Show Your Art - How to build an Art Career without a Gallery
Show Your Art, How to build an art career without a gallery. This is the new book by curator and podcaster Gita Joshi of The Curator’s Salon.
6 Signs You Really Need an Artist Coach
Here are six major signs you may be ready to hire an artist coach. What an artist coach can do for you, your art practice and your business
Interview with Yahon Chang
I caught up with Yahon Chang to talk about his work and becoming an artist. He has painted every day for 30 years and came to it after an illness. He talks about art as healing for him and the spirituality in his work, as well as the brushwork which is an extension of Tai Chi movements Take a read
Helsinki Biennial
The inaugural Helsinki Biennial was scheduled for summer 2020 and changed the date to 2021. I caught up with Maija Tanninen, the biennial director to discuss the program, and what the change of date means for the city. and the artists.
Your WHY as an artist
In presenting your art to the world, both you as the artist and your story are integral to gaining any traction if you want to make being an artist a career.
Derrick Guild
Interview with Derrick Guild whose work I first came across at the London Art Fair 2020.
Art Movies to watch while you’re in iso
A list of art movies to catch up on while you are in isolation.
Covenant - A Solo Exhibition
Art works available to buy at the Covenant Exhibition - a virtual show of contemporary drawings by Patrick Morales-Lee based around ideas of identity and belonging
Artist Support Pledge
Matthew Burrows, the founder of #artistsupportpledge joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about the growth of the movement two weeks after it started. We discuss empowering artists to sell work directly, and to buy work from other artists when they reach £1000 in sales.
Pause - How to Manage Isolation during Covid-19 Pandemic
Danielle North talks about coming to peace with the new circumstances of self isolation and social distancing due to Covid-19 . She talks about finding the gold in this new situation and we discuss how people can manage their response to it through rhythms and practices.
Hype Yourself - Lucy Werner talks about PR for Artists
Lucy Werner is the author of the bestselling book Hype Yourself. In this episode of the podcast she talks about DIY PR for artists. She discusses finding suitable publications and media, the writers or editors of the places you may want to be featured, newsjacking for attention and raising your visibility as well as using listings to grow your audience.
COVID-19 and the Art World - with Sam Peacock
Sam Peacock returns as my guest on the podcast and we talk about the effect of coronavirus on the art world this last week as fairs are cancelling and postponing their Spring 2020 editions. We go on to discuss what artists can be doing at this time to connect with others and work on their art.
Eye of the Collector
Safety and wellbeing is at the top of the agenda for all event organisers during this time of coronavirus. I caught up with Nazy Vassegh, the founder of Eye of the Collector to discuss the other considerations that have to be taken behind the scenes when it comes to rescheduling an art fair.
How Covid-19 is affecting the art world.
A round up of the fairs responding to coronavirus including artists fairs, and what this can mean for the artist.
Hynek Martinec
Hynek Martinec is a figurative painter based in South London. In this episode he talks about having a museum show at the National Gallery in Prague in 2018, his immersive research process and referencing history.
Recommended Reading List
Recommended reading list for artists from The Curator’s Salon. Subjects including curating, how to be an artist, creative blocks and marketing yourself.
Reiner Heidorn talks art
German artists, Reiner Heidorn talks about developing his style as an artist, his interest in botanical subjects, and working on every painting with the pointillism of microscope images from plants and freshwater.
Chloe McCarrick - A Year in Art Fairs
Chloe McCarrick is an artist working dominantly with cyanotype and in this episode of the podcast talks about her career to date and how she sold at art markets and pop ups to save towards her first art fair in 2019.
Patrick Morales-Lee
In this post Patrick Morales Lee answers questions about his art life. and the universal ideas of identity and belief and presented through a blend of portraiture and mixed media.
Earthly Delites at Hastings Contemporary
Hastings Contemporary starts of 2020 with new exhibitions and in this episode of the podcast, gallery director Liz Gilmore talks about the three exhibitions .
Earthly Delites is a solo show by Anne Ryan. The Age of Turmoil is a painting exhibition with works by Edward Burra, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Spencer. The Studio at 4am is a group show with 8 artists curated by Anne Ryan