How to start and run a commercial art gallery /

Aspiring and new art gallery owners can find everything they need to plan and operate a successful art gallery with How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery. This new edition has been updated to mark the changes in market and technology over the past decade. Edward Winkleman and Patton Hindle d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Winkleman, Edward (Author), Hindle, Patton (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Allworth Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Education: how to learn what you don't know before opening a commercial art gallery
  • Identity: defining your program and other branding issues
  • Business models and customary practices
  • Start-up capital: how much you need and how to get it
  • Writing a business plan: pulling it all together into an action strategy
  • Location and build-out issues
  • Managing cash flow
  • Crating, shipping, framing, photographing, managing, and insuring artwork
  • Staffing and management practices
  • Promotional efforts: publicity and advertising
  • Getting expert advice and professional assistance
  • Art fairs
  • Artists: where to find them, how to keep them
  • Collectors: where to find them, how to keep them
  • Peerage: the art gallery community
  • How the internet is rapidly changing the art world.