Please join me in making August 18th International Gallery Scam Awareness Day.

Feel free to share your stories via my contact page.

Don’t get scammed!

 

 

English translation of the above email:

Good morning,

Following my visit during which you, Patricia and Jean-Claude, verbally attacked me for no reason, I cannot work with you.

If there was a misunderstanding in terms of communication, that is no reason to start shouting obscenities and harassing me.

That said, I communicated with you the progress of my work throughout the month, and I received no feedback.

I never asked you to exhibit with you. It was you who were the applicants. Which makes your lack of response incomprehensible.

I was surprised by the violence of your behavior, your indecency and your lack of professionalism today.

–

Dana Burns

 

 

After nearly begging me to exhibit with them and inviting themselves over to my art studio within DAYS of discovering them, they tried to take my work (numerous paintings) during the drop-off date and refused to sign any contract nor any sort of “dépôt d’oeuvres/deposit of works” (a VERY BASIC requirement that artists ask for when dropping off artwork to a gallery) to which I wisely refused.  I spoke with another young foreign woman who, that same month, experienced artist-fishing from them as well. When I left their gallery ,Patricia Kishishian-Ghenassia — with my back turned — kept yelling insults. The last thing she said was “Good luck selling your work. You’ll never sell anything.” She then sent a fake-narrative email acting as if they had “turned down my work” which was far from the truth, as I never even asked to exhibit with them in the first place nor even knew that their gallery existed one month prior.

I then moved to Berlin and proceeded to…SELL MY WORK and involved myself in numerous, lovely exhibitions and markets. I will never shut up: I am allowed to speak the truth and I will continue to do so. They literally threatened me over NOTHING that August of 2021, so I know they will continue their manipulative, deceptive tactics in the future. They can try all they want, I do not care. I will just get louder.

  

 

 

Team con:

Jean-Claude Ghenassia
Founder

Patricia Kishishian-Ghenassia
Owner – Gallery Director

Baptiste Léger
Gallery Director

 

 

Before you work with them or support them, educate yourself!