Two pepperpots go to an art gallery

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This question is for artists who have sold work through a gallery or individuals who have worked in galleries.

Depends on the gallery. From experience about 15-25%.

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We will make a nice little photo gallery in Flash in the following tutorial. All you need are a few images and a few thumbnails for them, the rest is just follow along and it works with any images!

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I want to buy an Andy Warhol piece and when I look at art galleries online the prices are extremely expensive but when I look at different place online they don’t seem to be as expensive. What is the difference? Is it worth it to buy the more expensive piece?

There are many sources selling poster prints of famous artist’s work. These are basically pictures of art and are not the art itself. Signed limited edition prints of high quality are more expensive than assembly line prints that cost a dime a dozen to produce. There is also a lot of marketing hype involved in pricing prints. So there are originals, original limited edition prints and there are a range of basic prints of varying quality marketed with prices that do not necessarily reflect their quality. If you have enough money you can buy an original piece of art.

With this particular artist, Warhol used print as one of his mediums and had a team of artists producing the physical bi-product of his ideas. He did not produce that much with his own hands.

As for the gallery, it depends on the venue. There are reputable galleries that specialize in top tier work of the best artists in the world. Then on the other end of the scale there are online factories that spit out cheaply made products calling themselves galleries. An upscale gallery is likely to have a physical showroom space where people can view the art in person. They deal with artists and collectors. The best of the best have prime locations. Anyone can create a website to sell a product and call it a gallery. You might have to do some research if their position on the scale is not clearly recognizable at first glance.

God broke the mold,
When he made this one I know
She’s breathtaking but so much more
She walks in the room, its lungs close
Making you never want to breathe again
Her boyfriend has got so much dough
So much ice his neck and wrist froze
Is he faithful to her? no
But she chose to be with him, shorty

Tell me is the money worth your soul
Tell me what’s the reason that you hold on
When you know that dude has a whole wall of ‘em just
like you
And girl you’re just way too fine
Gotta be treated as one of a kind
Girl use your mind
Don’t be just another dime

Because

I can’t take
Seeing you with him
‘Cuz I know exactly what you’ll be,
In his gallery
It’s just not fair
And it’s tearing me apart
You’re just another priceless work of art
In his gallery

She’s so confused
She knows she deserves more
Someone who will love and adore
But his money’s hard to ignore
She really doesn’t know what to do
Girl it’s just a matter of time
Before he finds another more fine
After he’s done dulling your shine
You’re out the door and he’s through with you

Tell me is the money worth your soul
Tell me what’s the reason that you hold on,
When you know that dude has a whole wall of ‘em just
like you
And girl you’re just way too fine
Gotta be treated as one of a kind
Girl use your mind
Don’t be just another dime

I can’t take
Seeing you with him
‘Cuz I know exactly what you’ll be
In his gallery
It’s just not fair
And it’s tearing me apart
You’re just another priceless work of art
In his gallery

You’re a masterpiece
I know that he
Can’t appreciate your beauty
Don’t let him cheapen you
He don’t see you like i do
Beautiful not just for show
Time that someone let you know

I can’t take
Seeing you with him
‘Cuz I know exactly what you’ll be
In his gallery
It’s just not fair
And it’s tearing me apart
You’re just another priceless work of art

I can’t take
Seeing you with him
‘Cuz I know exactly what you’ll be
In his gallery
It’s just not fair
And it’s tearing me apart
You’re just another priceless work of art
In his gallery
In his gallery

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I’m new to photography and I meant another photographer who told me he sales some of his work at galleries.

How do you submit to Galleries?
How do you find them?
Do you have to pay to submit anything???

I would really appreciate the help here!

This is something I have done for a long time. The first place to start is at any local galleries. Visit the gallery to see the type of art they display. They may or may not be a "fit" for your work. You will usually always have to pay rental according to how much space you want to have, plus the gallery will take a commission from anything you sell, usually 40%, so you have to price your work to make a profit after the commission is taken out.

To get into galleries in different parts of the country, the easiest way is to go to Google and type in these words…

call for entries

This will bring up many sites and galleries seeking work for submission. It is simply a matter of following the requirements of the gallery. There will usually always be a theme they want photos to meet. Yes, there is in most cases a fee you must pay to submit your photos, whether they are chosen to be in the showing or not. So be prepared to lose some money in submission fees. If your photo(s) is selected to be in the gallery, it can mean you may have to send a print yourself and they will frame it, or you may have to print and frame it yourself, or some galleries will print your high resolution digital photos themselves. I prefer to have prints made by my lab so I know the quality is what it should be, but then, if it does not sell, you have to arrange for return shipping. If the photo sells out of the gallery exhibit, again there will be a commission to the gallery.

This can be a lot of work, but also a labor of love. It is very gratifying to have your work acknowledged by the art community. In time, you will fall into the "clique" and will be having galleries contact you with calls for entries. I have received two this week already, plus I have works submitted to 3 different exhibits around the country.

One word of reality though. Do NOT expect to get rich, or even make a living doing this. I know of NO one that makes a steady, living income from selling photos through galleries like this. So don’t quit your day job! lol Most photographers supliment their income with the usual portrait or wedding work, or just have other "real" jobs for steady income. I have sold as many as 4 photos in a couple of weeks, and have also gone for months and sold nothing.

So this is really something you do for the love of it and to be a part of the art community, don’t go into it expecting to make any real money.

Hope that helps you some. Here is my site if you want to browse some of my work:

http://www.lightanon.com

steve