West-Eleven offers much more than just an empty gallery and a set of keys! As publishers of Art in London - London's most popular art magazine - we include free editorial promotion for your exhibition. Art in London is distributed through commercial art galleries, major London art fairs, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Royal Academy, Serpentine Gallery, Courtauld Institute, Mall Galleries, major hotels throughout Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Kensington and direct mailing to wealthy homes in Belgravia, Kensington, Chelsea, Holland Park, Notting Hill and Hampstead. We will also endeavour to get promotion for your show within the local glossy magazines and newspapers, will provide access to our extensive mailing list (subject to conditions) and will include free website promotion on both the West-Eleven website and the Art in London website - London's leading art exhibitions site.
We will also provide assistants to serve drinks, etc. for your opening night and process credit card payments for you if required - all as part of the service. Our atmospheric wine bar on the lower floor together with our external courtyard offers the perfect location for Private View or post-exhibition parties.
Gallery Hire Summary
The cost of hiring the gallery is a flat fee of £1250 per week, inclusive of the following (there is no commission on sales):
The exhibitor will have his or her exhibition previewed on the Art in London and West-Eleven websites in the weeks running up to the opening, to include a selection of images, artist's statement and biography.
West-Eleven will send out Press Releases to relevant local and national publications. We have a particularly good relationship with the magazines for Notting Hill and Chiswick.
A display advertisement / and/or editorial feature will be placed in Art in London. Artwork produced free of charge, or provided by the artist.
West-Eleven will provide assistants to help with the Private View, and the serving of drinks, etc. and will assist in the production of invitations and brochures, if required. Our relationship with our printers and our in-house design service will assure you of the best service and value.
West-Eleven will process credit card payments, if required, on the artist's behalf.
West-Eleven will provide full access to our mailing list (subject to conditions) and send out electronic invitations/e-mail press releases to our extensive client database.
If the exhibitor requires gallery assistants on days other than the opening, they can be provided at a rate of £50 per day.
A 30% deposit is required on signing the contract, with the balance to be paid in full 7 days before the gallery is made available to the exhibitor.
Occasionally, West-Eleven will offer to promote the work of the exhibitor at some of the Art Fairs in which we exhibit or through our own regular exhibitions.
