The Best Art Cities in the World for YOUR Art Career (A Complete Overview)
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Julien Delagrange is an art historian, contemporary artist, and the founder and director of CAI. Delagrange studied Science of Arts at Ghent University, Belgium, and worked for the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, the Jan Vercruysse Foundation, the Ghent University Library, and has contributed to the international contemporary art scene as an art critic, lecturer, curator, gallery director, consultant, advisor, and as an artist. As an artist, he is represented by Galerie Sabine Bayasli in Paris, France, and Gallery Space60 in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Table of contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - The Benefits of Living in a Major Art City
02:08 - The Drawbacks of Living in a Major Art City
02:49 - The Big Five: Mega-Art Cities
04:55 - 25 Medium-Sized Art Cities (A-Z)
05:32 - More Information
06:05 - Outro
I would absolutely love to see a video about living outside of these major art hubs and creating a successful art career or even one on small art towns that are art friendly. I am fortunate in that even though I am in a relatively small town (Van Buren, Arkansas - population around 20K), I am within walking distance of an art center that offers free workshops and inexpensive classes as well as being a member of the artist coalition in which I have the opportunity to have my artwork in shows. Members also have the potential to have an exhibit of their own after building a sufficient collection. There is a small art museum in neighboring Fort Smith (15 minutes away) and I have noticed Arkansas has a great love for murals as there are new ones added every year in Fort Smith. It's very easy to meet and make artist friends here and we would love our small art community to expand.
Hi there, thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences; a great example of the benefits of living in a smaller town! There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you all the best!
@contemporaryartissue thank you! Looking forward to this one. 🔥
Would be great to hear about African Art cities, we just post a video on Cape Town and Windhoek.
I am Belgian and live in Spain since almost 8 years. I first lived in Barcelona and now in Madrid. I should say when it comes to art galleries, contacts and buyers Madrid is the place. In Barcelona in order to expose or do your way you must be known outside Catalunya. Barcelona was the center of international art and avant-garde in Spain this is not he case anymore Madrid is now on the forefront: still affordable cost of living for a big capital, a huge connection with Latin America and the airport who connect the city to major art cities like New York or London. This is also a huge art city with a lot or worldwide and recognize writers, painters, actors and directors living there. The city hosts also Reina Sofia and Prado Museums and the place is dynamic and open minded when it comes to creativity. The only downside is the language English is not widely spoken here but if you want to live in big international city who is still affordable, well connected to major art cities and doted with art galleries, cultural centers and people able to buy art than choose Madrid. But that´s only my point of you of course
You're absolutely right. In our list, it is clear that Madrid outscored Barcelona here. Madrid is a very underestimated art city in general in my opinion. For instance, their institutions are stunning but do not have the same allure in the art world as their other European colleagues. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences here; very valuable information!
I really would be interested in emerging art cities, those who aren’t common yet but are in a status of being highly potential for artists to move before the trend is set. All of the art cities mentioned in the video are crowded of artists and also because of the high niveau of culture there, they are now pretty unaffordable for artists that usually have not much money left to spend on their living conditions. I personally can speak about Berlin, which is mentioned as affordable for artists to live. Yes, but just in comparison to the others, which are light years distanced to be affordable. I can tell you Berlin is also not affordable compared to the artists‘ wallet, because it is now already gentrified and either are the prices for the rents are high or you can not find a room to live because everyone wants to live in Berlin. An artist friend of mine searched for a room ( yes, only a room and not an apartment) to rent 2 and a half years before she finally got one. Afterwards you have to look for a studio to rent, which is even more impossible to get and very rare. Also my former professor of art who lives in Berlin said that it is not clever anymore to move there, in general not clever to move in any of the well known art cities. The answer of where to move as an artist is beyond the history of the big art cities, e.g. of Berlin: After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic there was a lot of cheap housing and studios in Berlin, so the German artists all moved there because it was cheap to live there. out of this a big art scene was created that still exists today i.e. it is much more worthwhile to go where the rents are cheap because a lot of artists will also go there and then a new art scene can develop there in a new potential art city. In Germany it has been Leipzig recently but a lot of Berlin artists escaped from Berlin‘s Gentrification and were moving to Leipzig so the city is now already on a point of being cultural interesting for wealthy people and the city is now also affected ( or better: infected) by gentrification, so the same happens to Leipzig as it happened to Berlin. What we can learn is the trick to be there before it starts. So @CAI it would be nice if you can share your knowledge of trend analysis of where it seems to emerge a new center city of art which is still affordable for artists or how you can make it as an artist living in smaller or more unknown cities.
