The Curator's Salon - The Art Podcast

Lucy Werner from The Wern, a PR agency for small businesses is also the bestselling author of Hype Yourself, A DIY PR Toolkit. In this episode Lucy talks about the various ways that artists can raise their exposure through the media and how to go about it.

In this episode she talks about 

• Researching publications to be featured and researching the writers of the columns within those publications
• Getting your online presence in order to manage the potential new traffic to your website
• The human story; talking about you the the artist is much easier for writers to cover in a story than your art alone.
• Newsjacking to raise your profile
• Using Listings to build an audience

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Sam Peacock returns to the podcast and we have a timely discussion about the cancellation of art and artists fairs amidst the global coronavirus situation.

We discuss what this means for many artists who were scheduled to show this spring as social gathering bans are taking effect,  We go on to discuss the financial implications and what artists can be doing during this time of isolation  to continue their practice and their art business.

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Hynek Martinec is a figurative painter based in South London. His paintings are inspired by Old Masters and/or photographs, which link the past with the future, using modern technologies.

In this episode he talks about his 2015 museum show at the National Museum in Prague, and how working with an institution differs from working with commercial galleries.

He discusses the immersive research and development period that goes along with producing each new body of work. He spends 3-4 years going deep into the subjects and sources which result in his large paintings and rarely works towards deadlines.

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Hynek Martinec

National Gallery Stockholm 

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In this episode Chloe McCarrick talks about her art career to date and how she sold at art markets and pop ups to save towards her first art fair in 2019.
She went on to do several fairs after her initial success and was invited to show at the Salon des Beaux Art in Paris.

Known for her bold cyanotypes, Chloe also produces screen prints and other works but leads with a body of work that has brought her international recognition. 

We talk about her love of meeting people and growing her audience in person, her love of teaching and sharing knowledge through running workshops each month, being a regular at pop ups in London and how art fairs brought her a new fan base for her larger works.

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Liz Gilmore talks about the 3 exhibitions at the Hastings Contemporary. She discusses Anne Ryan's solo show titled Earthly Delites, a group show of contemporary painting curated by Anne Ryan titled The Studio at 4am and The Age of Turmoil featuring 3 modern British artists.

We talk about how the show was put together and how Ryan deconstructs paintings and builds them again. 

The Studio at 4am is a show than Ryan was invited to curate. She has brought together 8 artists who have painting at the core of their practice but like Ryan are not confined by the traditional edges of the canvas.

The exhibitions are at Hastings Contemporary til March 29th, 2020.

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William G. Robinson is one of the curators of the Picasso and Paper exhibition. In this episode he talks about putting exhibition together, working with museums in different countries, and Picasso's prolific output.

Picasso and Paper is at the Royal Academy London from 25th January to 13th April, 2020 and then it moves to Cleveland Museum of Art

The exhibition is sponsored by the City of Malaga.

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Ryan Stanier returns to The Curator's Salon podcast to answer questions that were sent in by listeners.

Ryan Stanier is the founder of The Other Art Fair. With 9 years of working on the fair and growing it to 12 cities and most fairs showing 100-140 artists Ryan was a in a great position to answer listeners questions.

With host Gita Joshi they talk about the application process, suitability, researching the fair before applying, and further advice for self representing artists.

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Gita Joshi talks to Ryan Stanier the founder of The Other Art Fair. The artists fair started in 2011 in London and how hosts fairs in 14 cities around the world.

With around 140 artists at each fair, the event attracts enthusiastic buyers seeking new artistic talent as well as curators and galleries looking to expand their roster . In this episode of the podcast Ryan talks about what he has learned from the fair in 9 years of putting on the event. He talks about pivotal moments such as the participation of Tracey Emin and then partnering with Saatchi Art. He goes on to discuss the company's commitment to sustainability and the Greener Futures initiative as they try to find ways of reducing waste and travel.

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Sarah Jane Moon is a London based portrait painter and my guest for this episode of the podcast. We talk about her evolving art style and recent exhibitions including being selected for the BP Portrait exhibition.

Originally from New Zealand and after a stint in Japan, Sarah Jane moved to London where she took a short course in life drawing. This led to her continuing her art training at the Heatherley School of Fine Art where she now also teaches.

Sarah Jane talks about the commissioning process, what it has meant to be showing as part of the BP Portrait exhibition  - a show that starts in London and tours the UK - and her plans for the coming year.

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The designer-maker’s favourite photographer, Yeshen Venema is my guest on this episode of the podcast. He talks about preparing for a professional photo shoot so that you can get your art and products looking their best. If you have ever applied for a fair, a market, an event or anything similar you will have been asked to submit images which is then used in their marketing. Even stockists and galleries often use the maker’s photos on their website and social media. As such the photos are used beyond your own website and social media feed and that is why investing in a professional is always a good idea.

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