A free open intensive from OnStudy

How an artist finds their bearings in the art world, and the opportunities in it

A two-day online intensive: the key currents in contemporary art in 2026, and how to build a career as an artist.

21–22 January· two days

19:00· online

We will send the recording and the link once you register

Join the intensive

Art becomes valuable when it finds its audience. It is your voice, and what you say with it is entirely up to you.

Programme

Two days live, with walkthroughs and answers to your questions.

Day 1

Where contemporary art is heading in 2026

The main currents of 2026We will talk about the main currents: from questions of identity and handmade work through to digital and hybrid forms.

How varied contemporary art has becomeWe will look at why contemporary art moves in several directions at once, and why the underlying logic is hard to see from outside.

ConclusionsWe will map out what an artist needs to know to find their way confidently through contemporary art.

Day 2

Building a career as an artist

The opportunitiesWe will talk about what is open to artists today: galleries, fairs, grants, residencies and institutions.

An artist's strategies for 2026We will look at different ways an artist can develop: from identity-driven work and research practice to digital and hybrid strategies.

ConclusionsWe will draw conclusions and map the routes open to an artist in contemporary art.

Who this intensive suits

A designer or illustrator

If you come from another field and want to enter the art world, understand how the market works, succeed commercially and charge more for your work.

An experienced artist

If you have exhibited and sold before but have no system and no sense of what comes next, and you want a steady income and access to international markets.

An artist starting out

If a first exhibition is still a dream, you visit galleries, and you cannot see why other people's paintings hang there while yours gather dust in the studio.

Who runs the intensive

Art manager, curator, and the author of training programmes for artists

Since 2020, more than 600 students have taken or are taking her programmes.

Seven major courses on art history, the art market and psychology.

Previously at: Phillips auction house, 11.12 Gallery and Winzavod, working on the artists' side as a manager.

Education: RMA Business School, art management — the gallery business, and conflict studies within social psychology.

Curatorial projects and fairs

“Katrin Z. Between Fun and Pleasure” — MMOMA (25 Petrovka Street)
Six art fairs: DaMoscow 2019, Cosmoscow 2020, Blazar 2020, Art Russia 2020–2022
Gallery exhibitions: Damir Muratov's “Short Stories” (2020), Nikita Shokhov's “Scan Klaxon” (2020) and others.

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21–22 January