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This is actually 100% just a scam operation. No legitimate gallery or art publication hunts down artists online, requests to post their work and then follows up asking for money. Is scamming artists w... See more
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Total scam! They just spam your accounts with invites to a contest then try to extort money from you, don´t fall for 4 it. Check the trust pilot review, too many fake 5 stars to balance th... See more
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My work was struggling a bit, to be completely honest. The creative side was never really a problem for me, but marketing myself to get my work exposed always stumped me. Grateful forever to have been... See more
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As a team, we at 1340Gallery are ever evolving, and are always on the lookout for talented upcoming artists. We are passionate about providing these artists with a platform to obtain some exposure for their work, and in view of this, we have developed some exciting features such as our Instagram, Blog, YouTube Channel, and 1340Gallery features, where we showcase these extraordinary pieces of artwork. Through our print editions and online presence we are building a community of artists and connoisseurs from all over the world, and showcasing a diverse collection of styles, influences and processes.
Contact info
Netherlands
- info@1340art.com
- 1340art.com
Submitted the my work for the gallery
Submitted the my work for the gallery. Hope I get selected. Would be a great honour to sell my artwork on your site. Thank you for your help.
20 April 2018
Unprompted review
Fake Art Competition and Scam
I was contacted by this company on my art instagram account in early April this year. They commented on my post saying "we love your work, can we publish this post on our profile, and it's free"
So I got excited and I said yes then hours later I received an email saying "we would like you to send us 4 samples of your work and pay $30 (£21.34) for their summer magazine competition" sounds exciting.
However it was all a bit off with me. Like the emails said they are from Amsterdam but there currency in the Netherlands is in euros not in dollars which is what it said in their emails. I've never heard or seen 1340 magazine and gallery before and galleries don't sell magazines, just like to point that out as I'm an artist and has done exhibition projects for years and years and we never sell magazines at galleries at all.
So I've been getting emails saying "hurry up you can't miss the deadline for the competition" this all seems to be a scam and the only winner in this competition, is those who run this company as get to win your money and take your artwork and sell it themselves without permission.
And the artist will get nothing in return, just your work published on their website and sell them without your consent.
Don't be fooled by these people. If there's a legitimate art competition and they will have fee to enter their competition. They should always explain to you what you could win and what's the prize at the end of the competition.
So please don't be fooled by these people as they are not legitimate. To avoid scams like this always Google their history and their reviews before you apply to anything.
Thanks for reading my review.
20 April 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
We apologize for any confusion caused. Although we are registered in the Netherlands, we are an international magazine, and most of our audience is based in the US. Yes, it is possible for a Dutch company to charge in dollars.
We never state that the galleries sold our magazine. We sent them copies of our magazine free of charge, for them to give out. This was done at our cost to promote artists like yourself. Why galleries? Well there is a target audience, of course. People who visit these galleries are those who may wish to buy art. We therefore chose to showcase our magazine with winners of our competition to these people. Makes sense, don't you think?
Regarding the competition, we clearly also state all terms and conditions on our website for those who wish to read them. It states what the fee is for, and what the winners will receive upon being selected.You say, we should explain, but we are more than happy to explain, should anyone contact us. Next time you have concerns, it would therefore be in your best interest to contact us before making unfounded assumptions.
We also clearly state in our terms that we will never post anyone's artwork without their consent, and will never use anyone's artwork for anything other than what they submitted it for. Again, if anyone has a concern or doubt or query, please contact us so that we can assist further with any information or details required. Our team will be happy to provide these.
Lisa was Great
Lisa was Great. She helped me in getting me the information I requested and in responding to every question and concern I had.
19 April 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for your positive feedback and support. We are always happy to help where possible.
Spam and fraud..
Spam and scam... They have so many bot account on Instagram and they spam the same sentence to all. Not a seriuos magazine.
I'm not the only one, just try to write "1340 art magazine" and look the results, many people pointing to them about the scam.
Legit magazines and galleries make you money, not take your money
17 April 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Receiving exposure is valuable for an artist. We offer artists the opportunity to have their work showcased to thousands of people in our magazine. It's an opportunity for upcoming artists to receive global exposure.
We therefore deliberately decided to make pages available for these artists. This means we lose advertisement income. Sorry, but we are still a company and so we need to make up for lost income somehow.
