You are under the impression that art sells itself? Most artists I know - the ones that sell, anyway - need to socialize. They spend more time trying to sell a

You are under the impression that art sells itself? Most artists I know - the ones that sell, anyway - need to socialize. They spend more time trying to sell art than they do making it because the work bits are the selling. So much of this is "soft sells": Engaging a community, curating one's image, and so on. But most folks have a day job, which is generally true of dead artists as well (so many weren't rich in life). Socializing is part of the work.