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Being successful as an artist has very little to do with making good art. It's much more about getting picked up by one of the handful of major galleries that w
by imgabe 3y ago
Being successful as an artist has very little to do with making good art. It's much more about getting picked up by one of the handful of major galleries that will promote you to collectors as the new "hot" artist.
- gilleain 3y agoThere's a talk by Albert-László Barabási about this : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RfgjHoVCZwU&pp=ygUUYmFyYWJhc2kgYXJ0IG5ldHdvcms%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RfgjHoVCZwU&pp=ygUUYmFyYWJhc2k... "The hidden networks of everything" (7-8mins)
- roomey 3y agoWell it depends what you mean by successful. If you mean earning a lot of money by selling art, then yes, it's all about playing the game, and who you know. The vast majority of artists don't do this, many make a living through more regular jobs like teaching for example, and the art is a passion project. For many, having to make a living from their work would spoil their reason for doing it in the first place even!