Vanity gallery

Vanity gallery

A vanity gallery is an art gallery that charges artists fees in order to exhibit their work and makes most of its money from artists rather than from sales to the public. Some vanity galleries charge a lump sum to arrange an exhibition, while others ask artists to pay regular membership fees and then promise to organise an exhibition with a certain period.cite book
title=187 Tips for Artists: How to Create a Successful Art Career - and Have Fun in the Process!
author=Kathy Gulrich
page=57
publisher=smART Business Coaching
isbn=0974653306
year=2003
] There is debate as to whether galleries that ask artists to contribute to expenses, e.g. by arranging for announcements of the exhibition themselves, fall into the same category. [cite web
title=Vanity Galleries, Artist Co-ops, Slides, Announcements, Juried Shows, Advertising... Just how much do I have to pay to be an artist?
author=Sylvia White
url=http://www.artspan.com/newsletter/artsMart_Newsletter03.htm
publisher=artspan.com
accessdate=2007-06-05
]

Derivation

Vanity galleries are an offshoot of cooperative galleries (also called artist-run initiatives), galleries which are operated by artists who pool their resources in order to pay for exhibits and publicity. Unlike cooperative galleries, which carefully jury their members, vanity galleries will exhibit anyone who pays. [cite book
last =Michels
first =Caroll
title =How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: A Complete Guide to Career Management
publisher =Henry Holt and Company
date= 1983
pages =p. 67
isbn =0-8050-0238-3
] In 1981 "Village Voice" reporter Lisa Gubernick posed as an artist and "within 20 minutes" of contacting the Keane Mason Woman Art Gallery was handed a contract for "$720 for 16 feet of wall". [Citation
last =Gubernick
first =Lisa
author-link =Lisa Gubernick
title =I Was an Artist for the Village Voice
newspaper =Village Voice
pages =71
year =1981
date = [October 7-13, 1981
] Occasionally a vanity gallery will appear to have a selection process. This is because "if every participant is promised a one- or two-person show every two years, the number of artists on the membership roster cannot exceed the available time slots for shows." [Debora Melz (1995), "Vanities: Caveat Exhibitor" in "Getting Exposure: The Artist's Guide to Exhibiting the Work". Art Calendar Publishing, Inc., p. 182. ISBN 0-945388-04-7.]

Commercial art galleries derive their profit from sales of artwork and thus take great care to select art and artists that they believe will sell, and will enhance their gallery's reputation. They spend time and money cultivating collectors. If the artwork sells, the gallery makes a profit and the artist is then paid.

Vanity galleries have no incentive to sell art, as they have already been paid by the artist. Vanity galleries are not selective because they don't have to be. Many professional artists recommend new artists avoid exhibiting work in them, primarily because professional critics and reviewers tend to avoid them. [" [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/10/191830.php Vanity Galleries] " by Lenny Campello, 10 August 2004.]

ee also

*Vanity press

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