My spouse and I are both visual artists trying to build sustainable careers and we love each other's work but we're constantly negotiating whose studio time matters more and whose opening takes priority. We just had a gallery owner tell us they'd only represent one of us because our work is 'too similar in the market' and we don't know how to make that decision without it becoming about who's more talented or deserving.
More people experience this than they realize.
The market's scarcity forces intimate partners to compete for the same resources, threatening both creative equality and emotional safety.
“Where Are You with Visual art markets?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.