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Galleries in Nyc — Chelsea and Beyond: Mapping New York's Gallery Districts

Chelsea holds over 200 galleries, SoHo's dealers left in the mid-1990s, and the Lower East Side grew some 200 outsider spaces at its 1980s peak.

Ismail Okafor

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A Baltimore nonprofit just hit a 45-year milestone. Here's what organizations like it do for working artists, and why the model matters.

Oliver Grant

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A plain-English glossary of the exhibition types you see on gallery walls, and what each one asks of the artist.

Clara Bennett

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Commercial galleries are free, need no appointment, and welcome browsers; a first walk through West Chelsea's 200-plus doors needs only four moves.

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

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A noticed portfolio is a small edited image set, a plain statement, and documented work sent to fellowships and grants.

Javier Hughes

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Galleries typically keep 25 to 50 percent of a sale, and consignment keeps ownership and risk with the artist until a buyer pays.

Hugo Marchetti

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The hammer price is the winning bid; buyer's premiums, seller commissions and United States resale law decide who actually keeps the money.

Hugo Marchetti

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Art critics look, describe, and judge. Here is what actually happens when a critic reviews a show, from first notes to published review.

Javier Hughes

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A plain guide to reading a gallery price list and asking about artwork prices, from what the list shows to who sets the numbers.

Javier Hughes

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An exhibition ends, but its catalogue stays on the shelf. Here is how these books are made, what goes inside, and who covers the cost.

Javier Hughes