Romanian Visual Artists’ Practices in Promoting Their Artworks Cover Image

Practici ale artiștilor plastici din România în promovarea operelor de artă
Romanian Visual Artists’ Practices in Promoting Their Artworks

Author(s): István Havadi-Nagy-David
Subject(s): Media studies, Visual Arts, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: UArtPress - Editura Universității de Arte din Tîrgu Mureş - A Marosvásárhelyi Művészeti Egyetem Kiadója
Keywords: artist; social media; art marketing; exhibition; self-promotion;

Summary/Abstract: An open call for an online visual arts exhibition promises global visibility in exchange for a sum of money to be communicated in private only. Once I acknowledged this invitation, I contacted the curator for clarifications about the means of ensuring the promised global visibility and the number of social media followers I shall gain, questioning their marketing intentions and knowledge. I decided to find out how many credulous visual artists are in Romania and their social media habits. I conceived an online questionnaire about social media usage and spread it among artists from Romania, obtaining answers from most counties and from abroad. I found the responses: which are the most used social networks; what social media marketing knowledge artists have; the number of followers and content interactions; the relationship between personal websites, exhibitions, and social media.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 2 (43)
  • Page Range: 41-60
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian