Quite Great is an international and nationally recognised art PR agency with many years of experience. Respected in the industry by a multitude of different clients in varying industries, we are one of the most creative, and proactive marketing agencies in the UK. This is why we’re confident that we can help you too – contact us today, and let’s talk about your PR and marketing requirements.
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At Quite Great we listen to our clients because your business is our business and we know that it is often the little things that make all the difference. Whether you are a sculptor, artist, art photographer, travel photographer, nature photographer, whatever your specific skill this is your focus and talent and therefore an area we will focus on to gain media attention, because ultimately this will be what you are best at. A successful campaign involves a variety of PR skills and experience, from blogs to print and TV media.
Quite Great Art PR department are proud to be working with the very talented ‘Sculptor who paints’ Romany Mark Bruce, helping to raise his profile through social media, content features and PR.
Romany Mark Bruce – ‘The Sculptor Who Paints’
Attracting National & International Acclaim In The Art World
Romany Mark Bruce, Ireland born and Brighton based, is a highly accomplished sculptor and painter whose work has attracted both national and international acclaim and whose works are collected worldwide. Creator and designer of the striking ‘TAY’ sculpture, the Brighton and Hove AIDS Memorial, unveiled by David Furnish, which has now become an iconic landmark in Brighton.
Romany’s work continues to develop and evolve with changing times, embracing human form, nature and colour as key influences in his works. Having originally trained as a lawyer, specialising in brain injury and clinical negligence, this obsession with the brain, the body and how the muscles work has had a huge influence on Bruce’s figurative abstract impressionist pieces, both in art and sculpture. His latest works display his detailed focus with abstract expressionism as well as the powerful impact of colour in art. Painting with palette knives, Romany describes himself as, ‘a sculptor who paints.’ With a distinctive style and talent that has attracted art critics throughout the world, Romany’s artistic influence continues to develop with ongoing projects. His art was also chosen to feature across Paris for the Paris Metropolitan Exhibition. Early 2024 promises more exciting releases from Romany, including a painting to be auctioned for the Francesco Foundation and the publication of his art book, entitled ‘Sculpting Colour’.
Anil Kumar – Colour & Humour Contemporary Art
Anil Kumar, known as AK is an artist whose love for art developed as a young child and has remained at the core of his passions as his career has developed over the years. Having successfully dabbled in engineering, eventually graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Management Studies from Bradford University, he inevitably returned in 2015, to his love of art and is now exhibiting across the world.
At Quite Great we listen to our clients because your business is our business and we know that it is often the little things that make all the difference. Whether you are an art photographer, travel photographer, nature photographer, whatever your specific skill this is your focus and talent and therefore an area we will focus on to gain media attention, because ultimately this will be what you are best at. A successful campaign involves a variety of PR skills and experience, from blogs to print and TV media.
Quite Great Art PR department are proud to be working with the very talented fine art artist Marie-Therese King helping to raise her profile through social media, content features and PR.
Marie -Therese’s passion for British wildlife, in particular, birds, butterflies wild flowers and insects is evident in her beautifully detailed work, which covers many art forms, with her main discipline being batik, the ancient Indonesian art-form of layering melted wax and water based dyes on cotton to create delicate and exquisite designs.
Coming from a family of horticulturists, gardeners, bird watchers and keen walkers where her back garden ranged from fruit orchards to the Cotswold hills, she is constantly drawing and observing what is around her, absorbing the beauty of nature and wildlife.
Marie-Therese also runs art holiday workshops in Portugal, which have become the ultimate in escapism and relaxation for the nature artist lovers.
Combining artistic design with practical use is always a great achievement, especially in these times when we need to think more economically in so many areas and our artistic home additions are a good place to start. We were excited to work with Tunetables, who epitomised this ethos. These tunetables are stylish pieces of furniture which can incorporate all forms of music collections and fit into your home as a piece of art in themselves. Art and furniture, of course are perfect companions, throw in the mix of functionality and we have classic everlasting designs, from Victorian metamorphic library steps to contemporary tunetables, the world of furniture and art has always been exciting. These Tunetables were exhibited in Beak Street, London gallery, where they blended perfectly and it was great to see art and form connect with these ever changing works of art.
