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Making a living
Markets
What is the commercial climate for fine and applied arts? How important are galleries, corporate collectors and art fairs?
Artists seeking to make a living from their work have to think carefully about how best to develop sales opportunities for their work.
Profiles: artists
Lina Peterson
Polly Harknett on the practice of emerging jeweller Lina Peterson, including creative/work balance and exploration of markets for her work. Read on…
Profile: artist, a-n.co.uk June 2008
Ben Coode-Adams
Brigid Howarth takes an in-depth look at the career path of sculptor and new-media artist Ben Coode-Adams, who makes his living from public and private commissions. Read on…
Profile: artist, a-n.co.uk April 2003
Andrew Tanner
Penny Jones explores the career of Andrew Tanner who has spent ten years as a designer maker developing many successful ranges of batch-produced ceramics. Read on…
Profile: artist, a-n.co.uk June 2008
Amy Azelda Cooper
Jo Wilson explores the work of ceramicist and sculptor Amy Cooper, in particular her successful balance between business and creativity. Read on…
Profile: artist, a-n.co.uk June 2007
Profiles
The Manchester Contemporary
Launched in 2009, The Manchester Contemporary is an art fair that looks to encourage and develop a market for critically engaged contemporary art in North West England. We talk to Paulette Terry Brien of The International 3 who, alongside Laurence Lane, has been Curatorial Coordinator for the last three editions of the fair. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk October 2012
Supermarket
Pamela Wells and Alicja Rogalska report back from Supermarket - an artist-run international art fair in Stockholm. They talk about why their own artist association Laundry attended the event, meet representatives from a vibrant artist-run culture in Sweden and beyond, and offer a sample of some of the organisations who attended. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk April 2009
Shipley Art Gallery
Brigid Howarth profiles The Shipley Art Gallery, which holds a public collection of contemporary craft. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk November 2003
Profile of an art collector
Brigid Howarth talks to an art buyer who has been collecting since the age of nineteen. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk November 2003
Profile of a craft collector
Brigid Howarth gives a rare insight into one art buyer's collection and discovers the favorite haunts for snapping up the next big thing. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk November 2003
Hidden Art
Lucy Wilson explores the development and expansion of Hidden Art, an initiative set-up by Dieneke Ferguson to promote the work of designer-makers in Hackney. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk April 2003. Updated February 2009.
Deutsche Bank Art Collection
Brigid Howarth talks to Deutsch Bank curator Mary Findlay about the sourcing and buying of artworks for the largest corporate art collection in the world. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk November 2003
Contemporary Art Society
The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) supports the museum collection of contemporary art. Hugh Adams investigates the society's aims and activities and offers advice on making an approach to CAS. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk April 2003
Guides
Intangible, inflatable, irreducible
Lucy Kimbell explores the value of artists' work. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk November 2004
Gallery, dealer and agent agreements
The following checklist by Sheena Etches and Nicholas Sharp covers many of the issues that arise when artists enter an arrangement with a private gallery, dealer or agent. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk April 2003
Exporting
It takes considerable time and energy to sustain an overseas market. This guide by Anamaria Wills introduces key export principles and support structures and will help to establish whether you are ready to explore the potential of selling your work abroad. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk April 2003
Approaching galleries
While there are no set rules, this guide by Gavin Wade suggests a number of imaginative strategies for creating gallery interest in your work. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk April 2003
Tours
Markets for designer-makers
How does a maker reach the market? Freelance consultant and Market Development Manager for Cockpit Arts Abigail Branagan highlights the key routes. Read on…
Tour, a-n.co.uk January 2009
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