How to open a gallery? — rate 90,000 rub. from the British Higher School of Design, training 2 months, date December 4, 2023.

Ksenia Podoynitsyna, the curator of this program, founded a personal project about contemporary art InArt in 2016: it includes an online platform and an offline platform at the Center for Contemporary Art "Winzavod". Ksenia has gone through the journey of creating her own gallery from beginning to end, and now she will share her knowledge and experience with those who have the same goal.

Participants in this medium-term program will get acquainted with the peculiarities of the functioning of the art market, determine strategy for creating your own gallery - and, what is important, without breaking away from the realities of the Russian art market. The result of the training will be a finished gallery project with a strategy for its implementation.

Who is the program for:

— For those who have a long-standing dream or a clear goal: to open their own exhibition space.
— Who lacks practice and systematized up-to-date knowledge to launch a gallery project after independently studying the basics of art management.

— Who has general knowledge in the field of art history, cultural studies, sociology, and now needs knowledge of gallery management - to become an art manager, art dealer or creative worker institutions.

After completing the program you will learn and learn:

— How the art market works and how to find a place for your gallery among others
— Analyze everything you need to open your own contemporary art gallery
— All stages of organizing a gallery project, as well as developing the concept of your own gallery, based on from possibilities and preferences (working with a pool of artists, choosing a space, working with promotion and etc.)
— Interpret the work of artists, as well as texts and concepts necessary for the functioning of the gallery
— Skills and rules for running a gallery business, as well as principles of communication with market participants
— Work with financial aspects, including budget and sales plan