Studio Notes
스튜디오 노트
The working side of being an artist — distribution, platforms, records, prices. Notes on what actually has to be done: recording and storing work, listing and selling on overseas platforms, packing, shipping and export declarations, commissions and prices, and the system an artist runs alone.
Published three times a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday — written so that a reader can act on it the same day. Written for collectors too.
October 2026
- October 9, 2026
How to pack artwork for shipping — box, crate or tube
Saatchi Art and Singulart packing guides side by side: box, crate or tube by painting size, the 30cm rule for sculpture, and photos for insurance. - October 6, 2026
Shipping artwork overseas — export declaration and HS codes
Sent abroad for a show, the transaction code is 85; left with a gallery to sell, it is 31. The code cannot be corrected later.
September 2026
- September 28, 2026
Overseas art platforms — commissions, shipping and what is left
Saatchi Art publishes a 40% commission; Singulart does not. Open, juried and gallery-only art platforms compared on fees, packing and payout. - September 25, 2026
Keeping your own artist archive — platforms disappear
Where should an artist keep records? Re-measuring sizes, the cost of handing work over, prices kept private — platforms go, your archive stays.
These notes bring together what the artist Minseok Kang has been through directly, material published by platforms, institutions and the press, and whatever the current issues happen to be. Terms and rules change often and differ case by case. Nothing here is a definitive answer, and some of it may be wrong. Check the current guidance from the platform or authority concerned before acting on it.