Warning: Non Previously Exhibited

Many opened upwards fine art exhibitions as well as fine art competitions conduct hold a really uncomplicated dominion which, for or hence reason, gets ignored past times or hence artists.

• Maybe they didn't read the rules of entry properly? 
• Maybe they didn't squall back the organisers actually meant it?
• Maybe they thought nobody would notice?

What's the dominion that gets ignored?

It's quite simple.

The mutual dominion is that "Work must non conduct hold been exhibited previously".

Artwork existence received for Stage 2 Judging of the John Moores Painting Competition | copyright Katherine Lloyd
There is absolutely no proffer whatsoever that what I'm writing virtually below relates to this past times competition

As I've indicated on previous occasions I am a big fan of fine art societies as well as fine art competitions that REFUSE to permit people to demo whatsoever artwork that they conduct hold previously exhibited elsewhere.

The reasons why "work must non conduct hold been exhibited previously" is such a practiced idea are every bit good simple:

• exhibitions of novel artwork require to live on only that - fresh to the eye
• regular attenders of fine art exhibitions are non curt changed past times seeing artwork appearing ane time to a greater extent than as well as again.
• it says a lot virtually an artist's might to create NEW tumble out a consistent terra firma which is every bit good consistently good.  We larn a much ameliorate appreciation of that artist's overall might as well as potential for time to come success.

Here's the deal. I loathe cheating.

• I can't aspect selectors for fine art competitions as well as opened upwards exhibitions to conduct hold seen numerous other exhibitions
• I tin compass the sack aspect artists to conduct hold integrity as well as to 
• read the rules of entry - specially the ane relating to "work must non conduct hold been exhibited previously"
• tell the truth on their entry forms
• I larn to lots of exhibitions as well as I detect things. I every bit good conduct hold a really practiced visual retentiveness as well as proceed all my catalogues! (What prompted this ship is I conduct hold only noticed something!)

So inwards future, I'm going world - I'm non going to remain soundless when I detect something which breaks the rules.

(There's to a greater extent than than a distich of fine art competitions which already know I conduct hold a rail tape of speaking upwards to organisers when something is only plainly incorrect - or hence of which regular readers know virtually as well as or hence of which y'all don't)

For exhibition organisers

In future, if as well as when I come across artwork has been selected for exhibition which I conduct hold seen elsewhere inwards a previous exhibition, I am going to tell the organisers.

What the organisers arrive at hence is upwards to them.

• If they conduct hold got whatsoever integrity as well as gumption they volition take away the artwork from exhibition for having broken the entry rules
• However - if they don't hence I volition squall this fact inwards the next year's telephone telephone for entries. Artists conduct hold a correct to aspect that the organisers every bit good every bit the artists play past times the rules.

Any exhibition organisers who squall back rules don't thing should pay much to a greater extent than attending to

• the The Cap Code - The U.K. Code of Non-broadcast Advertising as well as Direct & Promotional Marketing
• this legal commentary on Prize competitions as well as the law: navigating the labyrinth - specifically the department relating to The Cap Code

For artists

I'm non going to out y'all if y'all arrive at it once.  People brand mistakes - nosotros all empathise that.
The thing is y'all won't know that I know.....

However, arrive at it twice as well as I detect as well as I volition conduct hold appropriate activeness - using the appropriate evidence.

The argue existence that competitions as well as juried exhibitions tin compass the sack exclusively hold integrity and  locomote properly if EVERYBODY plays past times the rules.

That's non my personal thought - that's the law.
I every bit good can't squall back of a unmarried practiced argue why a cheat should conduct hold the house of or hence other creative someone whose practiced locomote did non larn selected because the cheat's did.

Moral of the Story

READ THE RULES! Don't cheat yourself every bit good every bit others.

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