I would also love to hear about artists thriving outside the major art capitals. It does exist in other creative fields; music composers, writers, who choose to live in smaller cities or in the countryside. I understand how living in larger cities can increase exposure and serendipity. But truth is, the bulk of your activity as an artist is to spend time alone in a studio. It could be everywhere. Why not in a more sustainable place, or a place that matters to you. Saving a couple of days a month to visit your contacts and keep a foot in the larger art hubs. There's this unconscious bias that artists outside of big cities are lesser. I suspect it to be a reliquat of the modern, early-contemporary era, where the only way to be visible was to move in to the big city where it's at.
Thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. Your absolutely right. We can live outside a major art city, but have our network within one. Interesting take on the bias towards artists living outside the big city, and this was definitely the case in the past-however I do feel like this is shifting for the better. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned!
Thank you for compiling this info. I lived in NY and visited several of the European cities mentioned. Learning more about living outside of these places and functioning well as an artist would be interesting. The bigger cities might push one to keep high standards… for lack of a better term.
I reside in Mexico… where there is definitely an appreciation for all types of art. And Mx City has some very renowned collections I hear. I also noticed having lived in places like Colorado, Vermont and Chicago… these areas of the US attract those with an art appreciation and buying power.
Thanks so much, Julien, helpful and thought-provoking as usual. I enjoyed looking up some of the contemporary artists associated with each location, discovered some new names!
That's great to hear! Every city has its own iconic artists indeed. Wishing you all the best!
I’m a multimedia artist living and working in Austin Texas. I can’t move at this time due to family, but I would love to here more about the benefits of living in a city that is less of a hot spot and more so, how I can still participate in the larger hubs…. I’m really excited about the proposed video! Thank you for all that you do! ❤
Austin is great for art!
Try a residency for a couple of weeks.
Hi there, thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. There is a lot of positive response for this topic, so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
I think Mexico City is also a good option for artits, it has the biggest artfair in Latin America (Zona Maco), and a lot happening in the Art week (Each February). It has a good amount of international art galleries, and several more galleries, it is an affordable city, one minus point would be the language barrier, is mainly spanish, but out of my experience those big galleries does have english speaking personeel.
You're absolutely right! 10 top-1,000 art galleries are currently based in Mexico City, and there also seems to be an upwards trend here with some relatively young galleries doing really well. Thank you!
i disagree. plus, it's affordable for y'all gringos, but pretty much expensive for the people who live here.
I live in and love Mexico City and the country. The art scene here is awesome. But unfortunately, in many regards, it lacks the experience in doing business outside of Mexico in selling and negotiating with foreigners.
@@r-cdmx we don't want you here
Your video as always amazing and wonderful! the city of art was one of my biggest concern and I was waiting on to see from you! and with your video and article I took my best advice! Your videos and articles with your guidance are very precious! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😍Thanks a lot ✨🌱
The pleasure is all mine, wishing you all the best and go for it! 🙏💪
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Not the greatest options in terms of galleries, but we can make things anywhere!
Yea please could you share your view on how to live as an artist outside of the art hubs. Love your channel 🎉
I have been searching for advice from someone who is knowledgeable, so I am truly grateful for your video. I know I can get advice in general, but I still wanted to hear it from someone who knows where to research.
The pleasure is all mine, thank you for tuning in and for your loyal support and trust!
hank you so much for your videos! They are so beneficial! Yes, I would love to see a video on how to succeed when one is unable to live in one of the large art cities (although, I would love to!) I am unable to move due to family.
