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This is your comprehensive guide on how to prepare your artwork for display. There aren't many requirements, but some have to be met in order to keep the process smooth for everyone.

The Eurofurence Art Show provides panels and hooks for hanging art as well as tables. The panels are sturdy wooden constructs with predrilled pegboard sides where hooks can be inserted. All panels are usable from both sides. The managers lay out the panels in the room to meet a number of requirements. Panels are assigned and cannot be chosen freely. The artists will normally not be able to request a certain layout (you can ask to be placed next to a friend; we try to honor these requests, but don't guarantee it).

Since 2024 we allow the installation of custom light solutions and also decoration.

A full technical documentation and guide on our panels can be found here: Guide to Decoration and Lighting Options (V1.0-20.08.2024)

• You can leave the packaging with the Art Show during the exhibition.
• During setup, you will be given pairs of numbered labels to connect art and packaging, one of which must be hung next to the bidsheet and the other one (with the same number) stuck to the packaging. This allows us to store the packaging elsewhere.
• You need to bundle your packaging in a way that we can easily see what parts belong together (e.g. styrofoam padding, a plastic sheet, and a box). Otherwise we are not able to match the packaging (parts) with the exhibit.
• A buyer will get the packaging handed out together with the art. If you do not want that, please take the packaging with you.
• When picking up unsold art, you will be handed out the packaging again together with the exhibit.
• Unlabeled packaging that can not be matched with an exhibit will be discarded.

• The Art Show allows you to sell your art. Please note that the show doesn't buy art, or sell art to bidders. The Art Show acts exclusively as a mediator in a contract between artist/owner and buyer (selling on commission).
• Each piece of art will have a bidsheet hanging next to the piece which provides information on the artwork, the artist, and more. The bidsheet is used for identification of the art, and for purchasing art. A piece of art is marked as "not for sale" by a special no-sale bidsheet that does not provide the purchase-related part.
• If you don't want to sell a piece, you simply use the no-sale bidsheet by marking it as not-for-sale in the online database, which will automatically select the correct bidsheet. This sheet still gives the visitor all relevant information about the art and the artist, but does not set a price or allow bidding on this piece.
• If you want to sell your art, you use the sales bidsheet. Here, you need to state a minimum price, which is essentially the smallest sum you want to sell the piece for.
• Bidsheets are available through the online database. If you do not have a printer available, you may print them at the convention; however, it is strongly recommended that you print bidsheets before the con to avoid extensive wait times.
• Visitors of the art show may bid on "for sale" pieces by pasting a bid sticker on the corresponding bidsheet. The first bid must meet the minimum price, consecutive bids must exceed the previous bid. The piece is sold to the highest bidder at the end of the show.
• After the closing of the show, the money for winning bids will be collected from the respective bidders in exchange for the art pieces they won and paid for. Once sales all have concluded the collected money for their sold pieces will be handed out to the artists/owners. This is done for practical reasons: Eurofurence does not act as a buyer or reseller. Eurofurence will try to mediate in cases of problematic purchase, but it is up to the artist to verify and claim their money.
• Unsold pieces (having no bid) or "Not for sale" pieces are returned to the owner at the end of the art show.
• Please note that any and all additional obligations like sales tax or income tax declarations have to be fulfilled by the artist/owner. Eurofurence expects all sellers to be fully aware of their responsibilities in accordance with applicable law in Germany as well as their country of origin and will neither assist nor advise on these matters.