Fesshole 🧻I'm an artist and I hate the amount of commission galleries charge. If you like one of an artist's pieces, wait until after the exhibition and approach them privately: you'll get the picture for half the price and the artist will make more money.
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@fesshole You don't like to work for peanuts but you'd like other people to if if lines your pockets, amirite?
Jan Maris@Eetschrijver @fesshole
Don't worry too much about the financial situation of gallery owners. Especially compared to the average artist.
Don't worry too much about the financial situation of gallery owners. Especially compared to the average artist.
justmichelle@maris @Eetschrijver @fesshole I worked at a gallery for eleven years. (Assistant to the owner etc.) Trust me. Gallery owners are not hurting.
UkeleleEric@maris @Eetschrijver @fesshole yeah. We're not talking about galleries not covering their costs, but taking a ridiculous sized percentage. It can't cost the gallery more if they host an exhibition with higher-priced pieces than others of the same size, so a fairer way would be to charge a set amount per sale. That way, it would be in the gallery's interest to encourage more sales, not just selling a few of the higher priced items. And the artist can figure out what's most likely to sell.