Exhibition plans coming together both for getting work up to the venue and layout in the exhibition space. Other aspects to be worked out is how to manage the Drinks reception, with many of the artists coming and not knowing which clients will be coming so ordering wine, glasses and canapes is all down to intuitive guesswork!. Armed with nails, hammers, (no screws allowed), polyfilla, spirit-levels, sandpaper, pencils, tape measure etc, the unsung tools of the gallerist, hopefully all the work will be shown off to its best next week.

The gallery is a good-size space with a feeling of intimacy. I am not sure how much of the larger scale work we are going to be able to show in the space. One can plan a great deal beforehand but when 'the hang' actually takes place often works can be put out of balance when placed too near other works so much will be decided on the day. This makes it an exciting but somewhat nerve-racking situation. Another consideration is looking at the exhibition from the point of view of the visitor and potential buyer. If you are looking at two works by the same artist its not necessarily helpful to have them on different floors of the gallery. This will all require careful thought over the next 10 days regardless of all the other preparation that will be going on. Hopefully it will all pay off and loads of people from our mailing list will come, enjoy the work and decide to buy. The art market definitely seems to be picking up - what a relief!

Weird, blog of 10th has disappeared! We are just preparing for the Mixed Exhibition in Gallery 27, Cork Street where examples of the majority of artists will be on show. It will be great to have a show in a gallery rather than an art fair environment even though it will be tricky to hang such a wide range of work. We have decided to have a Drinks reception where many of the artists will be present. That gives them a chance to meet each other as well as specific clients and collectors. The difficult stage is yet to come, what to hang and where - looking forward to visiting the gallery again today to get a rough idea of how it will all look!