We have the following teams:
Blog team, working on the blog, selecting artists, editing text etc.
YouTube team. Editing RAW video. Finding artists to make a video (Not easy because sometimes people are shy)
Magazine team. Trust me a lot of work and many people are involved.
Support team.
All of this costs money. Our people work hard and deserve fair pay (I hope you agree). Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. Proceeds from our competition entries also go to art related causes around the world. So all in all, we feel it’s a good deal. You have the chance to get a lot of exposure.
Exposure a starting artist would normally not get. Again, it’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suits you better.
TOTAL SCAM
Want a confirmation this is a scam?
First I got contacted and told that they'd love it if I submitted a photo because they like my art, and that it was free, and that part really is free. So then I submitted one.
Some time passes and what do you know? another email saying that I have been preselected by their judges for a competition! At that point they ask for between 20$ to 30$ to submit an artwork.
Now that's not the part that bothered me. Googling this scam online I saw that a lot of people got to that 'stage' of the competition, so I decided to test it. I created a different account and submitted that first free artwork, but this time (and I wish I could add a pic) it was a drawing of a stick figure. Appearntly they were very impressed by it because I got in to that final selection round!
Don't fall for this people.
2 April 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
We are terribly sorry to hear that you chose to believe what you read on a search engine instead of approaching us about your concerns. We invite artists to enter for our magazine competition and have different team members on the lookout for new artists. Art comes in various forms, and we are not here to tell you what you are allowed to enter as that remains entirely up to you as an artist. Something very frustrating came to our attention recently though. Other people are using our name for their own benefit. They are creating fake accounts and are approaching artists directly. Of course, this is something we are trying to fix but not always possible. We added several warning texts on our Website. So, again, if unsure, please contact us directly.
Scam to lure in desperate artists
A "curator" contacted me on Instagram asking me to follow the link in her bio to be featured on their page. I was initially suspicious, because she hadn't credited the artists on ANY of her posts. However, the "official" magazine account looked legit, with credits and almost 60,000 followers. I went ahead and submitted my work on their website, which looked legit. I received an auto reply telling me they receive hundreds of submissions per day and couldn't guarantee they'd feature mine. OK, that's understandable.
In the meantime, another "curator" followed me which I found a bit strange - why would this magazine I'd never heard of, despite having an arts degree, have so many curators?
The next day (appearing as if they'd spent time looking at my submission), I received a very flattering email from ANOTHER curator, "Carolyn Tait," saying I'd been "preselected" to appear in their printed magazine. I was, very naively, thrilled and followed the link, excitedly telling my mum and my fiance who were screaming, thinking someone had finally noticed me. It asked for $30 to be considered for this "magazine" that will appear in galleries in New York, Amsterdam, Berlin and London. I almost just paid, because I'm a desperate artist wishing my degree would amount to something, but I decided to Google it first.
Thank goodness I did, because almost every Google result is a discussion about whether or not this is a scam. They claim to be this huge international magazine, but have no real life presence. There are no previous winners. Nobody buys their magazine - someone even stated all they got from a "feature" was one click. They don't say WHICH galleries they'll appear in - why not? There are hundreds, even thousands of these "curator" accounts, none of whom can be found on Google. The link I received stated the deadline is April 30th, but others have been told it was February 28th and March 25th. Amongst the suspiciously generic positive reviews on Trustpilot, there are countless others like me.
I was, as many others were, very upset and felt completely duped. This isn't funny. $30 isn't a "small fee", it's a lot of money - two weeks' food! - to an artist struggling to make ends meet. I didn't pay, but others have and that's not acceptable.
I regret even submitting one image to them, since I don't trust them with it at all.
1 April 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
We are very sorry to hear this is how you feel. You have made some unvalidated accusations. Unfortunately, not everything you find when doing a search on the internet is true. We have featured hundreds of artists in our various editions, and you can find all of them in each directory of the magazine. These numbers do not even include the hundreds of artists we have presented and are presenting on our blog and social media outlets.
If you contacted us, we could provide further information regarding which galleries had copies of our magazine. We are always happy to provide details to anyone and put any doubts to rest.
