This is my first time considering doing an artist residency as a multi-media artist, and I'm not happy with my university life at the moment. I feel like I need more time to actually find my own style.

I'm using resartis to search for residencies, but a lot of them offer very short residencies (a few weeks to 1 or 2 months). Do you think it is worth it to move very far for short residencies? Or what do you think is a good amount of time to really improve your craft, while also acclimating to your new surroundings, etc. Ideally I would like to have a stable place to stay for at least 3 months, but I've never done a residency so do you move all your belongings with you?

Hi, I'm interested in taking some classes to push my art forward. I'm located in the SF Bay area but also would be open to any online classes that could be in other cities. I have my BFA already, but will eventually want to get my MFA.

Any one know of any instructors they can really get behind? Thank you!

If you want a list of galleries around the world listed city by city this is one of the most comprehensive.
https://artguide.artforum.com/artguide/place/paris?category=galleries

I live in New York and have toyed many times with the idea of going to do MFA to become a better painter/artist. But a. I’m a single parent with a job and cannot make it work to go to classes consistently and b. I have found I learn much better and faster with a private instructor.

Would love to know if anyone is a teacher or can recommend their favorite teacher in NYC MFA programs (ideally Columbia, Hunter, etc.) who might also be willing to do private instruction.

Having indian citizenship, I look forward to pursuing my master's degree in painting overseas. I've been researching about RCA but have been hearing fishy things about it too. The cost is too high as I'm an international student too. It's the best ranked but still not good. Some unis are not highly ranked but offer good courses like in Netherlands and Finland (which is cost friendly too, than RCA). What would your suggestions be regarding the university selection? Should I be focusing on the rank, fee, or the artistic growth? What would benefit me in the future?

I'm going to San Francisco next month and I'm wondering which museums and galleries I should check out in the Bay Area - any recommendations?

there's a few really cool twitter channels i follow for classical art on twitter. they typically just post classical paintings and no other mediums or styles of art and generally nothing modern(1900s and on to today)

are there any social media curators that post more modern art? also photography? despite the algorithm on twitter recommending me lots of great stuff it's generally more of the same.

thank you!

Hey everyone,

I’m building a portfolio to showcase my work, which is quite interdisciplinary, involving a mix of digital art and multimedia projects. However, I’ve hit a bit of a snag since my portfolio needs to be in PDF format, but I want to include videos as part of the showcase.

Does anyone have advice on how to incorporate video into a PDF portfolio? I’ve seen some portfolios that feature clickable links accompanied with screen shots of their digital work, but I’m not sure what the best way is to make this work smoothly.

Any advice?

Hi all, not sure if this is the right forum to post this on, but there doesn't seem to be a reddit specific to contemporary London art ! My name is Sebastian and 2 years ago, I met the most fantastic guy living in south London. He was a contemporary painter from the South Bank and sadly had cancer. We met up from an online app, and really hit it off. He told me he hadn't painted in a year, since his diagnosis, but something about our connection inspired him to paint again - painting me. I do not delude myself by thinking I have some kind of special power and 'fixed him', but I had a wonderful afternoon with the man. I've thought about him a lot over the 2 years, but I was living far away and had lost my phone the week after meeting him, losing his contact information.

My purpose coming to Reddit is to see if anyone might know who this fine gentleman may be. I would love to go on with wonderful attributes I thought of him, being kind, funny and incredibly clever, but sadly it may be easier to deal with facts. He is a British man in his 30s, sadly had cancer, lived just on the south side of the Thames, and had exhibited his works all over the world (New York, Zurich, Tokyo...). I have a picture of a painting I took in his home to send to my parents, because I thought it was so beautiful, which I'll try to post. In the meantime, any help is hugely appreciated.

Best,

Seb

Heading to town from Chicago for a bit and the most recent post about this was a bit too long ago so many things have since closed (and I enjoyed them in September). Would love to hear any favorite gallery shows open now? Thanks y’all.

I’m organizing my first group exhibition, featuring five artists (including myself). I’ve secured a gallery space and am handling everything from logistics to outreach.

