Setting up stand: tips and tricks
- Plan the layout of your stand carefully (preferably already at home, e.g. by making a sketch to scale).
- Present your work harmoniously, orderly and at eye level.
- Avoid overcrowded or cluttered presentations.
- Try not to show too much. Remember expressions like ‘less is more’ or ‘kill your darlings’.
- Make sure your works match thematically or otherwise (e.g. in terms of sizes, colors or subjects).
- Think about the professional finish of your art: good and corresponding frames, pedestals, etc.
- Good lighting is essential to present your artworks properly. Correctly directed spotlights to show off your artworks properly are important.
- Make sure your artist name at the booth matches the listing on the website and all printed materials.
- Do not put artworks (‘stock’) on the floor, it makes the stand messy and distracts the attention from your artworks.
- If you are exhibiting a combination of 3d and 2d work, make sure it reinforces each other and does not get in the way of each other.
- If necessary, present different artworks at the sides of your stand.
- Price your artworks and make sure the prices are clearly visible. Use clear and legible price tags to avoid confusion.
- A symmetrical presentation is calmer than an asymmetrical one.
- Exhibiting several works on top of each other is strongly discouraged, unless they are smaller works that belong together.
- Take an active and open stance yourself as much as possible. Standing and looking at visitors is better than sitting and ‘iphoning’.