How's My Dealing? 2.0

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

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  • The Other Art Fair, London UK
    What do you mean? They ask you to pay a fee up front to e able to speak or they make you sign a contract never to comment on them or they will sue you?...
  • The Other Art Fair, London UK
    I have participated in the TOAF London in 2023 and sold two pieces, which covered the expensive fees and made a very modest profit - above all the fair was important to meet some interesting artists and learn from their professionalism, booths, and art generally. Although I have not came back to another edition - I live in Italy and the costs are very high for me - I know of other abstract painters who...
  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    Thank you - your review has saved me time and money....
  • The Art Letters and Numbers in Averill Park
    How was it? Also considering......
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    They just reached out with an invitation as well there was something about it that felt not legit. It’s why I’ve been on the Internet researching. Thanks to all who contributed here.....
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    I got an email today and since I’m a new artist I just assumed I’ve to pay to get my work out there. How am I supposed to get my work into galleries if I don’t use their services?...
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    It’s a scam, I received an email today from them saying all the same things as in the comments. Preying on ego & how high are those fees!!! So many spelling mistakes, always a red flag in my opinion....
  • Contemporary Art Curator (Magazine)
    Art Collectors Prize. It has been an ordeal. An honest mistake of not recognizing the company led me to report a fraudulent charge, which I quickly reviewed and notified my bank and PayPal. However, PayPal did not clear and close the case, though the bank paid the amount. Despite all my clarifications, the magazine sent me threatening emails and told me that they would contact all the organizations, claiming I had committed a scam. I...
  • If you’re approached by “Gallerist” Marco Antonio Patrizio – Run!
    Yes, Duomo art gallery contacted me through Instagram, clearly a scam. Sent me a contract asking for €300 to cover expenses...
  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    I've been exhibiting with them in Venice and Rome, I'm also planning an exhibition in Barcelona in october and my experience with them has always been good!...
  • Holy Art Gallery?
    When I saw the prices they were demanding to be in a show, I asked to be removed from their mailing list because I realized it was a pay to play scam. I received a nasty response threatening me with a lawsuit if I said it was a scam. Very unpleasant people, beware!...
  • Artavita Online Gallery
    Artvita ilk katılımım.Sanat ve sanatçı adına iyi bir platform Dünya sanat Fiyatları ve Fuarlar hakkında bilgi ve katılım şansı da veriyor ücretli veya ücretsiz yarışma lar da açıktır ve ücretsiz iki sayfada olsa yarışma da yayınlanma olanağı veriyor Sanatçıların buluşma noktası durağı olmasından dolayı sevindim Artist Türkiye çağdaş Türk sanatçısı Uluslar Arası serap Özkan....
  • Zürcher Gallery
    What are gallery owners responsibilities then, please tell us. If selling isn't there responsibility, then why do I need a gallerist? We could all be gallery owners! Just buy or rent a space and rip off artists. Oh wait, that's exactly how vanity galleries work......
  • 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...
The Artling

I’ve been contacted by so many this summer and found a lot of them on here!! One I haven’t seen mentioned is The Artling an online gallery saying how much they like my work and could show it for free but just a “small” commission! Anyone had dealings with them??

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Galería Azur Madrid: vanity gallery

The usual story: a gallery rep contacted me by email and said she had seen and liked my work, and asked if I wanted to be in a group show. The reason I am posting this is that unlike IT’S LIQUID and similar well-known scams, this one is a new gallery in Madrid that has apparently been around in Argentina, their home country, for a while. The director seems to belong to a well-to-do family, and they have a substantial following on instagram. So, for just a minute or two, I thought for once it wasn’t the usual hoax. HA!!…

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Laguna Art Gallery

Anyone have any info on Laguna Art Gallery? I think they are associated with New York art, Townely gallery, Gallery 104. I believe this is a scam at this point. Amy Martinez contacted me back in March to have a live page to sell for $250. I paid, and still waiting for page to go up. Someone else contacted me Sonny Shenhan, as “lead Curator” and was supposedly taking care of it… Still waiting. They have my money, but no art thank goodness. Would love to hear anyone else experiences…

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The Emerging Artist Platform – stay away

I had an awful experience with the emerging artist platform. It’s not just the fact that they ignored my messages, did not upload my new work, did not update my page as I sold various pieces (not through them obviously but through other galleries) did not provide PR, marketing and consultancy services (which they said they would). It’s how Jazz Jade handled the whole situation. I grew up around entrepreneurs and my family run various business and I have worked with them every now and then. When they receive a complain or a comment from a client, they do not…

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Emerging Artists Platofrm – Avoid

So like so many others, my experience with these guys is not good. I was contacted through Instagram, very impressed with my work, offered me a place on the EAP, I decided to go with, paid my fee and sent off my artwork photos. I even contact Jill Blakely who has exhibited with them, and her experience was fine. She had no complaints about them at all, and sold 3 paintings through them. I seriously think that these people scam the larger majority of people they contact, but some they do work with, makes their outfit look ok on the…

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I was contacted by them

I was contacted by EAP. I was curious so i did a little on line research. It seems there are a fair number of people dissatisfied with their dealings with EAP. That can be true of any business that there are dissatisfied customers. My next step was to look at the work featured by them. Honestly speaking as a professional artists who has been making art for over 50 years and teaching over 30 years the artwork I saw was some of the most amateur work I had ever seen. Maybe EAP is a legitimate business but I have to…

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Emerging Artists Platform

I have been approached by Lauren on Instagram telling me how much she loves my artwork asking if I would be interested in joining her team of artists selling their works. I of course like a lot of you was very interested. I almost went ahead and wrote back to her. Decided to do a little research first. I just wanted to say thank you for your messages. I’m sorry Stop hear the awful experiences you have been having. But it a big thank you to you other people won’t be going through the same. Hopefully more people will do…

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Inigo Philbrick in the mid 2000s

I met Inigo Philbrick in the mid 2000s, at a Salon, which his ex landlord and ex boss had organized together. I remember when Inigo spoke, he described so vividly this image of three nuns by the sea (I think it was a painting he had seen), I can still recall the images he created with his description. Anyways. He was very young and, you could tell immediately that he was very bright. Over the following 3, 4 years I hang out with him semi-randomly. Meaning we’d exchange an email once in a while and maybe meet two, three, four…

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