OSC: Selling Art Today - Galleries, Clients, and Digital Platforms with Jackie Sarafopoulos

Weds 8 April, 6pm-8pm at TOSH

Tickets: £7.50 donation

Join Jackie Sarafopoulos, Freelance Art Consultant, Founder of Jackie Sarafopoulos, and Owner/Director of Modern Contemporary Art - a gallery developed to buy and sell artwork - for an insightful talk at TOSH to explore different ways of selling your artwork.

Throughout the talk Jackie will share her industry knowledge and experience of the current art market, and what to expect from it as an artist. The talk will focus on working with different galleries and clients, as well as sharing useful platforms to showcase and sell your work.

This talk is open to visual artists at any stage of their career, with a particular interest in selling your artwork or a curiosity to do so. There will be time for questions and discussions towards the end of the session.

About Jackie Sarafopoulos

Jackie Sarafopoulos is a Freelance Art Consultant and Founder of Jackie Sarafopoulos, and Owner/Director of Modern Contemporary Art Gallery. With more than 30 years’ experience across the visual arts sector, she has worked extensively in curation, exhibitions, collections management, and cultural strategy.

Her specialist expertise includes working with trusts and foundations, arts education, curatorial practice, interpretation, and promotion. She brings significant project and operations management experience, collaborating with charitable, educational, voluntary, community, commercial, and cultural organisations.

Jackie is passionate about developing innovative, audience-focused projects in partnership with cultural organisations. Her remit includes securing funding from government bodies, private donors, community groups, and charitable funders to deliver collaborative, multi-disciplinary and site-specific commissions with local, national, and international artists. These projects are designed to engage new audiences and encourage meaningful participation.

She represents artists and artists’ estates, develops strategic approaches for community stakeholders, and regularly mentors artists while supporting undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Jackie maintains strong links across both the commercial art market and the not-for-profit sector. She currently serves on the Collections and Exhibitions Advisory Committee at Pallant House Gallery.

About Modern Contemporary Art Gallery

Modern Contemporary Art is a UK-based online gallery and art advisory founded in 2021 by Jackie Sarafopoulos. The platform is dedicated to the sourcing, presentation, and sale of modern and contemporary artworks, with a particular emphasis on works on paper.

Its carefully curated collection spans a diverse range of media, including lithographs, screenprints, etchings, linocuts, monoprints, and woodcuts, alongside drawings, watercolours, and a select group of original paintings and sculpture. The gallery works closely with artist estates, established galleries, collectors, and charitable trusts, fostering relationships built on transparency, ethical practice, and rigorous scholarship.

By bridging historical and contemporary practices, Modern Contemporary Art showcases works by a wide range of artists — from 19th- and 20th-century masters to significant figures in post-war and modern British art.

Beyond sales, the gallery offers personalised advisory services to private collectors, institutions, and corporate clients. These include collection management, acquisition strategy, provenance research, and guidance on authentication, conservation, and framing. It also supports new collectors, providing advice on building cohesive and meaningful collections over time.

While primarily operating online, the gallery maintains an active presence at public exhibitions, art fairs, and print-focused events across the UK, including the Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair. Through this hybrid model, Modern Contemporary Art aims to make high-quality, collectible works more accessible to a wider audience, combining traditional connoisseurship with a modern, digital-first approach.

About OSC

Open School Creative is a collaboration between BEAF Arts Co and TOSH (The Old School House) to support our community of artists and their artistic development at all stages of their career. OSC events and workshops are for artists interested in collaboration, skills development, community and networking.

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