The role of art dealer

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Сообщение от Zenia

What is "normal artist?

I think neeichnym absence of a treaty ... as though in fact his forehead, and not only in the sale of paintings and the artist's name ./.../

With one of these two then were still dismantling of interest, gallery owners .... THANK YOU and I said only one third that of the exhibition itself sit down. We must, I say that except that single thank you I did with this show has not received?

So do not .... sell the art was too troublesome, so that someone else takes for the money .... proschsche is the same for tomatoes to earn less headache.

Or am I not right?

No, I think you are wrong.

With regard to contracts - before you talk about ethics, we must understand that these agreements completely ineffective, because very few people go out to sue and spend a few years of his life at all proceedings and delays. Therefore, contracts are concluded in this environment is quite rare.

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As for the sale of tomatoes, probably trade them better than the pictures, but pictures sell disproportionately more prestigious. A significant number of dealers and gallery owners are sensitive to this aspect of their profession.
Allow me to doubt that they work not for money - and nothing wrong with that, perfectly normal person to receive remuneration for their work.
Between artists and owners of galleries, dealers, agents almost never occurs dispute over fees, accept all of the game. It is only necessary that these were fair game on both sides, and it is not always the case.

One example from my personal experience. Several years ago I gave in one gallery 2 works, so that they put them on a fair "Art Moscow". I pointed out their prices, and then together we have defined its margins - it is very important, because pricing policies should be coherent.
For example, much work has cost 60 (10 of whom were fee) euros, while the smaller 30 (commission - 5).
Arriving at the fair, I was surprised to see that next to my work hangs the work of the same period of the same size as my youngest, and the price for it - $ 18! When I asked I was told that the work gave them for sale, its owner, and when I said that actually they do not have the right to exhibit the work of third parties at a price below - but even so! - My, I was told: "It is you (in the sense, in France), so do not do, but here it's normal."
Here, while I went valerian to drink, came a foreign lady, said she buys a "foreign" work, and went for the money. But as she stood in the Moscow traffic, today announced another customer, who laid out the funds and bought the work, and I do not know how they managed to do it, having dvuyu customers on a piece of work, but sold my dupes her to him for 15.
The lady returned with a sack, discovers that the painting had been sold, and said, okay, I take this (pointing at my job), but at the price of the * *! Logically, no?
A delshe began quite vaudeville. The lady was trying to pressure on me, so many representatives of the foreign community in Moscow now and then dragged me into the corners and explained how important it is that it was the work, etc. Then they brought me the good news: my clever offered her a picture of 20. I go to him on the stand, asking if this is true. To me, lowering her eyes, the answer was yes. I'm surprised that the painting was offered at a price that does not reach my minimum, not informed me about it. Tugging in the hands of the handkerchief, I say: "We would have told you." Of course, I say that I had to say before you make such a strange proposal. In general, the madhouse ...

I will not tell how this history has ended. She taught me a lot (but not all, alas), and in particular, it helped me understand that there are issues which the artist or assignee control simply can not.
And here is the most important question arises - on trust.

I want to add, I know absolutely charming and honest people selling art. I know, and artists who are in a dark alley is better to keep out - robbed! But overall, I think everyone will agree with me that this pair of the artist /gallerist force - on the side gallery owner, with very few exceptions the super-promoted artists (and even then, ask what happened for example with Sandra Kia, one of the most famous artists 80-90 years.).

Okay, something I had signed, it's time to stop. In conclusion, the story to you the true story that happened in Paris in the late 70's. Paris.

One of the recently arrived there by Russian artists decided to look for the gallery. He took the folder, put there their work, and drove to the quarter Saint-Germain, where then were concentrated Gallery of Modern Art. The case - or fatality - was the reason that the first gallery, in which he entered, was a very prestigious gallery Lebba, which traded mainly in the first half of the 20 th century. "What-oh? Living artist?? My Gallery?? Get out of here, sir!" - Exclaimed the old man Lebb when our hapless creator explained the reasons for his arrival.