You can just register directly for the Biennale.
If you can make it through the committee's preliminary selection, you can participate in the exhibition even without a penny.
There's no preliminary selection for art fairs; everyone can participate, and basically, if you do, you're likely to sell your paintings. For a small artist, attending once and having the average price of their works double or triple is quite common.
Everything is great, except… booths cost money.
With naked, clear price tags.
A lot of money, an enormous amount.
The Ota Art Gallery where Professor Yakai Ichiro works attended the San Diego Art Show in the United States the year before last, which is one of the more popular art fairs in the world.
Several large galleries in North America participate almost every year.
The quote that Ota Art Gallery received at that time — for renting a tiny booth on the perimeter where few artists' works could be displayed, was $600,000.
