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Tenacious Little Monkey helps artists tell the stories behind their work.
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Meta’s aggressive data practices have broken the relationship between artists and Instagram. Algorithms limit organic reach and feed non-consensual AI models data to train replacements, and recent legal injunctions are only a temporary pause in big tech’s data-mining push.
Some artists are now ditching Instagram altogether. Others are maintaining the status quo.
The underlying anxiety remains the same: If you unplug from the world’s premier visual discovery engine, how do you continue communicating with the collector audience, booking exhibitions and marketing your life’s work?
Breathe easy. Artists do not need Meta to build or maintain a sustainable career.
Contemporary art’s post-Instagram era belongs to owned media — digital channels that artists control lock, stock and barrel, blissfully free from corporate data harvesting and algorithmic extortion.
Tenacious Little Monkey’s latest blog unpacks what you need to know to transition from an unpaid content creator subject to a tech oligarch’s whims to a self-sovereign publisher building a tiny media empire solely on your terms. Link in bio.
#tenaciouslittlemonkey #fractionalcontentmarketing #ownedmedia #contemporaryart #arteconomy
IMAGE: “Rock Drillers” by Harry Gottlieb, 1939
05 Nov 2026
Screenprinting is the ultimate hands-on creative experience. Find out for yourself at POP!NK Editions’ all-ages Halloween Party live screenprinting event.
Join POP!NK (@popinked) Saturday, Oct. 24 for your chance to hand-pull one of six different paper Halloween masks inspired by spooky-season icon Ben Cooper Inc. (@bencooperco), whose costumes-in-a-box define trick or treating for generations of American kids.
Cooper, the so-called “Halston of Halloween,” designed costumes and sets for Harlem’s celebrated Cotton Club and Broadway’s long-running Ziegfeld Follies before he and brother Nat turned to industrial manufacturing in 1937. The Coopers’ Brooklyn factory mass-produced vinyl smocks and vacuum-formed plastic masks by the millions, transforming holiday retail by securing character licenses from partners like the Walt Disney Co., Marvel and DC Comics, and Lucasfilm — in effect, shifting Halloween merchandising from traditional, unbranded ghosts, witches and goblins to a marketplace driven by intellectual property.
Revisit your memories of Halloween costumes past, and let your kids make memories of their own, while you learn the fundamentals of screenprinting under the direct tutelage of POP!NK’s master printers. You can take home your Halloween mask as-is, or color it using provided crayons, colored pencils, markers or ink.
Collectors, take note: POP will have for sale rare and one-of-a-kind prints from its archive, featuring work from some of today’s most compelling talents. There will also be exclusive Halloween items, as well as seasonal treats, water and beer.
To attend, please email [email protected]. Tell ‘em Tenacious Little Monkey sent you.
P.S. Yes, that’s a very young me in photo number 7, and no, I don’t know what the hell that is on my chin, either.
#tenaciouslittlemonkey #popinked #screenprint #artcollectors #halloween2026
13 Oct 2026
Tenacious Little Monkey works pro bono for noise rock bands seeking competent bassists.
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09 Oct 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how the world does business, and the contemporary art market is no exception. Eighty-four percent of gallery professionals have utilized AI in the workplace, with nearly four in ten owners and staffers leveraging AI-powered tools on a regular basis, according to a survey conducted in early 2026 by art collector intelligence platform First Thursday.
Most of these galleries use some form of generative AI — text, images, music, video and code conjured by software in response to a human prompt or request. Gallery staffers turn to gen AI to produce and/or polish marketing materials like press releases, artist biographies and collector emails, First Thursday found; other commonplace applications include language translation, research, social media and administration.
AI is extremely helpful for automating routine administrative tasks and day-to-day gallery operations — no arguments there. But handing over the reins to your content marketing? Letting artificial intelligence speak on your gallery’s behalf?! That’s an altogether different matter.
AI-generated content marketing poses profound risks to five pillars of your business:
1. Brand voice
2. Online search visibility
3. Reputation and authority
4. Financial planning and budgeting
5. Data security
Learn how via Tenacious Little Monkey’s newest blog post, “Five ways AI-generated content marketing threatens your gallery’s brand, reputation and future.” Link in bio.
#tenaciouslittlemonkey #fractionalcontentmarketing #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfTech #FutureOfArt
IMAGE: ‘Capuchin Swing’ by Jackie McLean, Blue Note Records 1960; cover design by Reid Miles, cover photography by Francis Wolff (Number 3 in the ‘Monkeys in Art’ series)
15 Sep 2026
No clicks is the new normal.
More and more, consumers get answers to their search queries directly from the search engine results page or an artificial intelligence tool, never once clicking through to an external website — a new information discovery paradigm known as zero-click search.