I am from Fort Worth, Texas and the art scene is ok. Definitely not a New York or anything and i dont think it ever will be but if you like a small town that you could grow with, i think its definitely possible. And there is a film culture that is really making things happen. Hopefully i can get in on the action as a movie set photographer lol. But if anyone out there is near Texas, look into Fort Worth. If thats too slow for you, there is always Dallas, Austin, and Houston!
Sounds like a great city! Thank you for tuning in and for sharing 🙏 Wishing you all the best
I am a french artist, and i watch your videos and read articles each time! Thank you very much for your advice, it helps me a lot ! And it's a good way to learn english ! If a become a famous artist, I will think of you a lot ! ;)
Win-win situation indeed! Thank you for loyally reading and watching our content. I really appreciate it! And go for it 💪
Very interesting. Thank you. I love New York : I bought a painting in a charity shop, it's a master piece for me. 😊
I'm responding to your invitation for an upcoming video for outsiders :). Thank you again for your advice which carries me week after week. I had to leave Brussels because of the increase in rents and the impossibility of a workshop for large formats. I live in the countryside near Namur and this move is a blessing. More space, silence, time. Less external influences, noise, mental load and stress. So thank you if you have any advice on how to make the connection. The best to you. ☀️💛
That's wonderful; it seems like you made the right call! Brussels is still nearby for the convenience of exhibiting and networking, so it seems like it was a great move. There is a lot of response for this topic, so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
@@contemporaryartissue Many thanks, yes Brussels is not far away and the galleries there are extremely open and high quality. The life of an artist needs to be protected and big cities are not always an ideal bubble. Thank you with all my heart and have a good day to you too ☀️
It would be great to hear about your take on the benefits of living in a rural area but within a few hours drive of a hot spot for art. I live very rurally in Wales and London is about a six hour drive from me. Thank you for your videos. They're very professional and super interesting.
Hi there, thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. Sounds like a perfect location! There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
Thanks Julien for the video and the link to your site with the full list of 30. Since it looks like the research has been done (eg listing number of top 1000 galleries in a given city) I wonder if you could also publish a FULL list (>30) of city rankings, perhaps at least as long as say exhausting the list of top 1000 galleries, or whatever other criteria were used to determine the ranking. For example I’d like to see where “Dallas/Fort Worth Texas” ranks compared to other big cities or metropolitan areas. Thanks again!
Thank you for tuning in, the pleasure is all mine! This is exactly what Artfacts is providing with their new gallery rankings. Dallas has 3 top 1,000 art galleries, Fort Worth has 0. Feel free to have a look at Artfacts via the following link: artfacts.net/register?ref=596b983667cd4ef3ecd9afcb78629b0da0baa51e
As an austrian art project we are very glad to have public funding - but it could be better for sure. But its also possible realising art projects living on the countryside - its also very necessary.
Its not all about high class art. Art could be everywhere!
THANKYOU, Sir---VERY VERY USEFUL
The pleasure is all mine, thank you for tuning in!
Please do the video about the benefits of living outside a major art city and how to engage with the major art city scene. Thank you so much. Keep doing these great videos
Will do! Thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
@@contemporaryartissue
Another related video or an aspect that could be included is to identify the next tier down of great (and more affordable) art cities in the U.S.
Thank you, keep up the great work.
Hi. I think that while a healthy domestic community collectors is the foundation for a healthy market, international perceptions of a city are also key to attracting collectors from elsewhere - and it’s that dimension that really cements the profile and growth of a city as an ‘art city’. I guess the presence of art fairs are also critical.
Absolutely spot on. The international allure of an art city is a very important "pull" factor for both artists and collectors. Fairs are also really important indeed. The entire art world comes with an international art fair. Thank you, as always, for your contribution here!
Thank you for your video. Could you share a video on upcoming art cities in the world if these 30 are not an option? Also, what do you think about major Indian cities- Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore for an art career?
It would seem that a healthy propoertion of artist working today are not in the art cities and yet, they are productive with gallery representation in those cities. I also realize that a gallery is in business which means finding and. maintaining an edge in the market.
