Your behaviors around money did not develop in a vacuum. They were shaped by what you observed and absorbed from the people around you. And in the art world, those behaviors tend to cluster into four recognizable patterns. Avoidance. Not opening bills. Not tracking income and expenses. Not checking your bank account. Not following up… Continue reading The Artist’s Money Mindset
Category: Professional Practice
Artist Money Matters: Who Benefits When Artists Work for Free?
If artists are working for poverty wages or worse yet, for free, someone else is benefiting from their labor. The question is: who? Institutions benefit. They acquire prestige, cultural capital, and content for exhibitions while paying artists a fraction of what they pay curators, administrators, and facilities staff. A 2022 study of UK artists working… Continue reading Artist Money Matters: Who Benefits When Artists Work for Free?
The Cost of Doing Things Alone
Financial literacy for artists is rarely taught. Most artists are never taught how money and finances work. Not at art school, not by their galleries, and rarely by their peers. Financial literacy, understanding how to read a contract, structure your income, manage your taxes, and negotiate, is treated as someone else’s problem and avoided for… Continue reading The Cost of Doing Things Alone