David Hicks describes his work as ‘Art journalism meets social comment. Hick’s exhibition work is unique and fascinating; he has created what he calls ‘Photomentary’, where his photographs are printed onto their appropriate substrate for the project.
Raising the profile of a photojournalist is important for their reputation not only in the art world but of course amongst galleries, curators, collectors, and buyers. Successful attention-grabbing PR campaigns like this enable an artist and his work to reach a much wider audience and obviously the more people that know about your work the better!
Flux Exhibition, Greenwich
Flux Exhibition, Greenwich
We were proud to be involved with the work of the very talented street photographer David Hicks, whose work achieved excellent PR coverage across national, international and regional media, including print media, radio and TV. Some of the publications featuring Hicks work included Arts Illustrated, TeenBuzz Radio, The Flux Review, Flux Exhibition at Greenwich Peninsula Design Centre, N-Photo, Photography News, The Cult House, Riverside Radio, Artrabbit and many more.
Photojournalist David Hicks – Hixposure | Case Study
At Quite Great we listen to our clients because your business is our business and we know that it is often the little things that make all the difference. Whether you are an art photographer, travel photographer, nature photographer, whatever your specific skill this is your focus and talent and therefore an area we will focus on to gain media attention, because ultimately this will be what you are best at. A successful campaign involves a variety of PR skills and experience, from blogs to print and TV media.
Gary Nicholls is a unique steampunk fine art photographer and author who we’ve worked with for a number of years.
Our focus for Gary’s PR campaign was not only to highlight his incredible talent as a fine art photographer whose stunning images are produced in limited edition prints on metal but also to reveal his remarkable project ‘The Imaginarium’. This impressive trilogy is a Dickens-style tale and told in a series of 150 fine art images in a trilogy of limited edition books.
Working with such an exceptional artist was a very exciting project that required a strong PR campaign. Straight thought out, one of the ideas to promote Gary’s work was to target specific areas in Shoreditch using the location as a street canvas for Gary’s work. For one night only Shoreditch became a gigantic backdrop for Gary to showcase his work.
Raising the profile of an artist is important for their reputation not only in the art world but of course amongst galleries, curators, collectors, and buyers. Successful attention-grabbing PR campaigns like this enable an artist and his work to reach a much wider audience and obviously the more people that know about your work the better!
We were proud to be involved with the work of the very talented steampunk fine art photographer and author Gary Nichols, whose work achieved excellent PR coverage across national, international and regional media, including print media, radio and TV. Some of the publications featuring Nicholls work included The Vintage News, Fab UK Magazine, Made in Shoreditch Magazine, Watford Observer, Art Reveal Magazine, Sky News, Arts Illustrated, Steampunk Journal, Londonist, Steampunk Explore and many more.
Contact us to have a chat about how we can help raise your profile in this incredibly competitive art field, with innovative and focused PR & Marketing campaigns for photographer’s and their work.
Contact: lisa@quitegreat.co.uk or Telephone +44 (0) 1223 844440
‘Working with Lisa is a joy as she understands my art and how I create it. My profile has been raised throughout the campaign and I am looking forward to the next phase of our relationship when my second book is published next year.’
Gary Nicholls
Building momentum towards an artist’s solo show is an exciting and challenging campaign to organise for any art PR consultant. Contemporary visual artist Brian Parker’s London exhibition ‘The Journey So Far… It’s All About Me’ consisted of a show exhibiting a collection of 39 pieces from Brian’s work, as a result of the last ten years of painting every day. A record of the themes and obsessions that he chose to paint included people, places & dancers and visited locations from Brian’s life. ‘ I am driven by the need to appeal to the visual sense of my viewers, so the aesthetic impact it has on the viewer is more important to me than any particular theme’…..
