Art exhibitions can feature many artistic mediums.
Writing an art exhibition review for a newspaper, magazine or art gallery is a great way to get your name seen by potential employers and clients. Art exhibitions can feature gallery works by paint, sculpture and mixed mode artists. To prepare for the review, study the works and backgrounds of featured artists to glean a better understanding of their process. This way, the language of the review will express familiarity with the work and sound authentic and erudite.
Instructions
1. Contact the artists and the gallery where the exhibition will be held for a pre-exhibition interview. This interview should ask questions about the importance or significance of the upcoming event, the process for preparing for the event, as well as solicit outlook opinions from both the gallery and artists. As the review is an opinion piece, it should contain a mix of fact and opinion language.
2. Attend the exhibit. Examine each piece and make note of the process, style and the feeling the piece evokes. Write notes about the most prominent or popular pieces using a pad and paper.
3. Analyze the audience's reception of the work. If people are moving slowly through the lines and are visibly captivated by the pieces, mention these positive remarks in the review. Also make note of pieces that were largely ignored or offensive and write down audience reactions to these pieces.
4. Interview the artists at the exhibition as well as patrons to assess their experience of the exhibition. Make note of timely and captivating quotes to be used in the story and highlight these in the note pad.
5. Write the exhibition review at home. Start by describing the exhibition expectations and use a quote from the artists and gallery about the expectations for the show. Follow with the assessment of the exhibition opening, include patron reception of the exhibition and describe the atmosphere of the exhibit. For example, if the exhibit was quiet and only a few patrons attended, describe the evening as a low-turnout, low-interest event. On the other hand, if the evening was a success and many patrons were in attendance, write these positive remarks in the review. Conclude the review with overall comments about the event, including any personal opinions.