Our “social” team consists of 15 scouts who look for artists on Instagram. The team changes a lot, but we want to make sure everybody has their own account. This might result in some inactive accounts still being available on Instagram. We are putting more effort into deleting accounts we are not using. Something very frustrating came to our attention recently. Other people are using our name for their own benefit. They are creating fake accounts and are approaching artists directly. Of course, this is something we are trying to fix but not always possible. We added several warning texts on our Website. So, again, if unsure, please contact us directly.
Regarding different submission dates. Imagine you have 500-600 submissions and you need to pick 100 winners? How would you do it? Would you do all at once? Or would you divide the work into batches?
So we do one edition per quarter, this means once every 3 months. So what if we would make a selection each month? Just to get some structure and to ensure a fair overview? Well, that's what we decided.
I hope this is ok with you guys. We just want to deliver a nice magazine. We feel this would be hard if we had to do it all in one week. We apologize if this doesn't work for you.
Just to be clear about Trustpilot. Trustpilot is a well-respected review company. Their software almost instantly detects fake reviews. Try to post 2 reviews under different names, you’ll get banned directly. So it’s basically impossible to post fake reviews here (would be interesting if it wasn’t).
In this era, reviews are found to be very important for people. We are constantly asking people to share their experiences honestly with us on Trustpilot and give us a review. Of course, we can’t help them write the text. I guess when it comes to positive reviews. It’s hard to come up with something original. But still, we are very happy with every review we receive (we don’t want to offend somebody saying their positive review was badly written and not creative). I guess people who are not happy just have more passion.
Receiving exposure is valuable for an artist. Somehow people question the numbers on our Website. But they are correct (we actually need to update them because they are even higher now). If you don’t believe us, contact us. We can show you our stats if you want.
So your work will actually be seen by this many people. Some people call it pay to play, but maybe you should view it as an opportunity. We deliberately decided to make pages available for upcoming artists. This means we lose advertisement income. Sorry, but we are still a company and so we need to make up for lost income somehow.
We have the following teams:
Blog team, working on the blog, selecting artists, editing text etc.
YouTube team. Editing RAW video. Finding artists to make a video (Not easy because sometimes people are shy)
Magazine team. Trust me a lot of work and many people are involved.
Support team.
I can go on and on but all of this costs money. Our people work hard and deserve fair pay (I hope you agree). Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suit better.
Be part of this great magazine!
I consider it is a very good opportunity for emerging artists to be able to spread and show their art and grow!
I am very happy and grateful to the team for having allowed me to be part of this magazine.
31 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for your participation and positive feedback!
Reply from 1340Gallery
We really appreciate your feedback. Thank you for being a part of our platform.
#1340art the best magazine
Spectacular art magazine. I recommend it, since I'm an artist, and I liked it a lot. I had the opportunity to be a finalist in this last contest, and although I was not one of the winners, I thank them for the opportunity. Keep growing like this, my best energies for you. regards
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for your review. We love to hear from you.
Very nice!
I discovered 1340gallery a few days ago. I really appreciate what they do for the global art community! Through them I discovered many wonderful artists and many have discovered my own work. 1340gallery is great!
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for your support!
That they publish your work in an art…
That they publish your work in an art magazine is great, and very good to project you, thank you 1340Gallery
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for your participation and support.
Awesome people helping artists around…
Awesome people helping artists around the world...
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
We really appreciate your feedback. Thank you for being a part of our platform.
Very help for artists.
I'm very happy that my work is on this magazine.
This magazine helps many arising artist like me.
I wish this magazine could keep thriving to help yong artists as it does now.
Thank you.
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for being a part of this edition! We value your support.
Well
Well, 1340 Art Magazine is a dream for any artist to be recognized and appreciated. I have explored their website and viewed most of the artworks presented.. (Amazing works indeed!!) That made me had a feel of trust and the encouragment which I was looking for in this field as a profeasion beside all my fellows around the world who also needed a push forward to invest in their talents and works.
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
We really appreciate your positive feedback and participation. Thank you!
The instagram scam
So a 'curator' contacts you on instagram saying they want to display your work on their instagram page like many other 'art collective' pages. Would I be interested?
Click the link on their page and fill in the form. Well ok sure. More exposure is good right?
1 day later i recieve an email saying they love my art and want to feature it in their magazine, but i have to pay them 20-30 dollars to enter the competition to win the possibility of being featured....
How gullable do they think people are? And they don't even feature you on their instagram page.
It's also funny how all the positive reviews on here, their names match that of the curators on instagram.....
