Presso.
Presso is the companion web workbench for everyone who puts work in front of Gesso's audience. Four desks — the artist, the gallery, the collector, the museum — and one wall they all hang on.
Four desks, one wall.
Every account is reviewed before its work reaches Gesso.
Artist
A juried membership. Submit up to ten works; a panel of curators reviews every application by hand. Your work then enters a feed that runs on what viewers linger on, not on who paid to rank.
Gallery
List the artists you represent and see who is looking for exactly what you show. Every work keeps its own wall label wherever it travels — and placement here is juried, never bought.
Collector
You spent years building a collection; Presso gives it a wall of its own, findable by the people who assemble shows. Every work still carries the hand that made it.
Museum
Most of a collection is never on view. Put the holdings where people can find them, each work carrying its accession number and credit line exactly as the register has it — the wall label travels with the picture.
Everything you need to apply.
How to photograph your artwork
Applying starts with photographs of the work — how to light it, frame it, and shoot it so the jury sees what you see.
Where the work lands
Gesso, the discovery app — a feed that runs on what viewers linger on, where your work is met on its own terms.
Support
A question about applying, or something that feels off — we read every message.
Open now for artists.
Presso is by application and opens in waves alongside Gesso — the artist desk first; gallery, collector, and museum desks follow. Submit up to ten works with their photographs; a panel of curators reviews every application by hand.
Apply to join Presso