Gallery

If an artist is associated with a gallery, are they still able to sell directly to their network directly?

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:13:17 +0000

I’m curious about this as I may be able to get in direct contact with an artist who has paintings I enjoy. If they are associated with galleries, are there rules that would not allow them to communicate privately and sell artwork to others? Or should this be very much alright?

It is fine to buy from the artist directly BUT it is not good to place the artist in a uncomfortable situation with any gallery he or she has a relationship with. For example, you may see art by this artist in a gallery and want it, it is not good business practice to have the artist pull it out of the gallery, cut the price and sell directly to the customer. It happens all the time and the gallery ends up losing their commission. Now that may seem okay to some but the gallery offers space, support and promotion to artists and it is simply not fair to circumvent these sales. I think it will depend on the artist and the gallery agreement. It will also depend on the ethics of all the people involved in the sale including the customer.

Does anyone have a basic picture gallery HTML code?

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:14:09 +0000

Need the code for my ebay listings and am not very html savvy! Figured out everything else but just in need of a gallery

Preferably one where when you click on the images they enlarge.

Thanks heaps in advance!

Make your own with free JAbum:

http://jalbum.net/en/

Free Skins: http://jalbum.net/en/skins

Writes the HTML pages for you. Or, maybe…

Lightbox 2: http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/
Shedding Some Light on Lightbox: http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/Lightbox/
VisualLightBox is a free wizard program that helps you easily generate online photo albums, lightbox gallery with a nice Lightbox-style overlay effect, in a few clicks without writing a single line of code: http://lightbox2.com/lightbox2-how.html
Lightbox image viewer 2.03a: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex4/lightbox2/index.htm

Shadowbox (Like Lightbox): http://www.shadowbox-js.com/

JQuery:

Free The world’s most awesome jQuery & WordPress Image Slider: http://nivo.dev7studios.com/
37 Fresh jQuery Image And Gallery Display Solutions: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/css/fresh-jquery-image-gallery-display-solutions/
Automatic Image Slider w/ CSS & jQuery: http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/automatic-image-slider-w-css-jquery/

Ron

I am developing a project in html where i need to make a picture gallery. But i am not sure how to do it?

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:27:08 +0000

I was thinking to display 2 thumbnail on the sides and when you click them a bigger picture will be displayed in the middle.

These are free galleries to use. Just use view source to get the code:

Stu’s Gallery Index: http://www.stunicholls.com/gallery/index.html

Easier is to use JAlbum’s free software to make your gallery. Even writes the html for you:

Free Jalbum web album software: http://jalbum.net/
FotoPlayer: http://jalbum.net/en/skins/skin/FotoPlayer

Ron

How can I make a picture gallery?

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:36:11 +0000

I want to put several picture together and show to other people.maybe I can convert it in to a PDF file or make a PPT, but, is there any good idea to do it? I wan to find another way to put the pictures together and the way shouldn’t not take me too much time.do you have any suggestions?

1. Create a new folder
2. Take all the images you want to show and place them into the new folder
3. Order them alphabetically or numerically (i.e. 1,2,3,4,5…) in the order you want them to display
4. Right-click the first file and select ‘preview’
5. Once the preview window opens click the slideshow button at the bottom.
6. You now have a slideshow of your photos.

Note: click pause on the slideshow if you to control the pace at which pictures transition. use the keyboard’s arrow key to go to the next image.

If you are going to send this to someone via e-mail you should drop the photos into a PPT or upload them to photobucket or flickr.

How do you find out if an art gallery is looking for new artists?

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:45:06 +0000

Sometimes their websites don’t say, so would be rude to call and ask or is it better to come in ask? Simple just ask them in person. Or Yes you may call them and be polite and say Excuse me … Continue reading →

Should you pay to have your paintings in an art gallery?

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:48:51 +0000

Should you pay to have your paintings in an art gallery? I was accepted into a gallery but they want around $3000 a year to have my work exhibited. Is this normal?

This is a major rip-off, run the other way. Galleries do not charge to show your work. They take a percentage of what they sell of yours and you get the rest. Sometimes a gallery may ask that you
contribute your time to help maintain the gallery by working some hours during the week at the gallery.
I avoid those too because I have no time to do that.