Any advice on making the show a success? Are there specific things I should focus on, people to reach out to, etc.?

I’m planning to invite curators, artists, and possibly some gallerists. I’m also considering writers and critics, hoping for reviews—or at least to “build connections”.

Any advice/recommendations?

Howdy!

I Know this question gets asked a lot, I wasn't even planning on applying for MFA programs this year as I had two pretty annoying application seasons back to back. I was curious if anyone on here could rec any English working language European programs? I'm mostly looking for sculpture but my practice is multidisciplinary (I have a solo opening next month thats almost entirely paintings which is a first for me)

I'm opening a gallery space in a small city, and I'm wondering: what are some gallery green (and red) flags? How can I ensure artists are happy and want to show their work with us? What would make you want to show your work at a gallery you've never heard of?

A little background: I'm an artist, craftsperson, and professor. I've worked at artist-/volunteer-run galleries and have shown my own work at many galleries, but have no formal training in this. I just want to do the best job I can.

Hi all. What are some interesting contemporary artists that work with geometric abstraction in their work? I know many people say abstraction is over, its just decorative, no longer innovative etc. But I disagree and I think there are many interesting contemporary artists developing the field further, building on its legacy and exploring its relevance to the modern world.

A few artists I find interesting are Sarah Morris, Philipe Pantone, Imi Knoebel, David Batchelor, Eva Rothschild, Josh Sperling, Esther Stocker and Rana Begum. I'm keen to discover more so thought I'd ask here. There was a great post the other day about abstraction but the responses were mostly abstract expressionism/painterly abstraction and I'm keen to discover some new and interesting artists that particularly have geometric abstraction as part of their practice. Doesn't have to just be painting either...any medium.

Look forward to the discussion!

How do you see the difference between studying art (painting specifically in my case) at these universities?

I'm asking for my own studies but please let this be an open forum for whatever your experiences/practice was.

My impression:

RCA Painting - 1 year long, so there is probably an expectation that applicants are already producing stylistically consistent paintings to a high finish. Graduates tend to follow suit, being supported to really own the hell out of a defined, unique style they've developed. Ready to be discovered and represented by gallerists after finishing the course. Seemingly the most competitive to get into.

Goldsmiths Fine Art - 2 years long. Seem to prioritise a more primitive form of potential in applicants - boldness of ideas over technical mastery or art market readiness. Structure of course seems to facilitate great versatility - you're put into randomised crit groups each year with all sorts of other artists, and MA and BA students all paint in the same studios. This course seems to prepare artists to be renegades in the art world - not immediately commercially successful as with the RCA. These are the artists who make their professional career not through the conventional gallery route, but instead by receiving grant applicantions and doing funded residencies.

Slade Fine Art - 2 years long. Actually not sure?? They don't have a downloadable prospectus unlike the other two. I don't know as much about the Slade.

Hi all, American high school student here doing college planning. In light of recent events, I find myself needing backup options outside of the US. I've been looking in Europe for awhile but cost is an issue. Looking at the likes of Design Academy Eindhoven, Glasgow School of Art, University of the Arts London, etc. I've been doing fine art for 7 years and looking to pursue it as my degree, maybe in conjunction with fashion. What are the best art schools in Europe?

Been very into his work lately and curious about other artists pushing figurative sculpture in a similar direction. Even artists of different disciplines working in similar themes would interest me, anybody have an recommendations to check out?

Hi All, I graduated with a marketing degree and have worked in corporate as an account manager and marketing analyst since 2021.. I've always wanted to purse a career working in an Art Gallery and see there is an opening at Gagosian. I am aware with my lack of art education and experience I am put at a disadvantage but this is truly my passion and am trying to research and network as much as I can to get my foot in the door.

I am open to any and all advice, mentoring, networking, interview process help!

Do you think the market may recover if a bunch of rich people are benefiting from another round of you know who?

Hi,

I found this post from 4 months ago and hoped finding the solution to my losen canvases after gesso there but I didn't.

