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What I learned from 200+ hours of researching highly successful artists
A summary of Science of Art posts from 2023
 • Shagun Singh
Think You're Failing as an Artist? You Need to Read This.
A Quick Foreword on My ‘Failed’ (or Maybe Successful?) Career
 • Shagun Singh
How not to be a (very) poor artist: Part 1
Lessons on gift economy when market economy is not cutting it
 • Shagun Singh
The Nail Bed: What Endurance Art Teaches Fine Artists About Surviving
In 1978, a Taiwanese artist named Tehching Hsieh locked himself inside a wooden cage in his lower Manhattan loft and didn’t come out for a year.
 • Shagun Singh
On Building a Sustainable Practice in 15 hrs/Wk increments
Being a systems thinker with ADHD, two small kids, and a multidisciplinary practice that refuses to fit in one box , and what I'm actually doing about…
 • Shagun Singh
The Anti-Hustle Guide to Building a Life in Art
Why most business advice fails artists and what actually works instead.
 • Shagun Singh
Why I’m Done Competing With 200 Artists at a Time
A real experiment in agency, timing, and follow-through for 2026
 • Shagun Singh
Launching an Art Career at 48 and Achieving Fame with Gucci Collaboration at 50
Revisiting the melancholic and enigmatic art of Helen Downie a year later
 • Shagun Singh
The Real Future of Art Isn’t in Museums
It’s in hospitals, climate labs, and city offices, where artists are redesigning how the world functions.
 • Shagun Singh
What If Artists Owned Patreon?
Exploring commons-based models that put artists at the center of the economy.
 • Shagun Singh
The Wrong Art World: On Misalignment in the Creative Economy
In 2023, art critic Ben Davis wrote a scathing review of Devon Rodriguez’s solo show, Underground. Rodriguez, who skyrocketed to fame via TikTok for his…
 • Shagun Singh
How not to be a (very) poor artist: Part 2
Building a Life Without Burnout or Bosses
 • Shagun Singh
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