Creating a buzz around an artist through their PR campaign is vital , as each piece of press is reaching out to a new audience of potential buyers and collectors and raising the artist profile. Even if large sales do not always materialise at the show do not be disheartened as this show and surrounding art PR can have an ongoing effect way after the show, especially if this is maximised with follow up ongoing PR. This is also a time to capitalise on the show and the contacts made whether through gallery contacts, visiting guests through PR campaigns or even those passing the exhibition.
Quite Great Art PR department have achieved excellent media results in a broad range of regional, national and international art publications for our contemporary visual artist Brian Parker during his ongoing campaign. These have covered a variety of publications and media outlets such as Happiful , Fab UK Magazine, Country & Town House, Essex-TV, Telegraph & Argus, The Cult House, Great British Life as well as variety of local radio interviews.
This particular PR campaign has also assisted with promoting and helping to organise art exhibitions such as Brian’s solo London show and raising our artist’s profile with local PR based around exhibitions such as the Affordable Art Fair, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, The Wells Art Contemporary 2021 to name a few.
Just thought i’d write a quick note to express my appreciation for all the great work these guys (especially Lisa Freeman and Pete Basset) did for me over the six months leading up to my first london solo exhibition. The publicity in national print magazines and radio coverage really help raise awareness of the show and raise my personal media profile.
Brian Parker/Facebook Review
Contemporary abstract artist Dmitry is an honest and passionate artist who truly believes that art can help us to create positive and powerful emotions. When we sit in front of a piece of art that magically captures our attention it can ignite so many different emotions translated from the artist to us. The German Expressionist Kandinsky reminded us how ‘The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul’ and Dmitry’s work seems to emanate from these precise thoughts.
As an agency that creates public relations for artists with both online and print media, our focus for Dmitry’s was to raise his profile and drive traffic to his website to create a much more substantial virtual gallery walk-in. Read Dmitry’s case study to find out more about Dmitry’s marketing objectives, and how our time of unrivalled experts provided marketing solutions to meet his requirements.
Thank you so much for your amazing creativity and your passion about art! You really invest your soul and all capabilities to help artists, the project and collaboration with all of you was the best experience ever!!!! The whole approach that you are applying is extremely professional and what I liked the most – you really made it unique, you were able to understand art and artist and your passion about doing even small things was so much impressive!!!!!
Dmitry Art/Google Review
Peter Deighan is widely regarded as one of the country’s finest Portrait, sporting painters, and wildlife painters. Born in Ireland and working in the UK, Peter predominantly works in the medium of oil paint. His subjects vary from portraits to sporting scenes and still life studies – plus an abundance of wildlife paintings from his many visits to Africa.
He held his first major exhibition in the Duke of Bedford’s stately home, Woburn Abbey. Among his earlier commissions were portraits of the comedian Eric Morecambe, Jimmy Greaves, Lewis Hamilton, speaker of the House of Commons Selwyn Lloyd, Cardinal Basil Hume Archbishop of Westminister (this portrait hangs in the Vatican).
Other notable portraits include author Frederick Forsyth, Lester Piggott, Steve Davis, and the first official portrait of Prime Minister John Major which now hangs in No. 10. Some of his more noteworthy Irish portraits were of Peadar O’Donnell, Sean McBride, Charles J. Haughey, and Michael O’Hehir which were unveiled on RTE’s Late Late Show in Dublin.
At a time when the threat to our planet’s ecosystem has never been graver, award-winning artist Oenone Hammersley has progressed from painting wildlife on paper to larger and more diverse images of nature in oil on canvas to fantastical depictions of water.
Oenone Hammersley is a successful contemporary artist whose abstract and semi-abstract works truly capture both the beauty and the hideous in our sadly diminishing world of wilderness and nature. The intensity of colour and light in her art projects the power of nature and forces us to notice and appreciate the rare and raw beauty that surrounds us, whilst acknowledging the unsettled world we live in, from the beauty of wildlife to the pollution of our global waters and beaches. Read Oenone Hammersley‘s case study to find out more about her marketing objectives, and how our PR & marketing team provided solutions to meet her requirements.
