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Practical materials for artists, authors and everyone who works with texts about art. New material is added regularly.
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For artists
An Artist’s Website: What to Write About Yourself and Your Work
The texts an artist's website needs: home page, biography, a text on the work, series descriptions, captions, a CV and press materials.
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For artists
How an Artist Can Put Together a Portfolio. A Concrete Example
A portfolio is not an archive of all your works but a selection made for a specific purpose. How to put one together —…
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For artists
Biography, “About” Text and Artist Statement: Three Ways to Present an Artist
A biography, an "About" text and an artist statement draw on the same facts but do different jobs. I show the difference using the…
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For artists
How to Write an Artist’s CV: What to Include, What to Leave Out and What to Do with Little Experience
What to include in an artist's CV, what to leave out, and what to do when you have little experience yet. With an example:…
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For artists
Portfolio, CV, Biography: How an Artist Can Tell Their Story
A gallery asks for a portfolio, a competition for a CV, a journalist for a biography, and a website needs an "About" text. Here…
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For artists
Why an Artist Needs an Art Historian: When You Should Not Write About Your Own Work
An artist speaks the language of form, colour and material — that is their job. But an artist’s career today is half made of…
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Art books
I Want a Book About My Art: Where to Begin
A book about one’s own art often seems to an artist something too big, too expensive, too obscure — a project at once alluring…
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Exhibitions
Texts for an Exhibition: Introductory Panel, Booklet, Section Texts
An exhibition is not just the hanging of your works. Visitors give a substantial part of their attention to the texts: they read the…