The edge of course is perpetually interesting work and the artist making thw work. From my experience and following various presenters who are gallerists or someone like yourself, There are more artists working than a market can support, and with more workl available, there is more parsing and choosing the most dynamic and salable work.
So, yes, a conversation on approaching the city from outrside it would be an interesting discussion, given your normally distilled and incisive viewpoint.
Thank you for posting what you do.
The pleasure is all mine! Hi there, thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
Yes please create a video on the benefits and how to live outside of the major cities and still be connected
Thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
Please make the video about living outside major cities as an artist.
@contemporaryartissue TYSM for this. Who is the artist who did the first work on the concrete wall? The portrait with the white collar + beams shooting out the eyes? Where is this?
The mural is by Michael Borremans in Ghent. You can find the details in the bottom corner in the caption. Enjoy!
Good good day to CAI team… do you have recommendations for quality online job/housing searches please?… especially for foreigners…Sincerely, Janet
Yes about living outside major art cities! 🎉
Coming soon!
Great video! I'm stuck in a "non" art city. I'd love to see your perspective on cities like mine. I think that living here comes with huge advantages and enormous disadvantages. It's like swimming againat the current at all times but you have lots of space and low rent. If only there was somewhere to show the art I make.
There is! Thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
@@contemporaryartissue I look forward to it. Cheers!
Yes please follow up with the pros of living outside the city
Coming very soon!
@@contemporaryartissue oh fantastic!! Thanks for the heads up 🥰
I live in Los Angeles and this is true. Los Angeles is an excellent place to live as an artist. If you go to curate LA you will see the huge gallery seen. I found out that if you are an uder driver you can share you art and get connection in the community.
That's a great story! You must have met some great artists or curators simply by driving them. Wishing you all the best!
I would love to hear about having a successful art career living in a small country haha not even a big city. I am currently living in Athens Greece and its quite hard to exhibit outside of the country. I will also be interested in hearing about opportunities for moving in one of these cities because it feels kind of hard to find a job in a big city and just move there. Is anyone here made this step and have any suggestions? I would love to hear anything about taking the steps to move and especially in Germany. Thanks in advance ♥️
The video is coming soon! Yes, it is a big step to move to a new city, with no guarantees for success at all. Germany is great, however, with many initiatives supporting artists. Would be a great call!
Outside cities please! I live in Portland, Oregon and would love to know how to build an art career in a modest city with a small but vibrant art scene.
Coming very soon! Stay tuned 🙌
I would love to learn more I love to travel however I’m disabled and exhausted. Where I am located hasn’t got much of an art market. I work very hard to be good so it would be very nice to work with it i🎨✍️
Nice! And, how about China and Emirates?
I am a bit surprised Berlin was ahead of Paris, thought it would be the other way around. Berlin is amazing, I went to a few museums but had too much of a hedonistic time to really appreciate that side of it
In my personal opinion, Paris is just ahead of Berlin, however, the statistics show a greater presence of art galleries in Berlin-and it is more affordable. Yes, having a hedonistic time in Berlin is also a rather distracting element one must take into account 😅 Thank you for tuning in!
It's not necessarily where you live as much as it is about the wirk you create and if you get your art seen outside of your city - even if you're in a large/art city. There are 1000s of artists who live in large/art cities whose work often goes unnoticed by major galleries, museums and collectors because the artist isn't recognized in other cities, states or countries.
There's an annoying unwritten rule in the visual arts world that most local artists aren't taken seriously ir in demand until their work is shown and/or collected in other larfe/art cities. So, its not necessarily about where you live in order to be successful and recognized. Collectors, galleries and agents will find you no matter where you live if your work is "hot".
Wow! He totally left out San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Houston... Unless he includes them in the list he mentioned. 🤷🏽♀️
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I want that second video of living outside an art City. Many are moving from these places for more reasons besides rent.
