Several years ago we went to one of the last performances given by the celebrated stand-up comedian Ken Dodd. It was a very memorable occasion, and one of the gags which has remained with me was the following. Doddy was from Liverpool, of course, and the performance was in Harrogate. At one point, admitting to … Read more
In yesterday’s blog I was fairly hard on the “gatekeepers” to the world of art. The greater part of today was spent hanging my solo exhibition in the Apothecary Gallery, in Thornton. Galleries are, of course, a part of that structure of gatekeeping about which I was generally negative …. or at best, suspicious. I … Read more
There was an interesting article in Apollo magazine in March,* which I have to confess I have only just got round to reading. It is about the importance of “gatekeepers” in the world of art. “Curators, art advisers, independent gallerists, tutors, other artists, anyone in a position to drop a name, make a recommendation, share … Read more
Recently I broached the subject (yet again) of the pricing of art work. Today I am in the final stages of preparation for my exhibition at the Apothecary Gallery, in Thornton, and all that remains to be done is to agree on the prices I will ask, before hanging the show on Wednesday. Today I … Read more
The agony, that is, over the prices I might charge for work I am exhibiting. There is a week to go before my Apothecary Gallery opens, and a good part of today has been spent trying to make up my mind about prices. I believe that every artists will tell you that this is a … Read more
(as ABBA put it). I’ve continued my musing about the problem of what to charge for my work, with interesting results. It struck me that it might be useful to check more widely to see what people are charging for their work, and I decided that it would be worth my while to look at … Read more