Notes from the art business
Practical writing on art, technology and running a gallery — with a bias toward letting AI do the busywork.
AI
Why AI belongs in the gallery back office
Cataloguing, collector matching and email drafts — the busywork AI should own.
Operations
GST for galleries, without the spreadsheet
CGST/SGST vs IGST, per-line tax, and getting invoices right the first time.
Sales
Viewing rooms that actually sell
Pricing strategies, per-visitor analytics, and the follow-up that closes.
Product
From five tools to one workspace
Replacing spreadsheets, Mailchimp, Dropbox and the WhatsApp group.
AI
How to catalogue 500 works in a weekend
Let AI read each image and fill the record while you review.
Sales
Pricing art with comparable sales
How a price band from real comps beats a number pulled from the air.
Operations
A registrar's guide to clean inventory
Fields, named views and the document vault that keep everyone honest.
Exhibitions
Running an art-fair booth from your phone
Floor sheets, price lists and instant invoices on opening night.
Operations
Multi-currency, multi-brand, one gallery
Branding themes, 160+ currencies and per-document tax, done cleanly.
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