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Let's say 'a few' is 3. How can you get any work done when you have to stop every 20 mins (one someone else's schedule) and spend 3 mins making coffee & small t

by roel_v 8y ago

Let's say 'a few' is 3. How can you get any work done when you have to stop every 20 mins (one someone else's schedule) and spend 3 mins making coffee & small talk? This sounds like people saying 'I won't have to pay for child care because I can work from home'. Uh, what? Either you're doing 'child care' or you're 'working from home', but you can't do both (for children < 5), and anyone who says they can, obviously has never done it.

keiferski 8y ago
Most smaller art galleries get 5 visitors a day, tops. That industry revolves around openings, events, and networking, not people walking in off the street.
- roel_v 8y ago
  Then why bother at all opening during the day? Surely not for the $5 in profit?
  - keiferski 8y ago
    Because the idea is to have your own art gallery and not simply to make money...?
  - wayanon 8y ago
    Some galleries are only open at weekends or Fri-Sat or by appointment. They need to have opening hours to show the world they’re a gallery and their artists also want to feel they are having an actual exhibition.
  - biztos 8y ago
    As another commenter said, "to have an art gallery," but also because you don't know which of the (imaginary five) might be your best collector in five years. A big part of running an art gallery is being available for people who want to look at art. Some of those buy, some of them spread the word. In the end a small number of people are going to keep your gallery alive, if it stays alive. But you have no way of predicting who they will be or whence they will wander into your space. That VP of Sales in town for a conference who only has Wednesday afternoon free and is starting a collection of $YOUR_SPECIALTY.
- biztos 8y ago
  That sounds intuitively right (I go to a lot of galleries) -- but do you have a source for the number or are you just guessing? (I'd love to see the source if you have one, it would probably contain other useful info.)

by roel_v 8y ago

keiferski 8y ago

Most smaller art galleries get 5 visitors a day, tops. That industry revolves around openings, events, and networking, not people walking in off the street.

roel_v 8y ago
Then why bother at all opening during the day? Surely not for the $5 in profit?
- keiferski 8y ago
  Because the idea is to have your own art gallery and not simply to make money...?
- wayanon 8y ago
  Some galleries are only open at weekends or Fri-Sat or by appointment. They need to have opening hours to show the world they’re a gallery and their artists also want to feel they are having an actual exhibition.
- biztos 8y ago
  As another commenter said, "to have an art gallery," but also because you don't know which of the (imaginary five) might be your best collector in five years. A big part of running an art gallery is being available for people who want to look at art. Some of those buy, some of them spread the word. In the end a small number of people are going to keep your gallery alive, if it stays alive. But you have no way of predicting who they will be or whence they will wander into your space. That VP of Sales in town for a conference who only has Wednesday afternoon free and is starting a collection of $YOUR_SPECIALTY.
biztos 8y ago
That sounds intuitively right (I go to a lot of galleries) -- but do you have a source for the number or are you just guessing? (I'd love to see the source if you have one, it would probably contain other useful info.)