The Chelsea Arts District in Manhattan is one of the most vital and vibrant art districts in the world. There are around 1,500 art galleries in New York City operating at any given time. In Manhattan you find them in Soho, Tribecca, Chelsea, The Village, the Lower East Side, and…
Are you enjoying reading my art blog. Do you benefit from the information that you find in my art blog? Would you like to help supports the arts? If so, I would like to ask that you do me a small favor. Could you link one of my articles or…
Are you thinking about starting an art blog or email newsletter? But are you hesitant to start because you hate to write? Or are you afraid you don't have time to write? Let's face it, this is at the heart of why we put off getting that art blog or…
Are you thinking about starting an art blog or email newsletter? Are you worried that your writing skills may not be good enough? Let's face it, this is at the heart of why we put off getting that art blog or email newsletter going in the first place, isn't it?…
"The way to succeed is to double your rate of failure." - Tom Watson, Founder of IBM Are you failing enough in your art career? Have you made enough mistakes this week? Those are funny-sounding questions, I admit. Nobody likes to fail or make mistakes. But the truth is unless…
Have you ever thought about how tough it is to hit “escape velocity” when you’re getting your art career going? Everyone might define that differently, but for me it was about building an art career I could rely on, one that didn’t wake me up every morning at 4:00 a.m.…
Have you ever wanted to understand how New York City Art Galleries are structured and how they operate? New York City Art Galleries and galleries in the other large art markets such as Los Angeles, London, and Paris can be difficult to understand and put into their proper context. There…
It was raining the day I arrived in New York City. It was a cold rain on Friday, May 1, 1998. And I wondered if the inclement weather was an omen, a sign of things to come. I stepped out of La Guardia airport into the cold drizzle and hailed…
Is your art business really a commodity business? Is what you are packaging and selling just like ten-thousand other online art stores? The worst thing an art business can do is be just like everyone else. And the worst reason your customer can have for buying your product is that…
As an artist, do you know when it's time to fire your clients? Do you know when it's time to throw in the towel on cheap customers and bad clients? Have you gotten the wrong message about how to properly build your art business? Do you think you need to …
