Being an artist - with an art business - is not all about making art!
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Real life as an artist with an art business involves:
  • a lot of activities and practices which mean you can continue to make and share and sell your art over time - no matter what else happens.
  • a lot of routines which you need to make time for and which need to be followed if you aren't going to be wasting your time and living and working and storing your art in a complete mess.
  • laws and regulations which MUST be observed - if you want to avoid getting into trouble and possible penalties
Plus professional practices which can make a difference between being a successful artist and an "also ran".
This section is both ambitious AND under development!

See the Art Business Information Index (site index) for where other topics of art business interest can be found

Business Management for Artists - The Fundamentals
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IN DEVELOPMENT
Guide for artists on how to to identify, assess, address, manage, reduce and mitigate their art business risks
links to advice and information about how to spot a scam and/or fraudulent activity related to art and artists
This page covers: what is a recession; ​what happens to artists and art businesses in a recession - and who survives and guidance on what should artists do in a recession.
A resource about coronavirus / covid-19 in relation to: artists and art education / exhibitions / fairs / galleries / schools /  societies

Business Administration & Contact Management
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IN DEVELOPMENT
IN DEVELOPMENT: Time Management: How to manage your time
  • Having a Plan - Forward Planning
  • Managing Deadlines
  • Exhibition Schedules
  • Time for Networking​
IN DEVELOPMENT:

​Contact Management - people and organisations
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  • Contacts Management - maintaining details of all those people you need to know and all those you have met
  • Client Management - how to keep your clients happy; how to avoid them taking advantage of you
  • Gallery Management - records of galleries you have dealings with, including contracts, management of correspondence (who said what and when)

Financial Administration
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IN DEVELOPMENT: 

  • Annual & Quarterly Returns - tax returns for self-employed and those who employ assistants; plus VAT returns for those exceeding the mandatory threshold
  • Travel & Expenses: What you can and cannot claim against tax - and the documentation you need to make or retain
  • Records and receipts: the sort of things you need to keep records and receipts of - for doing your accounts and completing your tax returns​

In the Money & Tax section
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PLUS elsewhere on this site

Projects, Commissions and Project Management

IN DEVELOPMENT:

  • Commissions Practice for Artists - how an artist should work to commission - and keep their sanity
  • Projects & Proposals - for those submitting proposals for competitions for artwork (usually for public art)​