Artists Are Funding Meta Ads That Can’t Reach Collectors
Artists spend €20–100 a month on Meta Ads that mostly reach other artists. Here’s why the system doesn’t convert and never really did.
Catapult - uncensored
Unfiltered commentary on contemporary art, digital culture, and the gallery ecosystem. Catapult Uncensored delivers sharp editorial perspectives through Monday Bitch's weekly takes and Dominique's Lost in Translation, honest voices cutting through the art world's noise with clarity and edge.
Does It Matter Where an Artist Begins, or Only What They Create?
Whether self-taught or schooled, artists confront the same questions about creativity and career. This piece looks at what really shapes an artistic path today.
Why Doesn’t Art Get an ’80s Fashion Meltdown Moment?
Art has had its own terrible eras, only hidden under taste, history and debate. A short rant on cringe cycles, the art world, artists, and cultural nostalgia.
Why Does December Turn Sparkle, Stress and Glitter Into an Existential Crisis?
Because December turns everyday chaos into sparkle, making mess feel magical and glitter the easiest way to stay joyful.
Why Did We Let Christmas Art Become a Shopping Mall?
Christmas art was once theology, conflict, power, and fear. Now it is scented candles and Q4 marketing. The downgrade says more about us than about the holiday.
Who Knew Saving the Planet Would Look This Good?
Green thinking is more than a trend, artists, galleries, and collectors are rewriting the rules with conscience, creativity, and a touch of compostable glamour.
Why Do ‘Emerging Artist’ Opportunities Still Have an Age Limit?
Open calls and residencies often define ‘emerging artist’ as under 35, but real art careers don’t expire. Here’s why age limits in the art world are outdated.
Who Really Builds an Artist’s Career, and Who Just Collects the Credit
Small galleries invest time, risk, and belief. Mega galleries arrive when it is safe. Everyone pretends this is just how careers work.
What Happened to Jerry Gogosian’s Mission?
Once the art world’s sharpest critic, Jerry Gogosian now sounds like the system she used to expose, and no one knows why.
Building Shadows Together: How Minecraft Rewrote the Architecture of Community
Millions learn visual thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration in games, without calling it art. What kind of artists emerge when creation becomes the default?
Is the Art Fair Era Cracking or Evolving?
2025 was the year art fairs stopped performing and started changing. Collaboration reshaped visibility and community as the art world prepared for 2026.
Engage, Bitches!
Monday Bitch #4: Posting on Instagram and vanishing? That’s not mysterious, it’s invisible. Community is currency. Speak up or fade out.
Which social fits your voice today: Instagram, TikTok, or LinkedIn?
Because they sell different things. Instagram sells applause, TikTok sells talk, LinkedIn sells outcomes. Use each on purpose or get used by them.
Who Profits When Art is Resold? Spoiler: Not the Artist!
Visual artists don’t get royalties when their work resells, even if it sells for ten times more. Maybe it’s time that changed.
How necessary is a personal website as an artist? And are websites still a thing?
Yes. Think Neo seeing the Matrix. Once you switch it on, the noise drops and the work reads. Catapult - uncensored
Can Artists Be Replaced?
Let the tool make pictures. Artists make meaning. That’s non-replaceable.
Who gets paid when fashion says it “loves art”?
Often the brand banks it and calls it inspiration. The rare proper collab names and pays the artist. Same runway, two scripts, very different endings.
The Politics of Showing Art
Can we separate art from politics? Why showing a Russian artist feels wrong while a Ghanaian feels right, a reflection on bias and art’s true freedom.