JAŠA (Jaša Mrevlje-Pollak) is one of the most prolific and influential contemporary European visual artists of his generation. He trained at the Academy in Venice (Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia), where he graduated in 2004 with distinction and where he continues to teach. He has been featured in numerous publications, including Modern Painters, The Art Newspaper and Art in America. Based in Ljubljana and New York, his work has been exhibited around the world, including at Frieze London and New York and at the Venice Biennale. Learn more at[...]

Dr Noah Charney is the internationally best-selling author of more than a dozen books, translated into fourteen languages, including The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art, which was nominated for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Museum of Lost Art, which was the finalist for the 2018 Digital Book World Award. He is a professor of art history specializing in art crime, and has taught for Yale University, Brown University, American University of Rome and University of Ljubljana. He writes regularly for dozens of major magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian, the Washington Post, the Observer and The Art Newspaper. Learn more at[...]

Introduction: Career Making vs Making Art

1 On Origins and Early Years: Is it true that the greatest art emerges from unhappiness and dysfunction?

2 The Making of the Artist:How do I choose between "real life" and schooling?

3 At the Academy:How soon do I need to find my style?

4 First Shows and Entering the Art Scene: How quickly and how should I show my work?

5 Young Artist 101:How do I survive in my early years?

6 Money, Art, Sex: How do I navigate the triumphs and pitfalls?

7 Shifting to a Bigger Stage" How can I get into a museum of contemporary art through the back door?

8 Behind the Venice Biennale: How do you judge the success, from the external point of view, of your exhibit?