Q&A with Sophie Vander from Curatorial+Co

Sophie Vander is back, and this time we're going straight to your questions. Since Sophie's first appearance on the podcast back in August 2024, I have had a lot of follow up questions come in- it seems you had so much more you wanted to hear from her. So did I!

Sophie is the founder and director of Curatorial+Co, a Sydney-based contemporary art gallery and consultancy on William Street in Woolloomooloo. She works with a stable of 45+ artists (80% of whom are female-identifying), leads a team of 11, and juggles gallery exhibitions, an art consultancy arm, and international art fairs, all at the same time.

In this episode we cover a lot of ground, from the work Sophie saw at Art SG that completely stopped her in her tracks, to how she picks artists for international fairs, what actually puts her off an artist, and where she goes looking for new talent. We talk about the art market right now, honestly and practically, and what that means if you're an emerging artist trying to sell work. We chat about the gallery relationship; including the one thing she says almost never happens when artists come to her about representation, but really should.

Links and people mentioned:

• Curatorial+Co website: curatorialandco.com
• Curatorial+Co on Instagram: @curatorialandco
• Morgan Stokes: morganstok.es | @morganstok.es
• Theresa Hunt: @theresahuntartist
• Simon Cardwell: @cardwell.simon
• Lynn Savery: lynnsavery.com.au | @lino_savery
• Sophie Vander on the Build Beautiful podcast - here
• Sophie's first appearance on The Creative Kind: August 2024 episode
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Artworks that Sophie Mentioned:

• Citra Sasmite at Art SG
• Marina Abramović at Art SG
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For a more complete list- please check out the substack post here 

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