headquarters that the artworks got visibility. I would not have a long relationship colaboration with Giuseppe Carnevale as...
  • STATION 16 GALLERY
    I know so may lawsuit is in process....
Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain

I received an Instagram message from @excellanceartgallery from Guiseppe Carnevale. He then called me- I did ask him to- after he went to my website and saw my work. A very congenial fellow I must say- and he offered me a solo show in Spain with up to 20 paintings, one painting in a show in Paris, one painting in a show in Monte Carlo, and two paintings in a show in Porto Banos, Spain. Plus a single page in a prominent European Art Magazine. And the package price is 15,500 Euros….. I haven’t seen him or the gallery listed…

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This has to be a scam

I subscribed to their EAP site after an approach from their agent. I then cancelled as I found their website impenetrable and their customer service non-existent. Now, 9 months later, they have made an unauthorised withdrawal from my account.

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Galeria Moderna

Does anyone have any experience of this gallery? I’ve received regular invitations to submit paintings for exhibitions, you just pay the ‹35 fee.

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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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