Dialogues
The latest in our Art World’s series is a video by Catherine Wynne Paton that details her journey learning about other artists practises and forming a peer mentoring group. Catherine Wynne Paton is a conceptual media artist concerned with…
Don’t Delete Art
Given the understandable reliance by most of the world on digital technology for communications throughout the annus horribilis of 2020 (and its continuation into 2021, with no certain prospect of escape from Covid restrictions), social media platforms…
Exhibition Relief Funding
Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MEGTR) came temporarily into UK law to give financial support for mounting and/or touring new public facing exhibitions in the five years from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2022, after…
Internships
A collection of projects, resources and research around internships in the arts by Artquest. Since 2012, Artquest has researched, led and organised activity around internships in the arts. Intern Culture: a research report Our work started with Intern Culture,…
Reaching audiences online
Timely tips for artists during 2021 COVID lockdowns on how to reach and engage new audiences online. Pablo Colella of Disconnected Bodies and artist Helena Hunter were in conversation with Nick Kaplony of Artquest. With ongoing COVID…
Free MFA’s in the US
The art world has become increasingly global and transnational, with artists participating in residencies, exhibitions and collaborations in all corners of the globe, and biennale’s and art fairs taking place in cities as diverse as…
Brexit Begins
Post Brexit future relations between the UK and the EU are contained in a document signed on 24 December 2020: the EU UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). On 30 December 2020 UK Parliament ratified TCA by passing…
Outpost Online
Free one to one remote advice sessions for London based artists from Artquest staff and freelance artist career specialists. Running from 2019 2021, Outpost Online was replaced by Artquest One to Ones. In 2020 we took our live…
Private Parties
Is there legal validity in ‘the well known custom and practice in the art world that the identity of a private buyer or owner of a painting is not revealed’? A recent trial held at London’s High Court…
Black Artists Grant
Open deadline
The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to black artists in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.The BAG is no strings attached financial support to help the selected artists in whatever they…
Babyfied in Birmingham
I imagined life with a newborn as baby and me waltzing around Liverpool going to private views and exhibitions. Of course, the world was different when I found out I was pregnant in October 2019. I knew…
Online Image
The art world’s general manoeuvring towards online exhibiting and selling because of physical distancing restrictions during the Covid 19 pandemic has seen increased use of digital technologies to communicate images of artwork to spectators prevented from physical viewing.…
Briefs and contracts for public art commissions
A commission will lead to a contract for an artist, to create something to a specified brief. That brief is set by the commissioner and can be very loose or very specific. This…
Flower Thrower Law Report
Banksy’s guarding of his personal identity suffered a set back on 14 September 2020, when the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) cancelled Banksy’s 2014 registration as an EU trade mark of the renowned stencil image of…
Setting a price for your art work
The price of your art work depends on past prices and the amount of work available There is no standard way to set a price for your work. Like all things for sale…
Conscious Isolation: Networking Together, Apart
Samuel Zealey and I set up Conscious Isolation right at the beginning of lockdown. We speak about and call upon what is important in these difficult times. Culture expands the mind and will bring us…
Anti-Flipping
‘Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)’ is the title of a remarkable and unique online selling exhibition held by Christie’s from 21 July to 21 August 2020. Dedicated to the promotion of works by ‘22 young, emerging…
Artists fees
The fee you can charge for your time depends on how long you have worked professionally and the job you are doing There are number of online fee calculators if you are looking for a quick idea of…