I walked into a gallery once for a portfolio review and the space told me more in thirty seconds than the gallerist did in an hour. White walls, sure, but the lighting was wrong, the work on the walls was all the same size, nothing was challenging anything. I already knew it wasn't for me before we sat down. I think we spend so much time worrying about what to say in these meetings and not enough time reading the room itself. The way they hang other artists, the kind of work they show, whether they take risks or play it safe, it's all there. What's the fastest a gallery has told you it wasn't the right fit, just by being itself?
