AGENTS and MANAGERS for ARTISTS
AGENTS and MANAGERS for ARTISTS We artists are usually one-person businesses. We are loners. That is in the studio anyway. We don’t...
The Influence of the WWW and SOCIAL MEDIA on the ArtWorld
WWW and SOCIAL MEDIA We have had websites for a long time. Many online art galleries seem to be thriving. For artists the more recent...
Art Publishers Contracts
Publishers Contracts... When an artist has his or her artwork published by a dealer, gallery, card producer, calendar producer etc. then...
The Fine Art Trade Guild revisited and updated.
THE FINE ART TRADE GUILD In a couple of recent blog posts I have mentioned the Fine Art Trade Guild. In particular the Guild standards...
COPYING is it HOMAGE, PLAGIARISM or FRAUD?
from ‘Art and Framing Today’ magazine April 2018 Artist and Guild Past Master Colin Ruffell tackles the complex subject of intellectual...
The Genghis Khan Principle…
The Genghis Khan Principle… The ‘Genghis Khan Principle’ as it applies to self-employed one-man professional artists is the same as it is...
ORIGINAL PRINTS or REPRODUCTIONS
Are fine art prints ‘original prints’ or ‘reproductions’? In a previous blog I talked about the distinction between a so-called ‘Limited...
PUBLISHING OPEN or LIMITED EDITIONS
PUBLISHING OPEN or LIMITED EDITIONS.... Makers of most products relish the prospect of sales volume, and do not paint themselves into a...
ARTIST’S ADMINISTRATION and OFFICE SOFTWARE
ARTIST’S ADMIN SOFTWARE There is significant potential value in digital office administration packages and software programmes on...
WEBSITE CRITERIA for an ARTISTS ONLINE GALLERY
ARTISTS WEBSITE CRITERIA... Two recent blog posts have been about retail art galleries and how an ambitious artist can show and sell...
