Refinishing Hardwood Floors Part 3: Stain & Finish
Two-Tone Tables and a Microphone Refinishing hardwood floors: you just rent a few sanders right? How hard can it be? Like many others, you own or bought a house, and a rewarding but challenging decision awaits you with unlocking the potential (and future monetary value) of hardwood flooring. In this Post, I will specifically be […]
Refinishing Hardwood Floors: What Pros Won’t Tell You (Part 2: Sanding)
The “Pro” Blogs Make It Look Easy (If You Have Picture Perfect Floors) Refinishing hardwood floors: you just rent a few sanders right? How hard can it be? Like many others, you own or bought a house, and a rewarding but challenging decision awaits you with unlocking the potential (and future monetary value) of hardwood […]
Refinishing Hardwood Floors: What Pros Won’t Tell You (Part 1)
The “Pro” Blogs Make It Look Easy (If You Have Picture Perfect Floors) Refinishing hardwood floors: you just rent a few sanders right? How hard can it be? Like many others, you own or bought a house, and a rewarding but challenging decision awaits you with unlocking the potential (and future monetary value) of hardwood […]
On Becoming an Artrepreneur
The Good, The Bad, and The “Meh” As we announced on social media, we’re officially going to be a mom and pop art gallery business. It’s also official however, that we’re closing. Suffice to say, life priorities change and call it what you want, Vestige Concept Gallery as it is known at 5417 Butler Street […]
Understanding Commissions (Or, How To Upset A Salesperson)
WHY SOME ARTISTS CAN’T SEEM TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND COMMISSIONS Now go home and get your f**kin’ shine box. Ok, ok, we don’t mean “you’s” no disrespect, and sure, a lot can happen or be said by accident. As we have said throughout The Gallerist: never take anything personally. We don’t; but snide cheap […]
DEALING WITH IT
COPING WITH THE WORD “NO” AND UNDERSTANDING IT’S BUSINESS There comes a point in all aspects of life, where we all must come to grips with the word “no”. “No” comes in many different forms, and call it whatever you want to: rejected, not accepted, un-liked, [no response], sorry no, fuck off, unfortunately no, not […]
AI ART: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE GREY AREA
RISE OF THE ART MACHINES AND WHY YOU SHOULDN’T WORRY (YET) 12/23/2022 at 4:15:43 PM. This is the time and date that survivors will look back in history and know that Vestige Concept Gallery sold two pieces of AI Art. The Artpocalypse then ensued. VCG will hereby be remembered as the Wuhan Wet Market of […]
A Realist’s Guide To Pricing Art: Part 2
BUSTED Before getting too deep into cost, we’d like to add some additional insights into our previous discussion: “A Realist’s Guide To Pricing Art”. Like all things art, there are usually a few fixes before getting it right and we realize that, well, that we might have rubbed some people the wrong way. Remember however, […]
A Realist’s Guide To Pricing Art
Don’t Let (American) Exceptionalism and Emotional Attachment Cloud Reality In “Trading Places” (1983), the character Louis (played by Dan Aykroyd) famously tries to sell his rare watch in a Philadelphia pawn shop, to which the deadpan response (Bo Diddley cameo), is “In Philadelphia, it’s worth 50 bucks“. This is an excellent lesson on the everyday […]
Navigating The Playing Field
Understanding Galleries and Opportunities as an Artist With so many different styles of art and artists, there also comes the varying means for which they can promote and “sell” their ideas as tangible products. Even with the advent of the Internet, virtual tours, and “sell it yourself” programs, there are still very few (e.g. galleries) where […]