30 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Our ‘social’ team consists of 15 scouts who look for artists on Instagram. The team changes a lot, but we want to make sure everybody has their own account. This might result in some inactive accounts still being available on Instagram. We are putting more effort into deleting accounts we are not using. Something very frustrating came to our attention recently. Other people are using our name for their own benefit. They are creating fake accounts and are approaching artists directly. Of course, this is something we are trying to fix but not always possible. We added several warning texts on our Website. So, again, if unsure, please contact us directly.
Receiving exposure is valuable for an artist. Somehow people question the numbers on our Website. But they are correct (we actually need to update them because they are even higher now). So your work will actually be seen by many people. Some people call it pay to play, but maybe you should view it as an opportunity. We deliberately decided to make pages available for upcoming artists. This means we lose advertisement income. Sorry, but we are still a company and so we need to make up for lost income somehow.
We have the following teams:
Blog team, working on the blog, selecting artists, editing text etc.
YouTube team. Editing RAW video. Finding artists to make a video (Not easy because sometimes people are shy)
Magazine team. Trust me a lot of work and many people are involved.
Support team.
All of this costs money. Our people work hard and deserve fair pay (I hope you agree). Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suit better.
Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suits you better.
All in all, we feel it’s a good deal. You have the chance to get a lot of exposure. Exposure a starting artist would normally not get. Ahh yes, we also believe that when you want something, you need to work for it. So maybe, after you were selected for the magazine and we print you, you should just take the magazine under your arm and start visiting galleries. Show them who you are, what you do. Get yourself out there. Maybe, just maybe, the feature in this magazine gives you the confidence you need to do it.
paintings arrived in perfect condition
Hi!
I want like to inform you that the paintings arrived in perfect condition! It`s already in one shop to put it the frame.
I can't wait!
Demy
29 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you for your support!
BIG FRAUD - DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY FOR A 'CONTEST'; FOUNDATION DOES NOT SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
I was recently contacted by 1340Gallery on instagram about my art work, asking me to pay 30US$ to join an art competition.
I checked their website online to see if it is a fraud. And they listed 20 initiatives they allegedly support (with the money from the competition).
I made the effort to contact all 20 initiatives directly asking if they received any money from 1340Gallery and if they heard from them.
Here are a few responses:
"We’ve never heard of the 1340 gallery and they don’t support us at all.
Our advise don’t pay at 1340 gallery."
"Someone else contacted us a few weeks ago - I would avoid paying any money to them.
We have had no contact with them and currently have never received any support from them. We have recently contacted them ask why they have listed us."
“I am honestly not sure what to tell you!
They did reach out to us, and they did make a small contribution to our organization.
It appears they have just found us online and are reaching out to the artists in our database.”
"We are not affiliated with 1340 gallery, they copy-pasted our info onto their website. Please use your own discretion in dealing with them. We are concerned that they are taking money from artists."
“1340gallery is not a member and we have no association with them.”
“We do NOT receive money from this initiative.”
“We have not accepted any donation or support from the organization and also have no relation or partnership with them. ”
1340Gallery, please contact me to return my money as this is obviously a big fraud on the internet and the money from the "contest" does not support the organsations you listed on your website.
UPDATE: 1340Gallery returned my money quickly.
Here is my reply to their answer:
Thanks for returning the money so quickly.
You were also quick in editing your list of supported organisations from 20 down to 3.
I am still confused:
Why would you list organisations on your website as "supported" by your foundation when they have never heard of 1340Gallery before?
Wouldn't it make much more sense to do so AFTER you donated to their organisation and also got their permission to name them on your website?
To which organisations did you donate the money (can you name them)?
I would suggest that instead of taking money from artists for so called contest entries,
you start the good (art) work by being sincere and start donating the money to the organisations you talked about.
Until then I still believe this is a fraud company.
28 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
The causes disaster of 2018. We got excited! We decided that we wanted to donate part of the competition proceedings to art related causes. Our team immediately made a list of 20 charities we wanted to give to. We put them on our website (maybe not very smart). The responses of the causes didn’t come. We wondered if maybe they were not interested in our donations. Only 3 of the 20 were interested. Our plan was to donate smaller amounts on a regular basis. So we immediately transferred our first donations. Then the quarter came to an end. So we needed to focus on the magazine. It would’ve been better if we had just removed the causes that didn’t respond yet. Hindsight is 20/20.
