FAQ

Why art school doesn’t prepare artists for the real world

Why Most Artists Are Trained for a World That N...

Gavin Coates

Why art education still prepares artists for outdated institutions—and how today’s art world actually functions beyond legacy pathways.

Why Most Artists Are Trained for a World That N...

Gavin Coates

Why art education still prepares artists for outdated institutions—and how today’s art world actually functions beyond legacy pathways.

What art history leaves out

What Art History Leaves Out on Purpose

Gavin Coates

Art history isn’t neutral. Why entire practices are omitted, how institutions shape memory, and what exclusion really means for artists today.

What Art History Leaves Out on Purpose

Gavin Coates

Art history isn’t neutral. Why entire practices are omitted, how institutions shape memory, and what exclusion really means for artists today.

What does medium mean in art

Why Medium Still Matters in Contemporary Art

Gavin Coates

Why medium still shapes meaning in contemporary art. How material choices affect interpretation, preservation, and institutional legibility.

Why Medium Still Matters in Contemporary Art

Gavin Coates

Why medium still shapes meaning in contemporary art. How material choices affect interpretation, preservation, and institutional legibility.

Why artists become famous after death

Why Most Great Artists Were Invisible in Their ...

Gavin Coates

Why many of history’s greatest artists were ignored in their lifetime, and how innovation often outpaces institutions, recognition, and cultural language.

Why Most Great Artists Were Invisible in Their ...

Gavin Coates

Why many of history’s greatest artists were ignored in their lifetime, and how innovation often outpaces institutions, recognition, and cultural language.

What makes an artist important

The Myth of the “Important Artist”

Gavin Coates

Why “important artists” aren’t born but constructed. How institutions, archives, and documentation shape artistic legitimacy over time.

The Myth of the “Important Artist”

Gavin Coates

Why “important artists” aren’t born but constructed. How institutions, archives, and documentation shape artistic legitimacy over time.

How art becomes part of art history

Documentation Is Not Secondary to the Artwork

Gavin Coates

Documentation isn’t secondary to art, it’s how art survives. Why records, context, and institutions determine what endures in cultural history.

Documentation Is Not Secondary to the Artwork

Gavin Coates

Documentation isn’t secondary to art, it’s how art survives. Why records, context, and institutions determine what endures in cultural history.