Hi there, thank you for tuning in and for reaching out in the comments. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day
I'm a painter living in Morelia, a small city in México. It's quite hard, nearly imposible, to create a career as an artist in this country without moving to the only Art city, CDMX.
Thank you for tuning in. Perhaps our upcoming video on how to make it outside a major art city will be most helpful to tackle this issue. There is a lot of response for this topic so I will try to write and publish the video in question before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Wishing you a great day and go for it 💪
Hello from Milan! HAH
Greetings from Belgium!
In the article, I noticed San Francisco is on the list of 30 and that the SF Art Institute (est. 1871) is mentioned. SFAI went bankrupt earlier this year.
My heart breaks for SF. What’s happening in this beautiful city with so many rich young techies? How come they are not investing into their city, into architecture, into arts?
Thank you for letting us know, we'll make the edit in the article straight away. Have a great day!
I live in Toronto,ON Canada. It's very $$$ here, plus canadians pay more then US. We do have the AGO- thank goodness it's in my city. We do have alot of small galleries, but the whole Art lifestyle is slowly dying die to ( our government sucks) ( condos taking over every free space in our city.. and the big shows are $$$$$ .
I design furniture and want to sell my prototypes so how do I reach out to manufacturers?
This channel discusses industry-approved career advice for contemporary artists, so I am afraid I won't be able to assist you on this matter. However, I wish you all the best and a great day
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Top 5 Art Cities
1. New York City, NY, USA
2. London, UK
3. Berlin, Germany
4. Paris, France
5. Los Angeles, California, USA
Exactly! Thank you for tuning in 🙏
Please speak about Africa..
They don’t know yet but they’re about to find out…
I am disappointed with no Canadian city in the top 30. I create in Montreal. It is not a city without Art, there are many gallery and "creative geniuses" and it is well located between Toronto (an interesting city for art, in Canada) and New York (first city in the top 5).
There is indeed some good activity in Toronto and Montreal, however both have just 2 top 1,000 art galleries so it is simply not enough to call them art cities. However, they can be a great place to be based and to target other areas of the art world as well. Have a great day!
Given the copious quantities of funny money printing which has occurred in western cities during the last 15 years, I think you should do a video titled: 'Art cities with less inflation'
Sounds like a catchy title as well 😅 Thank you for watching!
Paris having 2M inhabitants is somewhat misleading as this number excludes all the cities around Paris where a lot of creation happen... Thus creating this gap with the other cities in the top 5.
@lancelot, I have a firmer student who made it as a major artist, featured in Art in American and other art journals. His gallery in NYC regularly shows at major art fairs. His hubs, NYC, Berlin, a hot spot for contemporary art and London. He lived in the Hudson valley and commutes in to NYC.
You're absolutely right-however, the ranking is not that occupied with the total population, more with the population of galleries. On the other hand, Paris does have the best ratio of number of galleries per capita, which could also have been a useful metric for this video. Thank you for tuning in!
you cannot put Paris before Milan, Italy. like for real! what is happening today about art in Paris? nothing! Italy has the Venice Biennale and many important art galleries in Milan, plus the art scene is very contemporary, and big names show their work in Milan like Cattelan and Pistoletto. Milan is definitely way better than Paris. maybe not as good as London but definitely better than Paris or Brazil
I am afraid I will have the disagree on this one-as do the statistics. Paris has 9 top-100 art galleries, Milan has just two. Cattelan and Pistoletto are also shown in Paris, Cattelan with Perrotin, and Pistoletto with Galleria Continua. Almost every single artist of the top 1% is being shown in Paris, so I am afraid the ranking here is correct. When it comes to the Venice Biennale, well, this is in Venice and not Milan. Paris also has Art Basel Paris, Art Paris, Paris Photo, and more renowned contemporary art institutions such as the Fondation LV, Pinault Collection, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Art Moderne, Palais Tokyo, and many more. Nevertheless, thank you for tuning in!
Some artist once said to make great art you need alcohol and a loyal dog 🙀
What a quote! I have a very loyal dog and the best (belgian) beers in the world so it looks like life is finally in my favor 😂
Nothing in China or India or Taiwan?