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On practical considerations of being an artist

• Untitled essay about artwork titles
• Some misconceptions about the Knight grants
• Check your titles!
• Some considerations of doing free work for friends
• The great RAW vs. JPEG debate
• How to fill out metadata on your artwork image files
• Artist statement by Mad Lib
• Artist statement by ChatGPT

On subjects for art

• Flags in infrared
• An explanation of the Mandelbrot set for artists
• More mathematical source material for artists: Prime numbers in the complex plane

On gallery protocol

• DJ at the art gallery: An unnecessary problem
• What percentage commission should an art gallery charge?
• Use the CUP (current, upcoming, past)
• Art galleries in hibernation
• An idea: Entry deposits instead of entry fees
• The pros and cons of running an art gallery in your own house
• The importance of properly rejecting proposals
• The art gallery assistant's quick guide to wine
• The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on diversity in art galleries

On specific art institutions

• With crook Graham Beal gone, DIA deserves director with integrity
• New DIA director needs to be honest, early survey results suggest
• Does anyone know what Whitdel's community mission was supposed to be?
• Learning from the Whitdel mistake: An opportunity

On various other topics

• The labor movement and artists
• Noel Night and Black Lives Matter
• Have we learned nothing from Carl Swanson's blunder?
• This may have been Detroit's last Noel Night