Today, one of my paintings was accepted into a local art gallery. It would've been a dream come true, had my "best friend" not submitted it under her own name and taken all the credit. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I turned in my best painting yet for a scholarship competition. For once in my life, I was actually proud of a piece I'd done. I ended up losing the scholarship to some dickface who'd basically just glued together some crap from the dollar store and called it conceptual art. FML
Today, my roommate asked for my opinion of her new painting. The same painting I hand-painted for over ten hours. She apparently thought it was a gift. She won't give it back. FML
Today, I found out that my art project, the one I've been working on for the last two weeks and the first piece I felt really comfortable about turning in, was stolen out of the art cupboard. FML
Today, I moved into my new apartment complex. I left some items including a cherished painting my best friend made for me outside the front door while I moved furniture into my bedroom. When I went back outside, someone had kicked a huge hole in the painting. Welcome to the neighborhood. FML
Today, after months of hard work, planning, and preparation, I held the reception for my first art show at a gallery. Nobody showed up. FML
Today, my wife sold her first painting and was so proud of herself, until she found the buyer online and realized his YouTube page is full of videos where he paints over horrible art and turns it into good art. Her painting was on it, and yes, he visibly improved it and yes, my wife is raging at me. FML
Today, it was my first big time art show. To celebrate I went out to lunch with some people whose work was also there. When we got back, police were everywhere. Someone had broken in and stolen all of the art. All except mine. Even burglars don't want my art. FML
Today, I finished a painting I'd spent 3 weeks working on for an exhibition. When I came back from lunch, my cat was perched above it on my desk. He looked at me, then down at the painting, then jumped down onto it. He slipped and smeared the wet paint everywhere, ruining the whole thing. FML
Today, I spent the whole night and day painting a portrait of my girlfriend. Being proud of it, I sent it to her hoping she would appreciate it. I spent hours working on that picture only for her to reply with, "That's not me, is it?" FML
Today, I lost an art contest to some talentless arsepipe whose piece was literally just a broken heart crudely drawn in her own blood. FML
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peasonearth 8
You've got a shitty best friend there. Did you not sign your painting?
lilhellian 27
This is a case where you can sue.. She already showed she is a bitch and not a real friend..
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kirasant 19
This isn't unfixable. I'm a professional artist and I've been around galleries and (more importantly) gallery owners for a while now. Plagiarism is a serious crime in the art community and if you speak with the gallery owner about this, it's unlikely to be brushed aside. Here's what you do. Go in at a dead time for the gallery, ask to speak to the manager or the owner privately. If the customers hear that the gallery is suspected of hanging a stolen piece, it could damage their reputation, so show them the courtesy of being discrete. Bring with you examples of your other work, current examples (have at least one original with you unless you work digitally). It should be very apparent to a gallery manager that they're from the same artist. Then explain how the piece was stolen (the thief is your "friend" with access to your work). If they need further proof, put the ball in their court and ask what else they need from you. Be polite and understanding. A gallery has no reason to doubt that the person bringing in the piece isn't the artist. As long as you stay calm and steady when dealing with them, I'm sure this situation will resolve itself nicely.
Geometric 18
Was just about to recommend doing something like this, also if your friend was stupid enough to take a signed copy of your work, just compare the signature on the painting. Good luck OP!!
kirasant 19
One more thing. Always mark your pieces. I'm not talking about a proper signature on the front. Some pieces just don't work with that, but who sees the back of your work? On the back of every finished piece should be your name (printed and legible) and, if you want, the name of the piece and/or the date and/or anything you might want someone to know. Theft isn't the only way a piece can get lost, so take measures to ensure that anything that's finished is marked with your name. Things get lost and you never know who might find it. Be careful that the pen you're using doesn't come through of course, and don't use pencil, for obvious reasons. If your paintings are on stretched canvas, the wooden frame is a great place to put some info.
lowshadows 21
sleep with her bf and call it even. she took credit for your work, you took her bf. hopefully she has a boyfriend. i hate backstabbing bitches.
cece_miless 8
Need new friends. So sorry !!
blackpuddle 30
I'm so angry for you that someone did this too you! I'm seconding the suggestions above of discreetly talking to the person in charge of the gallery and making sure you mark all your work from now on. I hope you get this worked out!
jlarae12 10
Wow. Isn't that fraud or something?
Snowcones 14
"Best friend" . What a bitch.
Felmacar 4
I would hit the bitch in the face with the same painting she's stealing.
mrs_morales1126 5
I seriously hope you signed it
MykeGregory 9
Ditch your "Friend" lol.
evergrey 4
I hope that you set things straight with the gallery!