The person who first posted about their canvases getting lose after acrylic gesso explained that they :
- stretched their canvases on home made strainers
- tried with or without watering the gesso
- tried with different brands of gesso

They always stretched it with a result that was "drum tight" and it became lose after gesso.

I have the same issue and haven't found anything online about canvas becoming lose after gessoing. I learned how to stretch a canvas in art school and I watched many videos of people doing it large format without ever mentioning this could happen.

I am able to stretch the canvas "drum tight" before any coat is applied and I don't think that more tension could be added at this time without tearing the canvas.
When I work with small canvases, I don't have this problem, it only occurs on large canvases.

The additional info I can provide is :
- I tried a heavy cotton fabric and a linen one (which is great quality, rather heavy, it is supposed to be used to make furniture). Both those fabrics have been machine washed, air dried and ironed with steam before stretching.
- I use art store bought stretchers, I tried using the keys and it had no effect.
- I too have high humidity levels (around 70%)
- I use diluted acrylic binder to size the fabric before applying gesso. I already unstapled, stretched again and stapled again the whole canvases several times during the process (2 thin sizing coats and 3 thin acrylic gesso coats) but each new coat makes the canvas lose again. And it has become impossible for me to stretch it tight enough now, I have stretching pliers but I cannot pull the canvas hard enough to gain tightness anymore.
- I tried several times the whole watering the back of the painting with hot water process, I even steamed and ironed it with a piece of cotton fabric inbetween but it had almost no effect.
- My canvases become too lose to properly paint on, as I might touch the wood parts with some of the brush strokes.

Can someone relate ? And do someone know what can be done to avoid these issues ?
Thank you very much

Most I can find are people bemoaning the use of AI, yadda yadda yadda. What I'd like to begin reading are articles about its use, implications, and limitations. Of course, articles by theorists and critics are good, but would also enjoy some by artists.

Thanks for any suggestions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies#:~:text=Oblique%20Strategies%20(subtitled%20Over%20One,Schmidt%2C%20first%20published%20in%201975.

Has anybody successfully entered an mfa program without a bfa? It would be so great if I could ask you some questions! Thanks!

Looking for any good recommendation. A plus if they could converse in English. Thank you.

I'm a full time artist, I love what I do and am very lucky to make a decent income through private sales and commissions (100k last year before taxes). My biggest hurdle is navigating the art world. The schmoozing, the complete lack of communication and clarity, people promising opportunities and then taking them away, lying about sales, all the pointless events and parties. I'm constantly worried I've misstepped or misspoken, or ruined an opportunity for myself without knowing. When does anyone actually work? I'm constantly trying to protect my studio time. I often get a nauseous feeling around most of the gallerists/ art world types. It all just feels so sleazy and slimy. Maybe I'm projecting? But it seems each time I try to give someone the benefit of the doubt they prove me right in the end.

The hard part is I LOVE showing my work and being in art shows. I want to be more than an "Instagram artist" and take my career to the next level eventually but I just can't seem to meet a gallery that doesn't give me a bad gut feeling. Besides all this stuff I'm generally very happy and love making work and spending time in my own little world. Navigating all of it takes quite a toll on me. How do people do it? All the fakery, botox, filler, cocaine, jet setting, posturing... it's just not something I want in my life, and all just to give up 50% of my sales?

I've been advised against reaching out to galleries and told it's bad to "look desperate" so I never have, yet all the people who come to me don't seem like a good fit. Surely cold pitching myself would be better than this though? There must be someone out there who would be a good fit and not give me this feeling. I switched careers and didn't go to school for art so I have almost no fellow artists I can talk about this openly with. Would love to hear how others have navigated this with their souls intact. Do you relate? Do you have any words of wisdom?

Wondering if anyone has any tips to becoming more developed as an artist. Creating a mature body of work. Ty!

what do you think ?

Hi all! I would love to compile a list of projects and artist/s that are currently working at the intersection of technology and art. What are you looking at these days? Thanks in advance