The Artist’s Roadmap – Practical Strategies for a Career in Art

The brand new Delphian book

The Artist’s Roadmap

The new Delphian Gallery book

A product image of the front cover of the Delphian Gallery book The Artist's Roadmap

The Artist’s Roadmap is a pocket-sized career guide for early-career artists, written from our direct experience of working within the contemporary art world. We’re not into empty-optimism or gatekeeping, and so it’s a practical, honest book about what it really means to build and sustain a professional practice today. 

We wrote this book as a follow up to our first publication Navigating The Art World: Professional Practice for the Early-Career Artist, which introduced artists to the systems, relationships, and frameworks that shape contemporary practice. The Artist’s Roadmap takes that conversation much further, focusing on practical strategies and professional conduct needed to foster ongoing relationships with your contemporaries and galleries, as well as the often invisible admin work that goes into sustaining an artistic career.

 
It’s published by the renowned Thames & Hudson, who we are incredibly excited to be working with. 

Where to order your copy

UK

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Waterstones

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France

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Spain

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Europe

Belgium

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Germany

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Lehmanns

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Sweden

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Denmark

William Dam

Poland

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Portugal

Bertrand Livreiros

Canada

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North America

Mexico

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USA

Amazon

W. W. Norton

Barnes & Noble

bookshop.org

Argentina

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South America

Colombia

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Ecuador

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Australia

Avenue Bookstore

Sanity

Booktopia

Oceania

New Zealand

Fishpond

Japan

Amazon

Asia/Middle East

UAE

Amazon

Europe

UK

Amazon UK
Waterstones

Belgium

Amazon BE
BOL

Denmark

William Dam

France

Amazon FR

Germany

Amazon DE
Lehmanns
Kultur Kaufhaus

Poland

Amazon PL

Portugal

Bertrand Livreiros

Spain

Amazon ES
Busca Libre

Sweden

Amazon SE

North America

Canada

Amazon CA
Awesome Books
Indigo

Mexico

Busca Libre

USA

Amazon
W. W. Norton
Barnes & Noble
Bookshop.org

South America

Argentina

Busca Libre

Colombia

Busca Libre

Ecuador

Busca Libre

Oceania

Australia

Avenue Bookstore
Booktopia
Sanity

New Zealand

Fishpond

Asia/Middle East

Japan

Amazon JP

UAE

Amazon AE

What’s covered in the book

  • The one single thing that will improve your arts career
  • Taking care of business
  • What is an “Emerging Artist”?
  • Is art school necessary?
  • Going full-time
  • Do I need a studio?
  • Finding lost inspiration
  • The futile pursuit of perfection
  • The importance of critique
  • Why read art history?
  • The trappings of social media
  • Putting your best foot forward
  • Being easy to work with
  • Not losing the joy
  • Taking care of your mental health – by Lori Fitzgerald
  • Our most requested questions
  • How do I create my own signature style?
  • Approaching galleries
  • What galleries want
  • Proving your value
  • Why others are getting noticed
  • Starting something yourself
  • The exhibition checklist
  • The edges of identity – by Wingshan
  • The artist’s toolkit
  • The ruinous effect of the empty page
  • Writing about your work
  • Writing your artist CV
  • Writing your artist statement
  • On being an artist and a parent – by Dr Charley Peters
  • Open calls
  • Payment or exposure?
  • Selling your work
  • Controlling your output
  • Being represented
  • What does a consignment agreement look like?
  • Operating outside the traditional gallery model
  • Shipping sold works
  • Cataloguing, authenticity and proof
  • Filing your taxes
  • Making an invoice
  • What does success look like?

With 42 in-depth chapters covering a huge variety of topics, The Artist’s Roadmap is a perfect source of information for every aspect of an artistic career.

  • The one single thing that will improve your arts career
  • Taking care of business
  • What is an “Emerging Artist”?
  • Is art school necessary?
  • Going full-time
  • Do I need a studio?
  • Finding lost inspiration
  • The futile pursuit of perfection
  • The importance of critique
  • Why read art history?
  • The trappings of social media
  • Putting your best foot forward
  • Being easy to work with
  • Not losing the joy
  • Taking care of your mental health – by Lori Fitzgerald
  • Our most requested questions
  • How do I create my own signature style?
  • Approaching galleries
  • What galleries want
  • Proving your value
  • Why others are getting noticed
  • Starting something yourself
  • The exhibition checklist
  • The edges of identity – by Wingshan
  • The artist’s toolkit
  • The ruinous effect of the empty page
  • Writing about your work
  • Writing your artist CV
  • Writing your artist statement
  • On being an artist and a parent – by Dr Charley Peters
  • Open calls
  • Payment or exposure?
  • Selling your work
  • Controlling your output
  • Being represented
  • What does a consignment agreement look like?
  • Operating outside the traditional gallery model
  • Shipping sold works
  • Cataloguing, authenticity and proof
  • Filing your taxes
  • Making an invoice
  • What does success look like?
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