"Maybe my work is just decoration." This sentence, spoken quietly during our recent session, stopped me cold. Not because it's unusual—I hear it constantly—but because it reveals a deeper truth about how artists sabotage ...
The message came through Instagram on a Tuesday morning — unusual for me, since most collector inquiries arrive via email or phone calls. A woman I'd never met had been following my social media ...
While half the art world is documenting Mediterranean light on Instagram, the other half is contemplating empty exhibition spaces and wondering whether cultural memory extends beyond summer holidays. Here's how to navigate this annual ...
On facilitating meaningful encounters between Croatia's art scene and international collectors seeking works for their superyacht interiors. The Assignment When international collectors approached me about accessing Croatia's contemporary art scene ...
Or: What happens when opportunity meets the terrifying reality of being seen Last week, an artist contacted me about what appeared to be a dream scenario: direct access to a foreign gallery, potential representation ...
It took me three months to finish Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World. Three whole months for a 294-page book. In our swipe-left culture, that feels almost embarrassingly slow. But here's what ...
We love our origin stories in the art world. The narrative goes something like this: genius emerges, fully-formed, with a distinctive voice and unwavering vision. Think Basquiat exploding onto the scene, or Banksy materializing ...
A view from my son's bedroom: notebooks full of experimental marks and unauthorized wall drawings that somehow capture the essential human need to create The evidence sits right there on my dining table, scattered ...
While you're waiting for the "right moment," someone else just submitted their application. Here's an uncomfortable truth about creative careers: the perfect moment doesn't exist. It's a mirage that keeps talented people perpetually preparing ...
Sunday evenings have this particular quality of pessimism, don't they? That Sunday scares feeling when the week ahead looms with all its uncertainties. It was during one of these contemplative moments — after watching Star ...
