Immediate and practical advice from art-world service providers.
Practical tips.
We partnered with leading experts on technical topics to help artists professionalize their studio practices.
Captions
Describing the details about your artwork using the internationally accepted format helps viewers understand what they’re seeing. Learn this format here.
Photography
Having great images is key to promoting your work. These instructions by commercial fine art photographer Christine Ann Jones include information about equipment, lighting, camera/smartphone settings, and image editing.
Inventory
Keeping an inventory creates a formal record of each piece you make. Check out this list of details to include by Christie’s Director of Operations.
Shipping
Get artwork of various media safely from one place to another by packing it like a pro. Instructions from Cadogan Tate.
Websites
Your website is the public face of your artistic practice. This guide prepared by Sharon Reaves of Reaves Projects can get you started.
Studio Visits
A studio visit is an opportunity to show your work in person to prospective a buyer, gallerist, or curator. Take a professional approach by reviewing these strategies from the Upward mentors and independent curator Ann Shafer.
Top Tips for staying sane on Instagram as an artist from social media manager and independent curator Mollie Barnes.
Biographies
Use your artist biography to briefly introduce yourself and your work.