What Gallery Representation Means for an Artist’s Career

 

Not too long ago, it was possible to collect an original painting by the Texas-based artist Mauro C. Martinez for under $500. “He was painting small studies and selling them for $50 to $100 out of his studio,” said Unit London co-founder Joe Kennedy. The U.K. gallery signed Martinez in 2020 after spotting the emerging painter’s cheeky remixes of internet culture on Instagram. “We were just blown away by the work,” said Kennedy read more