What’s the music video where the guy is singing to his ex in an art gallery?

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:56:40 +0000

In the video the guy
goes to his ex girlfriend and is singing to her at an art gallery and a fight breaks out and he gets kicked out. I can’t remember and it’s really bothering me!

AKon – Lonely

When walking through an art gallery, what is it that your looking for?

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:34:49 +0000

I’m designing an ipad app for an art gallery, and I’m wondering what other people look for when theyre checking out the art. What interests you the most about a particualar peice, not what type of art but more so, each peice. The artist, the year it was created, the techniques used, other art by the same author any feedback would help a lot.

I’m sure the reason there are so few art apps is all the intellectual property issues. Consumers won’t access an art app without pictures, and to use images of art requires a lot of legal wrangling unless the work is in the public domain, which isn’t likely.

I’d caution you to tread lightly and make sure you have a personal indemnity clause in your contract with the gallery so that if an image of some painter ends up in your app without permission, or that exceeds conditions of usage, the artist can’t come after you and sue you for developing the app.

Regarding the app characteristics, it depends on the gallery, I’m sorry to say. Personally, I seek out particular art galleries based on either the genre or special collections, as I collect art by specific artist or maybe specific genre. Ask the gallery to describe their gallery in one sentence and that will be the feature(s) you build the app around.

I guess I would want artist bios, news of new acquisitions, traveling auctions, links to web sites if you could only legally use thumbnails in your app. Everything changes so fast in the world of art, I can’t imagine how you would keep a mobile/ipad app fresh.

I buy Native American Fine Art prints. I live in the US but the gallery is in Vancouver BC. They know which artists we like. They email comps of new art, or we contact them about a specific print and pay a finders fee for them to locate the work. Same with a gallery in San Francisco only to them we are small potatoes so they only send us quarterly bulletins. However, I doubt I could even afford a Lichtenstein serigraph now that he’s gone, much less an original painting!

Either the database would have to be huge and accessible locally without a connection, or contain rare information about artists that is not widely known. Even iPhone garden apps can’t resolve the data management effectively. The few that remain have had to resort to user customization because of the vast and incredibly labor intensive database management necessary. Most of us have abandoned mobile apps that force us to access data through a web connection because it becomes a slog to find anything. But, if I’m create my own database because the built-in database is inadequate and/or infrequently updated, then what do I need an app for?

Consider not the first use of your app, but the 10th or 20th use. If there’s nothing new after a few uses, then what’s the point of the app. Building an iPad-friendly version of the gallery’s web site would seem more cost effective.

And I could be an idiot from another planet! Just giving you my thoughts based on being an art and collectibles consumer, a web designer/front-end developer with an iPhone, a MacBook Pro and jonesing for an iPad.

So disregard if I am delusional! Don’t mean to rain on your parade, but also want you to consider the legal stranglehold the updated IP (intellectual properties) laws have put us all in.

Heck, it seems that just about the only subject left to use in art without permission is the sky. As far as I know, God hasn’t required a property release or conditions-of-use contract for painting a picture of it. Everything else on the planet is owned by somebody, (including NASA space images above the sky which are no longer in the free-use public domain). And that SOMEBODY gets bent out of shape pretty easily if they don’t get their piece of the pie if whatever they own appears in your work!

Tread lightly and protect yourself from others that may have their hand in your pocket if they can’t have their hand in someone else’s.

What are some creative name ideas for a new online art gallery?

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:15:29 +0000

Hello!
I’m wondering if you have any creative suggestions for possible names of my online,urban experience art gallery,featuring art made from found materials of the inner city. I’m pretty bad when it comes to being creative with names and such. I want something unique and that will make people think "hey, that’s kinda cool". Something like a play on words, or an average phrase flipped around to work for the gallery. I’m open to any suggestions you may have

Primary Colors
Green Seen Art
Living Again Art
Relived Art
Do Overs
Recycled
Give It a Chance
Art Monger
Repeat Art

Where can I build an art gallery (shop) easy to build and cheap?

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:18:38 +0000

I am looking for a website that provides uncomplicated tools to build an online art gallery shop. Preferably this website should also provide the domain hosting, etc. Any good suggestions? Thanks guys.