Rethinking Gallery Processes with Callum Hale-Thompson (First Thursdays)

About this episode

Callum Hale-Thompson discusses entrepreneurial approaches to challenges in the art sector.

“It was really exciting to me that there were these non-art world concepts that I could apply inside the art world with the right relationship frame, and I could see how that could drive impacts” In this month’s podcast, First Thursday founder Callum Hale-Thomson joins us to explore entrepreneurial approaches to long-standing challenges in the art sector. We discuss increasing pressures on galleries and dealers and explore why simply telling galleries to “behave differently” is unlikely to ...

People in this episode

Guest: Callum Hale-Thompson

Topics covered

• gallery processes
• art sector challenges
• entrepreneurial approaches
• galleries
• dealers
• First Thursday

Keywords

• gallery processes
• art world
• entrepreneurial approaches
• galleries
• dealers
• First Thursday

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: First Thursday, art sector, galleries, dealers

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