Quite Great are brilliant. They managed to get me some of the best press I have ever had for an exhibition of my paintings in London. I would highly recommend them it you are looking for a PR firm.
Oenone Hammersley
A classic example of some of the work conducted through Quite Great, relates to the auction of legendary Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett and his art. Following his untimely death and the vast array of media that covered the story, Quite Great worked to assist in events and exhibitions.
He was an art student also and had known Waters since their childhood back in Cambridge. Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett viewed himself primarily as a visual artist, and after his Pink Floyd days devoted most of his time to painting. After his last solo performances, Syd returned to his first love and spent the rest of his life painting and drawing at home in Cambridge.
The Quite Great team have also worked with the likes of Mick Rock on unique limited edition art.
We are also honoured to have worked with the likes of Arts for India in their mission to help underprivileged young Indian people and lead a way out of poverty for them via the provision of Education in Art and Creative Design to an international standard. Quite Great PR and promotion helped with the awareness building for one of their yearly events held at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The inspirational nature of this organisation is evident in the clarity of the message as outlined below through Quite Great. Arts For India had five key objectives in its campaign.
Quite Great has been helping brands and bands for two decades, drawing upon creative thinking, creative design, and structured marketing ideas. The music and entertainment side of our business has always meant we think quickly and act with an eye on sales, checking everything we do with the client and focusing on everything from product placement to profiles in national magazines.
Over the years we have helped boutique brands such as product of your environment and the wonderful interiors brand Sophie Allport. Style, fashion and trends are all what we live in day to day within our music and entertainment side – these also are fundamental to what makes great home and interiors brands grow as well. We’ve even had success helping Piano Restorations – the leading piano refurbishment brand in the UK – find the front pages.
With a lateral and focused way of looking at your brand, we will offer you a bespoke service suitable for your requirements and budget. It may be that you wish to draw in our music side or you may wish to simply focus on getting your brand in local and national media. On the other hand, you may wish to take advantage of our video services or music services; whatever your requirement, we are confident that we can help you.
In comparison to other marketing agencies, we will offer you bespoke solutions to suit your needs. It may mean we need to adopt SEO methods first to market your online sales side more effectively via search engines, or it may be that we need to look at the most minute details of your design concept in order to discover the thing that will broaden the media coverage in the traditional press.
Or furthermore, it may be we need to create a media ‘happening’ – generally, this is what we do with retail clients, developing a network of evenings and the right kinds of people to attend who will enjoy profiling your brand and spending money as well! Some clients wish to use our local pr expertise by adding extra leverage to sales by letting retail outlets know we can promote to media news.
Lisa Freeman (BA Hons) heads our arts and culture department at Quite Great, where our aim is to obtain, national, international, and local PR using exciting and innovative marketing campaigns that focus on the potential of your art and use our experience within this field to expand and progress your company and products through gaining a broad range of PR recognition within the media.
“My love and passion for art and interiors style led me into the world of art PR and marketing after graduating from University with a degree in Art History & English. Moving to Sotheby’s marketing department in Bond Street, I established further respect for all the aspects of the art world, spanning from the impressionists and old masters to contemporary fine art and 20th Century applied arts.
Over the years, as well as writing for publications on the world of arts and auctions, I have managed some hugely successful and exciting international, national and local PR campaigns of various collections. I have had the privilege of managing many large PR campaigns including such exciting projects as the estate of the late Syd Barrett, which naturally gained national and international media coverage, both in the press as well as TV. Another hugely covered news story was generated with the sale of treasured items from Royal Collections, which included wonderful letters and cards from Diana, Princess of Wales.
Now at Quite Great, I am further expanding our roster of artists, to not just include musicians but also artists from the world of art and design. Whether this covers designers initiating interior design trends with their products and fashions or artists, artisans, and galleries. If you need an art PR company that can manage your PR and marketing as well as social media and web designs, do get in touch. We pride ourselves on having a personal approach that explores the most original and exciting ideas in our PR campaigns, combined with my personal passion for the arts and interiors, the clients we manage will be given the best chance to expand more successful recognition of their works”.
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