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What New York Law Does With Your Art The Moment A Gallery Takes It
Under the state's Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, consigned work and the money it earns are trust property from the second a dealer accepts delivery — no contract required.
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Coverage of the galleries that carry contemporary art: program direction, roster arrivals and departures, expansions, closures and how consignment and representation actually work. Includes blue-chip spaces and artist-run rooms. Useful for artists weighing an offer and for collectors reading a program's intentions.
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How Galleries Build and Cut Rosters
A roster is a gallery's inventory of bets, placed one studio visit at a time and withdrawn in silence when the numbers stop working.
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How Art Advisors Work With Collectors
The advisor is the art market's translator: paid by collectors, courted by galleries, and useful to artists who understand the gate.
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Why New York Needs Artist-Run Galleries
Artist-run rooms sell risk; blue chips sell reach. New York's art life depends on the argument between them.
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How Galleries and Artists Split Sales
The split is the famous half of the deal; the deductions, discounts and payment timing are the half that decides what an artist actually banks.
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How Small Galleries Afford Art Fair Booths
Applications months out, fees that quietly double, five days of selling: how the art fair economy is supposed to pay a small gallery back.
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What Gallery Assistants Do All Day
Front desk, condition reports, shipping quotes, install weeks and invoice chasing: the actual working day of a gallery assistant, minus the glamour.
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How Galleries Pick Artists for Solo Shows
A solo exhibition is the biggest bet a gallery places on one artist, and the arithmetic behind the offer is rarely what artists imagine.
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Why New York Galleries Keep Moving
From SoHo's lofts to Chelsea's garages to Tribeca's bank buildings, galleries have always chased cheap square footage and dragged the city's art map with them.
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How Small Galleries Survive New York Rent
Between the lease and the lumpy art market, small New York galleries stack half a dozen incomes on top of one address.