User:Theredproject/Predatory Exhibitions and Vanity Galleries

The arts has a persistent problem of pay-to-play galleries and exhibitions that charge a very large fee to exhibit their works. Often called vanity galleries, they exploit naive or vulnerable artists. While not as persistent a problem as Predatory open access publishing is for scholarly research, it is still a problem. It becomes an especially tricky problem here on Wikipedia, where some artist pages use pay-to-play exhibitions like the Florence Biennale to establish notability, which they should not. Below is an initial informal attempt to coalesce my research into these galleries and exhibitions into one place, for use in the AfD process.

Biennales

• Roberto Gagliardi related venues
  • Gagliardi Gallery - 2500 GBP for one month [1]
  • Biennale Chianciano - 1250 EURO [2]
  • London Biennale - 1500 GBP for three days [3][4]
• Florence Biennale - reports of 2700-5000 USD [5]
• GAA Foundation / European Cultural Center
  • Personal Structures, held annually during Venice Art and Architecture Biennales
  • Invitation letter posted on the internet show fees that range from 8000-15,000 EURO [6] [7] [8] [9]
• International Contemporary Art Cannes Biennale.[10]

Vanity Galleries

• Nina Torres, Miami - 1000-10,000 USD [11]
• Gallery Gora, MTL - 2500 CAD [12]
• Agora Gallery, NYC - starts at 3800 USD [13]
• Ico Gallery, NYC - 3000 USD [14]
• Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC - 2500 USD [15]

Competitions

• Art Domain Group
  • Palm Art Award [16]
  • Art Domain's “Who's Who in Visual Art”
  • Arts & Crafts Design Award
  • WikiArticon
• Art Tour International Magazine, ~$1000-$2000 per year for coverage [17]
  • 60 International Masters of Contemporary Art is just a special issue of ATIM [18][19]
  • ~$375-725 for inclusion in one magazine, which comes with the "Best Of International Arts" Award Certificate by Arttour International Magazine.[20]

Pay-to-play Publications

• NY Arts Magazine (defunct) [21]
  • Do note that some of their coverage touched on notable artists
  • They also operated Broadway Gallery NYC

Art Fairs

• Monaco 11,000-28,000 EURO [22]

Other

• Figurative Arts Medusa Aurea, a competition with an unusually high 120 euro entrance fee [23]

Museums

• Palais Pálffy is not a Museum. There is a Phantasten Museum that operates inside the building, but it is not an art museum.
• southern nevada museum of fine art is not a Museum, though it is a non-profit [24]
• Museum of Young Art is a commercial enterprise that lasted 10 years, and closed in 2015. It is unclear if it had a collection. The website is defunct.