Lyons and his fellow participating galleries hope Gallery Weekend will spotlight what’s on and encourage new visitors with late evening openings
It is a strange conundrum that contemporary art galleries, from major publicly funded institutions to smaller spaces, continually fight to remind people of their presence. Photograph: Kerlin Gallery
It is a strange conundrum that contemporary art galleries, from major publicly funded institutions to smaller spaces, continually fight to remind people of their presence. Arts writing and criticism is seen as niche in newspapers and magazines – although truth to tell, this can be the fault of highly impenetrable and clunky arts writing, but that’s another day’s work. Equally, those not already inducted into the joys of owning art can think art buying and collecting is only for the very rich.
Another aim of CAGA is to give the galleries a collective voice to lobby for more support, not only for funding, but also for changes in taxation and to establish a loan scheme for collectors. As CAGA member Oliver Sears says, “visual art is underfunded at government level which is at odds with some startlingly innovative policies.
“This time,” says Booth, “it is really coming from where it should be coming from, and that is the commercial galleries base.” The use of the term “commercial” may imply epic profits, but the galleries in CAGA will often take on artists early in their careers, nurture their work, host exhibitions, commission texts, network with curators, collectors and critics, and pay the rent, heat and light on their spaces: so for many that word will raise a wry smile.
Book for the Guided Bike Tour of three galleries: Green on Red, Oliver Sears and Kevin Kavanagh, November 12th, 2pm. Ends November 17thFor many students, learning about art starts with the Renaissance, when saints and angels, virgins and martyrs ruled the roost.
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