PRE-SALES SUPPORT

Any artist can send in an application to become a member. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, if you had professional training or not, new or seasoned or which type of art you create. What we look for are artists with a story and passion for creating art.

By being your authentic self. We believe that art is more than just a pretty picture on the wall. Great art tells a story and has an artist with a story behind it. Try to tell your story and what moves you as an artist during your application. 

It usually takes about 2 weeks to review your application. 

Of course! We work with artists from all over the globe. Better yet, we love it when artist from the far corners of the world join. Adding different styles and cultures to our collection keeps it fresh and contemporary. 

That said, if you live in a very remote area we might not be able to offer you our shipping services. So, if you decided to locate your studio halfway up mount Everest, please get in touch first to see if we can still offer all services. 

We’ll ask you to briefly tell us the idea behind the art you list on your gallery. Our experienced story tellers will do their magic and write a brilliant piece of copy that encapsulates that message. Just have a look around on UP & COMING ART and read a couple of the descriptions. It’ll give you an idea of the quality.  

Yes, UP & COMING ART’s collection includes paintings, prints, sculptures, photography and more. Essentially all types of fine art. 

Yes! The limit means that you cannot list more then 20 works for sale at any moment. As soon as one work is sold, there is room for one more.

Also, the ROCKT SPEED MEMBERSHIP offers upgrades to list more than 20 works of art for sale. 

When you upload a work of art you’ll be ask to enter certain details, so we understand what your work is about and how you’ve created it. We’ll take it from there. Your work will be curated based on style, theme, colour, material, mediums, scene, size and more and listed in the appropriated categories of our collection.

All works of art that are uploaded to UP & COMING ART are added to our Pinterest and Instagram Shopping feeds. 

Other outings, such as Tweets, Instagram stories and posts, etc. are at the discretion of our marketing team. They select the artwork they think is most appropriate. 

It might be. A selection of art based on the newsletters theme / topic is curated at the discretion of our marketing team. We strive to include a diverse range of artworks. You can up your chances by uploading new art on a frequent basis. New art is always the first place the marketing team looks. 

It depends. We send out the newsletter every time we have gathered the right content for it. So, the latest works of art, a nice story or two and new artists to introduce. In practice this means that the newsletter is send once every week / every other week. 

The services are exactly the same. Only the billing cycling and the pricing are different. If you opt for the yearly membership you’ll be billed once a year and get a €60 (ex VAT) discount. In other words, two months for free.

You’re already thinking about leaving us?! Why!?!

But yes, of course you can. Once you’re set up you can cancel your membership at the end of each billing cycle or by simply switching off the renewal. 

Nothing is for free these days, so an online art sale has costs associated with it as well. The service fee is used to cover these costs. For example, payment processing fees, currency exchange fees, administrative duties and other costs like that. 

When a collector purchases your work we collect the payment on your behalf and safely store it on our escrow account. After the artwork is accepted by it’s new owner we will pay your revenue directly into your PayPal or bank account. 

From sale to “money in your pocket” usually takes between between 3 to 4 weeks.

Let’s do the math, shall we? So, the collector pays €1000 for your work of art and it costs a €100 to ship it. 

€1000 – €50 (5% SERVICE FEE) – €100 (SHIPPING) = €850

No, I’m afraid you’re not. A lot of countries have VAT exemptions for artists, but that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to pay VAT on services you acquire. 

The ways you can get exempt from paying VAT are:

1. Having a valid EU-VAT number (reverse charge)
2. Residing outside the EU

No, we don’t add / include VAT in the price of art. Or any taxes for that matter. Our service can be compared with a broker. We broker the deal and collect the payment on your behalf, but the sales agreement is between you and the collector.

So, if/how/when you have to pay tax on the sale is up to you. We always recommend contacting a local accountant / tax professional, because taxes, especially VAT, can become very complicated. 

Yes, we can!

That said, shipping large, bulky and/or heavy items can become very expensive. For example, shipping a 150 cm x 200 cm stretched painting form Europe to the US can easily cost €1000. The general rule is that when a package is larger than 120 cm on any side or ways more than 40 kg, a premium needs to be paid. So, if your work includes large, difficult to ship items it’s best to contact support first, so we can see how we can assist you best. 

You can contact support via the form on the bottom of this page. 

Almost! Our shipping service includes studio-to-collector shipping form anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world, but there are unfortunately some exceptions. Certain countries don’t allow foreign entities to ship on their citizens behalf and some area’s are to remote for our shipping services. If you have any doubts if the services is applicable to you, just get in touch and we’ll sort it out. 

You can contact support via the form on the bottom of this page. 

You do. We arrange the shipment on your behalf and pay for it upfront. The shipping cost is later subtracted from the pay-out of that sale. 

Based on the dimensions, weight of the package and the pick-up & delivery locations we request quotes with our preferred shipping partners to see who offers the best price to get your art from your studio to your new collector.