Zero-click search rewrites the rules of digital engagement by delivering immediate gratification: synthesized, conversational answers aggregated in real time from multiple web sources, a dramatic leap forward from the ranked lists of blue links supplied by traditional search engines. Sixty-eight percent of all Google searches now resolve without a single outbound click.
Remaining relevant in a zero-click world means emphasizing on-page visibility, brand authority and share of voice — i.e., ensuring content is consistently and prominently cited directly inside search results.
Artists and galleries must take decisive action to avoid getting lost in the shuffle. Learn how via Tenacious Little Monkey’s newest blog post, “How zero-click search scrambled online discovery — and how storytelling helps artists and galleries get seen.” Link in bio.
#tenaciouslittlemonkey #fractionalcontentmarketing #zeroclicksearch #storytelling #marketingagency
IMAGE: “Two Monkeys” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562 (Number 2 in the ‘Monkeys in Art’ series)
29 Jul 2026
Stories are the lifeblood of collecting art.
Collectors invest in the “why” behind the work — what inspired it, what it represents and how it fits into the broader cultural zeitgeist. A clear, concise and compelling narrative:
• Fosters a deeper, more powerful connection between the artist and the audience
• Boosts the work’s relatability and accessibility
• Captures for posterity the artist’s ideas and intentions, increasing desirability and long-term financial appreciation
But telling stories that capture the collector’s imagination requires time and energy — resources in desperately short supply for galleries, artists and small businesses of all shapes and sizes.
Enter fractional content marketing.
A fractional content marketer is an editorial director, content strategist and system designer all rolled into one — a storyteller who transforms the relationship between the collector and the work, boosting engagement and increasing revenue long after the exhibition closes.
Learn more about what fractional content marketing can do for the art you sell via Tenacious Little Monkey’s new blog post, “What is fractional content marketing, and how does it help artists and galleries?” Link in bio.
IMAGE: “Monkey” by Georges Seurat, 1884 (Number 1 in the ‘Monkeys in Art’ series)
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25 Jul 2026
Tenacious Little Monkey finally has a website. Discover what fractional content marketing can do for your next gallery exhibition, print release or special project.
Link in bio.
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09 Jul 2026
You are looking at an advance copy of ‘Wanderland: 1991-2026,’ the first comprehensive volume celebrating the career of Collin van der Sluijs (@collinvandersluijs).
‘Wanderland: 1991-2026’ juxtaposes Collin’s exploits as a painter, muralist and graffiti writer with the human moments that define him in his roles as husband, son, father and friend — a modern-day Dutch master’s 35-year odyssey across the Netherlands and across the universe, from concrete to canvas and back again. Tenacious Little Monkey was deeply honored to contribute the book’s introductory essay.
‘Wanderland: 1991-2026’ is available for pre-order now ahead of its official release on Friday, July 10, coinciding with the opening of Collin’s newest solo exhibition, also titled ‘Wanderland,’ presented by Vertical Gallery (@verticalgallery) in partnership with Chicago’s Joy Machine Gallery (@joymachine.art). Visit Vertical’s website to secure your copy.
#tenaciouslittlemonkey #collinvandersluijs #wanderland #verticalgallery #joymachine
24 Jun 2026
Stuff that stopped me in my tracks (NYC June 2026 edition):
1. “You in New York” (Liu Shuishi, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, 501 West 23rd St.) @liushuishi @is.gallery.nyc
2. “Ellis Immigrants” (Eduardo Kobra, 16 Clarkson St.) @kobrastreetart
3. “Sun Twins” (Raven Halfmoon, Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St.) @ravenhalfmoon @whitneymuseum
4. “Steve” (Barkley L. Hendricks, Whitney Museum)
5. “Rat on a Scooter” (GOAT, 10th Ave. and 23rd St.) @go4tart
6. “Black Hole Tondo” (Ryan McGinness, Rago/Wright, 501 W. 20th St.) @mcginnessworks @ragoauctions
7. “The Middle Way” (Jessica Helfand, Jim Kempner Fine Art, 501 W. 23rd St.) @jessicahelfand @jimkempnerfineart
8. “Via Crucis IV” (Carmen de Monteflores, Whitney Museum)
9. “I Saw the Future and It Smiled Back” (Taína H. Cruz, Gansevoort St. and Washington Ave.) @virtualtai
10. “Andy Warhol” (Alice Neel, Whitney Museum)
11. “Hydropolis” (Vesod, 531 W. 21st St.) @vesod
12. Title/Artist Unknown (Hotel Chelsea, 222 West 23rd St.) @hotelchelsea
13. “Rubik Never Mind (the Bollocks)” (Invader, Rago/Wright) @invaderwashere
14. “To the Morning Light” (Teresa Baker, Whitney Museum) @tttttbaker
15. “Clinging” (JR, Hudson St. and Spring St.) @jr
16. “Marilyn Pursued by Death” (Rosalyn Drexler, Whitney Museum)
17. “Loneliness” (Keith Haring, ‘Keith Haring: A World in Motion,’ 60 White St.) @sixtywhite
18. “Tolerance” (Eduardo Kobra, 130 10th Ave.)
