Comments on: The First Step to Curating Your Art

By: How to Critique a Gallery Show: An Insider's Guide to Curatorial Grammar

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:28:30 +0000

[…] one. It often smooths over complexities and presents a single, authoritative interpretation. A study comparing different visit types at major museums was revealing: it found that solo visitors typically absorbed only 40% of the intended curatorial […]

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By: Art Exhibition Checklist and Timeline to Customize - Art Biz Success

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:48:41 +0000

[…] a theme and curate the work accordingly. Your exhibition should make sense. What will hold the works […]

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By: What To Include In An Art Exhibition Proposal - Art Biz Success

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:40:50 +0000

[…] about what ties the work together. This is your curatorial thesis – your big idea. Writing it out, as you’ll see below, helps you find the clarity you […]

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By: Maria

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:34:48 +0000

In reply to Dorothy Lorenze.

It’s interesting that you did that. I’ve been wondering if I’m doing myself a disservice representing all my works on my website. On one hand I share your sentiment and on the other I’m wondering if I should so this part of my work as it shows people my craft development. Any thoughts? http://www.mariacolls.art

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By: Susan G Abbott

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 19:36:54 +0000

This was very timely. I am getting ready for a small group show with friends and have 13′ of wall space. I’m balancing putting more vs less on the wall, and trying to sort out which pieces and what arrangement.
Having now read this, I can see I need to make some hard decisions, so that the work that is shown “hangs together.”

I can see I am going to need to edit down the web site as well.

More articles on this topic (is it okay to stack work salon-style? etc.) would be great.

Thanks for your great blog and newsletter.

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By: Friendsourcing for a Successful Gallery Opening « Art Biz Blog

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:42:47 +0000

[…] many artists would never delegate hanging their art, this one was easy for […]

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By: Brian Sherwin

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:36:42 +0000

When curating you have to take the emotion out of the process. A lot of artists are extremely emotionally attached to their work — they want to show it ALL because of that connection. A big step is realizing that not every piece is worth showing. For example, I see people uploading images of artwork they did as children! I’m sorry, but that work — in most cases — is NOT on the same level as current work. You don’t want to overwhelm site visitors OR gallery visitors. Less is more.

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By: Keith Bond

Sun, 18 Aug 2013 02:02:47 +0000

I’m curious how invitational shows fit into this. Usually the works aren’t juried, nor are they typically curated. The artists, I suppose are curated in a sense when they are invited to participate? The reason I ask, is that I am talking with a few others about possibly creating an invitational show. If a theme was established and artists chosen, to what extent should the work itself be curated?

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By: Patricia C Vener

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:47:04 +0000

I like the idea of approaching a web page display from the perspective of a curator and am now thinking of re-designing my site to have both pages that are traditional collections of type and pages that are designed around some theme much as a curator might do. I am eager to read the nect installment on this topic.

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By: Phil Kendall

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:01:51 +0000

Curating? = Organising your art on your website?
Oddly enough I did this as part of my major rethink about me, my art and my website…The buildings Collection, The Door Collection, The abstract Collection and The Miscellaneous Collection. With reflection it was long overdue and I hope this article helps others think about their website visitors and what is on their website.
It is a good way of thinking about the art on the website and the visitor to the website. It makes it simpler for them to find art that they are looking for and it saves them from wading through all of the art and giving up.
You never know when you are going to be put on the spot for that one favourite artwork, so have one in mind you can always paint a better one in a leisurely manner. The one you are going to do now as that favourite will never work!

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