We’ve talked about social media on this blog before, but in a fairly introductory way. Artists are getting increasingly used to the fact that they can use the social media tools they find online as valuable components of their artistic lives, and this post will look at a few of the main advantages that some of Agora Gallery’s Facebook fans love about their active involvement in the social world on the internet.

The first point to note is that social media has the potential to give real, tangible benefit to those who use it, in the sense of helping to build artistic careers and find opportunities. It’s often assumed that the ‘social’ aspect means that it’s just for fun, something that should be indulged in only when there’s time and entirely as a leisure [...]