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Hugo Marchetti

Features Editor

Hugo Marchetti covers Galleries, Reviews and Exhibitions.

Articles by Hugo Marchetti

What a Catalogue Raisonné Entry Actually Means for an Artist's Career: Periods, Materials and Attribution

What a Catalogue Raisonné Entry Actually Means for an Artist's Career: Periods, Materials and Attribution

Hugo Marchetti

A First-Timer's Guide to Boston's Gallery Districts: Where to Walk, What to Skip, and How Not to Feel Intimidated

A First-Timer's Guide to Boston's Gallery Districts: Where to Walk, What to Skip, and How Not to Feel Intimidated

Hugo Marchetti

Inside the Galleries at Lynn Arts: How a Former Shoe City Became Greater Boston's Affordable Artist Incubator

Inside the Galleries at Lynn Arts: How a Former Shoe City Became Greater Boston's Affordable Artist Incubator

Hugo Marchetti

How to Read a Gallery Press Release Like an Editor: Decoding the Genre's Inflated Language

How to Read a Gallery Press Release Like an Editor: Decoding the Genre's Inflated Language

Hugo Marchetti

How the Gallery-Artist Commission Split Actually Works, From the 50/50 Norm to New York's Trust Fund Law

How the Gallery-Artist Commission Split Actually Works, From the 50/50 Norm to New York's Trust Fund Law

Hugo Marchetti

Women artists unpacking canvases in a shared studio space

Women Artists and the Market: A Persistent Price Gap, a Slow Correction, and the Institutions Pushing It

Hugo Marchetti

Diagram of an artist estate structure and market channels

Artist Estates and Their Galleries: Who Represents the Dead and Controls the Market Afterward

Hugo Marchetti

Crowd spilling from a lit gallery doorway onto an evening street

Gallery Weekends Explained: How Berlin and Other Cities Package a Season Into One Expensive Long Weekend

Hugo Marchetti

Archival boxes and photograph files in a foundation archive room

How Art Authentication Actually Works: Artist Foundations, Independent Experts and the Courts

Hugo Marchetti

Empty museum lobby entrance hall with ticket counters

Museum Ticket Pricing Explained: Free Admission, Paid Entry and the Dynamic-Pricing Debate

Hugo Marchetti

Infographic comparing co-op and commercial gallery revenue flows

Artist-Run and Cooperative Galleries: Membership Dues, Jury Committees and the Road to Institutions

Hugo Marchetti

Infographic of museum trustee give and get duties

Museum Trustees Explained: Give/Get, Conflicts of Interest and Who Really Runs the Museum

Hugo Marchetti

Visitors quietly viewing a lone canvas in a white gallery room

The White Cube Explained: How a Bare Gallery Ideology Trained Us to See — and Pay — Differently

Hugo Marchetti

Canvas under raking light in a conservation studio

Condition Reports Explained: What to Check Before You Buy a Work of Art and What Restoration Does to Value

Hugo Marchetti

Empty graduate crit room with chairs and one easel

Does an MFA Pay Off in the Art Market? What the Degree Really Buys

Hugo Marchetti

Numbered auction paddle resting against a gallery booth wall

Auction vs. Gallery: Where to Buy Art, What Each Channel Really Charges, and Who Protects You When It Goes Wrong

Hugo Marchetti

Detail of a residency studio door with painted handprints and tape

What Artist Residencies Are Actually Worth: Studios, Stipends, and the Career Math

Hugo Marchetti

Chart breaking down the five criteria of an exhibition review

The Anatomy of an Art Review: The Criteria Critics Actually Use to Judge an Exhibition

Hugo Marchetti

Chart comparing edition prices against unique artwork prices

Editions Explained: How Limited Runs Build a Young Artist's Market From the Ground Up

Hugo Marchetti

Infographic of museum deaccessioning decision rules

Deaccessioning Explained: When Museums Can Sell Art and Where the Money Goes

Hugo Marchetti

Chart showing art prices rising across career stages from emerging to established

Who Sets Prices on the Primary Art Market? How a Number Travels From Studio to Gallery to Fair

Hugo Marchetti

Bidders raising paddles during a contemporary art auction

How to Read Auction Results: Estimates, Hammer Price, Buyer's Premium and the Art of the Bought-In

Hugo Marchetti

Young painter unwrapping canvases in a cramped shared studio

How Emerging Artists Get Priced: The First-Sale Corridor and Who Really Sets the Number

Hugo Marchetti

Curators and trustees examining a painting in museum storage

How Museums Acquire Artworks: Gifts, Purchases and the Acquisitions Committee Explained

Hugo Marchetti