Most Popular Submissions about art marketing, selling art, artist websites and inspiration

 "Dealers are generally pro-artists. That means that although they may not wish to work with a particular artist, they don't like to be discouraging. That means you have to parse what they say about your work and not assume some encouraging note means if you keep asking they'll work with you eventually." (Edward Winkleman)

 "The dueling Cariou v Prince briefs have added new certainty to my theory that transformative use is a singularly unhelpful notion." (Cat Weaver)

 "The point is, you are an artist and your job is to make art. " (Kyle V. Thomas)

 " Framing works is still great, but having to find frames that fit and really complement your work adds a layer of complication and expense." (Tracy Feldman)

 "As collectors of art work, do you rearrange furniture, artwork and artifacts around to renew your appreciation of what you have purchased?" (Ginger Whellock)

 "Unfortunately, the portrait sitting did not go the way that Dali had intended -- and Niarchos would pay the price." (Brian Sherwin)

 "Lacking one traditional way of presenting their work, artists hit upon another exhibition strategy: they pursued audiences outside the art world in an effort to share their work" (Tyler Green)

 "The question on everyones lips today is the demise of myartspace. This was one of the early players in the vastly expanding world of internet art sites. I suppose like its namesake myspace, it just fizzled out to the point of becoming dead-space." (Paul Carter Robinson)

 "What do you do after you've finished a work?" (Alyson Stanfield)

 "I know this kind of display isn't fashionable, but it reflects how collectors actually live with art. " (Benjamin Genocchio)

 "But in this country, for artists without a lucky early break, rich parents or -benefactors, a day job is often the only way to survive. " (Laura Barnett)

 "As I began to explore design, I found that I was hurting myself by sticking with the standard formats." (Michael Chesley Johnson)

 "Write this down, Focus or Fail." (Jack White)

 "Too Much Screen Time - this is the inability to walk by the computer screen (or ignore the phone, for those of you who don't live in obscure, rural areas where we're lucky to have electrical poles, much less phone towers) without briefly checking your Facebook or your e-mail or gliding through the Internet on a search for musk ox yarn." (Carolyn Henderson)

 "You can have a creative career without being a starving artist. Just be practical in how you go about it." (Andrea Kay)

 "How do you think about being creative versus the business aspects of success, like marketing? Do you see them as separate, even mutually exclusive?" (Douglas Eby)

 "Murdock Pemberton, The New Yorker's first art critic, may be the most interesting person you've never heard of. " (Andrea K. Scott)

 "These office galleries bring local artists' creations into workplaces where art is not generally the business; rather it's there as pleasure for staff, clients and visitors." (Heather Zimmerman)

 "It was a year of headlines in the artworld in 2011, from some of the biggest art frauds to some of the biggest sales." (Abigail R. Esman)

 "In an interview with the The Sunday Times this week, Hockney's former art professor from Bradford College of Art, Derek Stafford, gave the artist's newly opened exhibition at the Royal Academy very low marks." (Hrag Vartanian)

 "Want a solo show but there's no gallery offering you one? Do it yourself." (Joanne Mattera)

 "Strafranger is a new word I coined to describe all those anonymous new friends you have on your social media platforms who offer hard-to-measure quality as potential customers." (Barney Davey)

 " Be sure to tie the story of your brand to your values and ethics." (Vangile Makwakwa)

 "There is no business like art business. Whether the economy is slowing down or is in recession, avid art collectors don't mind spending millions of dollars on most sought-after works." (Rediff Business)

 "The starving artist is such a cliche, and fortunately, it might become a thing of the past. Using social media tools and platforms, visual artists have new ways to market their work and connect with buyers far and wide." (Lauren Drell)

 "If your business strategy includes using your personal Facebook profile to connect to customers (and there are many good reasons why it should) then you need to use your Facebook Timeline to tell a story." (Andrea Vahl)

 "There are as many approaches to collecting art as there are collections. " (Max Emanuel Donner)

 "Given the recent economic struggles, it's easy to see why an artistic might push aside creative endeavors until times get better. " (David Sharos)