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The commercial art market is valued at $64.1 billion. However, with it being unregulated, the art market as a whole is impossible to pin down. It is infinite. Through understanding the vast composition of the art market we can understand how to access it, question it and bargain for a healthier system. Gatekeeper magazine aims to investigate the art market in all entities, gaining insight into some of the ways in which artists explore this as a theme within their practice. The range of approaches to this immeasurable topic shows how artists can focus their future work, either tailoring it to be a financially beneficial business venture or by going against the art markets commercial bubble, through alternative economies . Our first issue will analyse the use of ‘transaction’ within the art market. This theme will unravel emerging artists personal experiences trading and selling work to an unpredictable and unregulated industry!

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The commercial art market is valued at $64.1 billion. However, with it being unregulated, the art market as a whole is impossible to pin down. It is infinite. Through understanding the vast composition of the art market we can understand how to access it, question it and bargain for a healthier system. Gatekeeper magazine aims to investigate the art market in all entities, gaining insight into some of the ways in which artists explore this as a theme within their practice. The range of approaches to this immeasurable topic shows how artists can focus their future work, either tailoring it to be a financially beneficial business venture or by going against the art markets commercial bubble, through alternative economies . Our first issue will analyse the use of ‘transaction’ within the art market. This theme will unravel emerging artists personal experiences trading and selling work to an unpredictable and unregulated industry!

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Issue 01 ‘Transaction’

Gatekeeper presents its first issue exploring the word 'Transaction', collaborating with exciting individuals who have shared their work and perception on the art market. Featuring work from: Honor Freeman / This is Not a Cult, Eline Benjaminsen, Matthew Burrows / Artist Support Pledge, Max Haiven, Charles Maddocks / Marley Gape, C-Jaye Newton, Robin Tarbet / Swap Editions.








Prefer listening? Issue 01’s Audio Read through is available on Soundcloud and Spotify!

Editor and Founder, Lucy Alves and Contributor, Charles Maddocks sit down for an audio read through of Gatekeepers first issue.








Pre-order Issue 02 ‘Indispensable’ 

Gatekeeper launches its second issue exploring the word 'Indespensible', collaborating with exciting individuals who have shared their work and perception on the art market. Featuring work and writing from: Jonathan Barnbrook, Anastasia Fjodorova, All Mouth Gallery, Stella Botes, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Greg Rook, Migrate Art, Kengwu Yerlikaya, Tom Wilmott, Jade French.



Pre-order Issue 02 ‘Indispensable’ + Original Tom Wilmott Painting 

For every limited edition print sold, we will donate £10 to Arthouse Unlimited in line with Tom Wilmott’s Painting Pro Bono project!



Gatekeeper X ‘This is not a cult’ mug

To help Gatekeeper raise funds for printing costs and various other expenses of starting up a new magazine we have launched a limited number of mugs with Honor Freeman’s illustration from the first issue.

325ml Ceramic Mugs, Dishwasher and Microwave safe.
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