On being a Gallery Owner/Art Dealer
Carol Greene / Owner / Greene Naftali Gallery
“I have a gallery for the artists. It’s not about selling as much work as you can as quickly as you can and it’s not about pressuring them to make more work quickly to take advantage of the market”
“I do shows all the time where I’m not going to make any money”
“Some of the best artists I’m working with aren’t even making anything material”
“If you show great artists, eventually you’re going to sell it”
“If you want to make a great gallery and you want to keep your best artists, you have to be ready to cut out the ones that aren’t holding up”
Bob Monk: ”Don’t you feel like being an art dealer is such a special and wonderful thing? Like when you wake up in the morning you feel… Carol Greene: “… the crippling anxiety?!?”
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“It’s a danger that artists are starting to develop a discourse around their art so when you see it in the studio and they are talking about it, it’s so seductive”
“When an artist is really successful, the pressure they are under is huge”
“Good for the artist to be in an environment where they can work on developing their ideas and not have to worry about the market”
“You have a responsibility as a gallerist not to overprice your artist’s work”
On Opening a Gallery:
“You can experiment, you don’t have to have it all figured out from the start”
“I can’t believe that I actually live this life, but it’s a lot of responsibility”
“You don’t need a lot of money to start a gallery, it will grow and you will grow with it”
“You’re always going to have to be sort of available to deal with whatever is going on (even if you are on vacation)”
“I’ve put almost all the money I’ve made back into my gallery but it’s my life and I see the artists reaping the benefits”
“I hire people that love art. I’ve tried hiring people that are just really good at their jobs but it never works out as well”
“You have to be really careful and be really nice to everyone… because you never know”
(Guyton\Walker, Installation View)
(Rachel Harrison, Installation View)
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