How's My Dealing? 2.0

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

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  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    Lichtundfire is a pay to display gallery. I met Priska C. Juschka at her gallery at around the time of Covid and she proceeded to email me. $900 up front plus a cut from sales and unfortunately no guarantee of major marketing/ visits from critics etc. I’m not a fan of this kind of business construct and will never participate in a business dealing as such. Prompted by my curiosity...
  • 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....
  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    Lichtundfire is a pay to display gallery. Your paying for your work to display and for them to operate. Long ago Priska Juschka’s partner was charged with fraud and an artist took him to court (artist won the case). At the time they operated under a different name and their partnership dismantled as well as the gallery. Ms. Juschka is now operating solo with Lichtundfite....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Giuseppe contacted me by Instagram and started to harass me when I refused his offer....
  • Divulgarti group
    It is a "COOK BOOK STORE" Oh my God!!...
  • Divulgarti group
    Check on google street view: it is a cook book store :D !! OMG! Thank you guys for this website! I almost paid to them !!...
  • Holy Art Gallery?
    chris is worse but i think he is gone now from the holy art. probably they kick him out...
  • Holy Art Gallery?
    Let me tell you, from personal experience from the 3 owners the fat one is the worst. His name is Angelo Tsekouras and he is a greedy rude and unintelligent person....
  • Holy Art Gallery?
    They were collecting a group of artists together to advertise on the NYC subway, which I felt was the type of coverage I would pay for, and the price felt cheap for something big like that. Arranging for subway ads is a pain in the butt, and being bundled with other artists to make it affordable was actually something I had on my “what-if?” list. I work in advertising and I’ve made ads for nonprofit...
  • 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....
  • Lichtundfire in NYC
    A thousand dollars, plus 40% of my work? I don't think so. You don't need that much money. Take the thousand (which even that is ridiculous) or take a cut of the sale, I won't give you both....
  • UAE Art Collector / Global Art Awards / Global Art Agency
    This year they even didn’t bother themselves with publishing the so called “finalists” and “winners” of “Sakura art prize”. It really looks like scam and I’m so grateful to every artist who posted their experience with this muddy organisation....
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    everywhere is this case, there are only pay-to-play galleries, art fair, biannale organizers, and bad-taste juries, I am deelply disappointed with this trash time of art nowadays....
  • Flyer art gallery! Scam!
    Trying to get my art,back from Floriano Massera from Flyer Art Gallery. He says a courier will contact me. No news from a courier. I can easily arrange a pick up myself from the Netherlands to Rome, but he refuses. This man even said someone is interested in my art to try and silence me for a while. I just want my paintings back to me. Do not collaborate with this man. He makes fake...
  • Flyer art gallery! Scam!
    Scam. Floriano is an asshole...
  • Flyer art gallery! Scam!
    Same here! Does not do what he says! He charms you first with words about your art. He is a self-absorbed narcissistic person. Still have not got my art back...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    They also contacted me on Instagram, too expensive and not entirely transparent. I also asked a friend who lives in Marbella and said, Excellence Art Gallery doesn't exist at their address...
  • UAE Art Collector / Global Art Awards / Global Art Agency
    Tasha doesn't exist!! Tokyo International Art Fair is run by Joelle Dinnage, who is a famous scammer. You can look at Instagrams of participants and find her on stage. Before she scammed a huge amount of artists and now she needs to hide her name. Stay away!!!...
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    They contacted me a few months back and, since I was visiting in Marbella and staying very close, I tried to visit Excellence Art Gallery. When I went to their location on the Golden Mile, I couldn’t find any gallery. I asked next door, and was told that they closed years ago —very sad....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    I was contacted a few months back and, since I was visiting in Marbella and staying very close, in Guadalpin, I tried to visit Excellence Art Gallery. but when I went to their location on the Golden Mile, I couldn’t find any gallery. I asked next door, and was told that they closed years ago —very sad....
  • 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....
  • Excellance art Gallery in Mirabella, Spain
    Tried to visit their Gallery in Marbella and found another business...
  • ITSLIQUID GROUP
    How has working with them helped your career? Did you sell any of your art at their exhibitions? Did you get an invitation to show your art in a prestigious gallery? Do you plan to continue paying Itsliquid in the future?...
  • PAKS Gallery, Vienna/other locations
    I wrote a long reply about this topic in the Holy Art Gallery thread. There is also useful information in other threads, it is worth reading and educating yourself. Finally: Get a professional artist's degree from a reliable school....
  • 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.....
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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