19. “The Letter” (Jacob Lawrence, Whitney Museum)
20. Graffiti (126 10th Ave.)
#tenaciouslittlemonkey #newyorkcityart #contemporaryart #streetart #murals
21 Jun 2026
Vertical Gallery (@verticalgallery) makes its return to South Florida for the 19th installment of Aqua Art Miami (@artmiamifairs), kicking off Wednesday, Dec. 3 in conjunction with the citywide Miami Art Week contemporary and modern art fair.
Vertical is exhibiting 13 artists at Aqua Art Miami 2025, presented here in alphabetical order:
1. “Transformation,” Adam Augustyn (@adammaugustyn)
2. “Amaretto Sour No. 6,” Andria Beighton (@andriabeighton)
3. “Golden Hour,” Blake Jones (@blake_jones)
4. “Live in the Moment,” CABNOV (@cab_nov)
5. “Character Research 4,” Collin van der Sluijs (@collinvandersluijs)
6. “Free Bird,” Flog (@flogartwork)
7. “Catch Me If You Can,” Jamie Jones (@just.jamie.jones)
8. “Resistance,” Jennifer Cronin (@jennifercroninart)
9. “You’ve forced my hand…,” Jerome Tiunayan (@gohomejerome)
10. “Blend In,” Joseph Renda Jr. (@j.renda_artist)
11. “They’re Always with You (weathering),” Laura Catherwood (@laura.catherwood)
12. “Emotions #11,” Sergio Farfán (@farfanart)
13. “Follow the Light! The Light is Your Guide! (Transmute),” Troy Lee (@_troy.lee_)
Find profiles and Q&As spotlighting all 13 artists on Vertical’s website. Link in bio.
#verticalgallery #aquaartmiami #artmiami #artmiamifairs
01 Dec 2025
Movie Night is a new zine celebrating movies and cinema culture, curated, designed and edited by Chicago artist Blake Jones (@blake_jones). The first issue features contributions from illustrators, designers and writers from across the globe — including Tenacious Little Monkey, who delivered an essay on longtime Fox Movietone News cameraman Al Brick’s idiosyncratic ‘Looney Lens’ series, launched in 1924 to spotlight the latest advances in motion picture special effects.
“The spirit of these films is aptly described in a Fox library index card: ‘Crazy cameraman with a looney lens let loose in mad Manhattan finds the city all jazzed up,’” writes Daniela Currò, Director of Moving Image Research Collections at the University of South Carolina, which houses the Fox Movietone News Collection. “By using trick photography, various glass filters and a mirror ball, Brick and his colleagues go around town and shoot footage in different locations, from affluent Fifth Avenue to working-class Tenth Avenue, providing a lighthearted portrait of New York City. Streets bustling with people, cars, streetcars, as well as with old-fashioned horse-drawn carriages, are photographed in wide angles; well-known buildings — the Woolworth building in Lower Broadway was then the world’s tallest — spin around and bend, and bodies and faces are pulled out of shape.”
Movie Night Vol. 1 is on sale now. Link in bio.
#movienight #zine #albrick #looneylens #specialeffects #newyorkcity
05 Oct 2025
Chicago painter extraordinaire Laura Catherwood just published her first book, ‘Gestures from the Field.’ Its 176 pages trace Laura’s six-year career backwards in time, beginning with her contributions to Vertical Gallery’s new group show ‘The Scenic Route’ (on display at its West Town location through Saturday, Sept. 27) and culminating with her big-bang moment — a “monstery” depiction of a snail, featured in the 2019 installment of now-defunct Line Dot Editions’ annual juried show. Tenacious Little Monkey was deeply honored to write the book’s opening essay.
‘Gestures from the Field’ is on sale now at Vertical Gallery (@verticalgallery) There are two versions: a first edition of 125 copies, each signed by Laura (@laura.catherwood), as well as a special edition of just 25 copies, each with its own unique original sketch.
ABOVE: “Weird Upon Reflection,” Laura’s commissioned portrait of TLM’s vice president of barketing (framed behind glass, hence the unflattering photo/unintentional reflection weirdness)
#lauracatherwood #verticalgallery #chicagoart #borderterrier
07 Sep 2025
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