Checklist: 43 things to tick off for your exhibition

Being offered a solo exhibition can be daunting. ArtsHub helps navigate the stressful lead-in with this comprehensive 'to-do' checklist.
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A successful exhibition is about good artworks, but it is also about being professional. We’ve prepared a checklist to make the admin easy, so you can enjoy the making.

So, your proposal was successful and your dates are locked in for a solo exhibition.

Now you have the daunting task of working back from the installation date to today, and to plan out how you will journey through that shopping list of things to do.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina