"Commercial galleries" refer to privately-owned art galleries that focus on selling art for monetary gain. These galleries exhibit and sell artworks by various artists, allowing them to make a profit from the sales.
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We have worked with
commercial galleries in hosting talks and exhibitions, but remain on the curatorial side of things.
As a time marked by underground political dissent, the 1970s was a decade when artists began working small, working privately, and working beyond the boundaries
of commercial gallery system.
I have a consistent studio practice and upcoming exhibitions at non-profit, artist run spaces but have never had any luck
with commercial gallery spaces.
Unlike a typical
commercial gallery show, many of the pieces are on loan from museums and therefore unavailable for sale.
Other competitive award categories include traveling thematic show, architecture and design show, historical show, and
commercial gallery exhibition.
I love to remind myself of how much of the city one misses, between cold winters and a narrow focus
on commercial galleries.
Because AC is such a small, raw space with low overhead, we have the freedom that a larger
commercial gallery does not.
They're also one of the most
prominent commercial galleries on the continent representing artists from other African nations and only work with international artists who engage with the African context.
It is rare nowadays to
see commercial galleries mounting exhibitions for single artists or a coherent group of artists from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Could I leverage this 30,000 - square -
foot commercial gallery and offer nothing for sale in 20,000 square feet of it?
Price's work has been much talked about, though not widely exhibited until relatively recently (and then only in group shows or in
commercial gallery presentations).
With
commercial galleries hiring from the museum sector, museums hiring from the commercial sector and private museums popping up like mushrooms, what is left of the distinction between public and private?
In the past few
years commercial galleries have been doing some of the historical heavy lifting we usually associate with museums.
In the future, you may want to
pursue commercial gallery representation, or perhaps have a museum show within the next five years.
He rarely makes public appearances, refuses to communicate by telephone, doesn't turn up to his own openings — doesn't, for that matter, even have
permanent commercial gallery representation.
The primary market is where contemporary art is sold for the first time;
mostly commercial galleries which represent artists and have a direct working relationship with them.
I am at the point in my practice now where I feel ready to
seek commercial gallery representation but have no idea where / how to even begin the process.