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What does professional practice mean in art

What “Professional Practice” Actually Means

Gavin Coates

“Professional practice” isn’t polish or etiquette. It’s how artists create legibility, continuity, and durable public record within institutions.

What “Professional Practice” Actually Means

Gavin Coates

“Professional practice” isn’t polish or etiquette. It’s how artists create legibility, continuity, and durable public record within institutions.

How to evaluate exhibition opportunities

How to Read an Exhibition Opportunity Critically

Gavin Coates

Not every exhibition advances a career. How to read opportunities structurally, distinguishing context, continuity, and record from mere visibility.

How to Read an Exhibition Opportunity Critically

Gavin Coates

Not every exhibition advances a career. How to read opportunities structurally, distinguishing context, continuity, and record from mere visibility.

Why technical skill is not enough in art

Why Technical Skill Alone Rarely Sustains an Ar...

Gavin Coates

Why technical skill alone rarely sustains an art career, an institutional explanation of why proficiency enables work but does not secure relevance or longevity.

Why Technical Skill Alone Rarely Sustains an Ar...

Gavin Coates

Why technical skill alone rarely sustains an art career, an institutional explanation of why proficiency enables work but does not secure relevance or longevity.

What museums look for in art

What Institutions Look for That Artists Rarely ...

Gavin Coates

What institutions actually look for in art, an explanation of evaluation based on continuity, legibility, and record, not visibility or personal voice.

What Institutions Look for That Artists Rarely ...

Gavin Coates

What institutions actually look for in art, an explanation of evaluation based on continuity, legibility, and record, not visibility or personal voice.

Why most art is forgotten

Why Most Art Never Enters the Historical Record

Gavin Coates

Why most art never enters the historical record, a structural explanation of preservation, institutions, and why visibility rarely becomes history.

Why Most Art Never Enters the Historical Record

Gavin Coates

Why most art never enters the historical record, a structural explanation of preservation, institutions, and why visibility rarely becomes history.

How contemporary art is evaluated

How Contemporary Art Is Actually Evaluated

Gavin Coates

How contemporary art is actually evaluated, an institutional explanation of judgment based on position, coherence, and historical responsibility, not taste.

How Contemporary Art Is Actually Evaluated

Gavin Coates

How contemporary art is actually evaluated, an institutional explanation of judgment based on position, coherence, and historical responsibility, not taste.