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Originally Posted by mpennsky
I actually have time for a couple of posts.
I had two shows last year in Old City and sold well at both but it could have been a lot better. I had a chance to talk to a lot of people and yes some were drunk and most were more worried about their drinking allowance then their spending allowance. Over the last couple of years I watched as galleries closed or moved, art work get stolen and damaged and it turn into a venue for public intoxication rather than about the arts. It's very sad what it's become and I can only hope it self corrects but that's doubtful from what I hearing about a couple of long time galleries getting ready to move out of the area.
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Are galleries that open up there really expecting to be successful based off their First Friday sales?
If I opened a gallery there, I would treat FF like advertising ... a means to an end, not the holy grail.
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Originally Posted by birdsfan
Everything said.
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I just think you don't like it period, so I would recommend not going and stop pissing in everyone else's cheerios.
The fact you are basing most of your argument on the hipsters attendance ...