We again apologize for the upset caused. That said, we have chosen to go for a different approach where we focus on one cause per quarter. We need one for Q4 still and would like it if you could you contact us if interested in providing us with the name of any art related non-profit organizations in your country that you would like us to donate to. We will feature them in that edition too then.
Thank you for showcasing my artwork for…
Thank you for showcasing my artwork for the 1340Gallery blog. It is a great place to be for artists. It is also very significant that one can only appear once an invitation has been issued. This ensures the site's high quality as curators and professionals from the international art scene has pre-screened those who are allowed to be featured. I feel honoured and suggest that this system is continued. It would also be useful if this pre-screeing would help artists not working with an actual gallery to be able to showcase their art for art fairs or their committees deciding on attendance, such as in Basel or Brussels, or elsewhere, where without a gallery they cannot appear. At these big art fairs there could be an exhibition area for such artists which were chosen via the 1340 Gallery. This could be a huge boost for everyone in the art world if 1340 Gallery could showcase and physically exhibit at these big international art fairs. Thank you again for the opportunity, Adam Würtz Jr.
28 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Thank you so much for your participation and for your support!
Im not sure what to think
Im not sure what to think. I have read many of the same comments about this magazine contest and they want me to submit my work. Me being excited I did but now they want me to pay? Its very convincing if its a scam. I even created an awesome piece and now im like really? Its fine regardless but its kinda looking like they may a scam and Im broke and would be really sad if I got scammed by them,
24 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Receiving exposure is valuable for an artist. Somehow people question the numbers on our Website. But they are correct (we actually need to update them because they are even higher now). So your work will actually be seen by many people. Some people call it pay to play, but maybe you should view it as an opportunity. We deliberately decided to make pages available for upcoming artists. This means we lose advertisement income. Sorry, but we are still a company and so we need to make up for lost income somehow.
We have the following teams:
Blog team, working on the blog, selecting artists, editing text etc.
YouTube team. Editing RAW video. Finding artists to make a video (Not easy because sometimes people are shy)
Magazine team. Trust me a lot of work and many people are involved.
Support team.
All of this costs money. Our people work hard and deserve fair pay (I hope you agree). Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suit better.
Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suits you better.
Pretty obvious scam
Pretty obvious scam. First they ask you to submit your work, then send you an email that they want to print your work in their magazine, but first you need to pay them $20-30.
They are currently VERY active on Instagram. Beware.
24 March 2018
Unprompted review
Reply from 1340Gallery
Our ‘social’ team consists of 15 scouts who look for artists on Instagram. The team changes a lot, but we want to make sure everybody has their own account. This might result in some inactive accounts still being available on Instagram. We are putting more effort into deleting accounts we are not using. Something very frustrating came to our attention recently. Other people are using our name for their own benefit. They are creating fake accounts and are approaching artists directly. Of course, this is something we are trying to fix but not always possible. We added several warning texts on our Website. So, again, if unsure, please contact us directly.
Receiving exposure is valuable for an artist. Somehow people question the numbers on our Website. But they are correct (we actually need to update them because they are even higher now). So your work will actually be seen by many people. Some people call it pay to play, but maybe you should view it as an opportunity. We deliberately decided to make pages available for upcoming artists. This means we lose advertisement income. Sorry, but we are still a company and so we need to make up for lost income somehow.
We have the following teams:
Blog team, working on the blog, selecting artists, editing text etc.
YouTube team. Editing RAW video. Finding artists to make a video (Not easy because sometimes people are shy)
Magazine team. Trust me a lot of work and many people are involved.
Support team.
All of this costs money. Our people work hard and deserve fair pay (I hope you agree). Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suit better.
Again, we offer you the opportunity. It’s up to you if you enter. You can always tell us it’s not for you, maybe one of our other options suits you better.
All in all, we feel it’s a good deal. You have the chance to get a lot of exposure. Exposure a starting artist would normally not get. Ahh yes, we also believe that when you want something, you need to work for it. So maybe, after you were selected for the magazine and we print you, you should just take the magazine under your arm and start visiting galleries. Show them who you are, what you do. Get yourself out there. Maybe, just maybe, the feature in this magazine gives you the confidence you need to do it.
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