🧠 Industry Insider | Adele Smejkal

Welcome to Industry Insider—our new bi-weekly series where we pick the brains of inspiring women shaping the creative world, from creators to curators, and everything in between.

This week, meet Adele Smejkal You might know her as @adele.sme, the art-world globetrotter lighting up your feed with gallery gems and museum must-sees. Behind the grid, she’s the founder of Artistellar, a nomadic gallery championing the most exciting emerging voices in contemporary art.

🆕 Fresh On The Board of Art World Openings

💡Agony Aunt: Career Tip of the Week

‘I’ve lost all sense of productivity after coming back to work this summer. Now art fair season is in full swing, how do I get my head back in the game?’

Dear Overwhelmed Art Friend,

The fair frenzy is real, but here’s how to ride the wave:

1. Calendar Clarity – map every must-see show, preview, and client meet-up. Seeing it all laid out stops the mental spin.
   

2. Power Hours – carve out two focused slots a day for deep work before the openings and after-parties swallow you whole.
   

3. Strategic Saying-No – not every invite is a must. Guard one evening a week to recharge and actually process what you’ve seen.

Art season’s a marathon with glittery sprints, pace yourself and you’ll cross the finish line brilliantly.

Yours ever faithfully,
Love the Girls x

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🎯 Partner Spotlight

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For this edition, we welcome Art Athina as a partner.
In the recent years, Athens not only seems to be one of the most vibrant cities in Europe but also Art Athina has firmly established itself as one of the most influential fairs in the region. Kicking off on September 18th with the vernissage followed by public days on September 19-22, the fair also presents a highbrow program covering a wide range of concerns and approaches, creating space for mediation, exchange, fermentation and “verbal” exchange of views. Highlight: The Art Athina Art for Tomorrow Talks Powered by TATOÏ Club! In case you haven't had the fair on your radar yet, mark your 2026 calendars for a trip to the Greek capital.

📋 Community Listings Board

Need a one-off technician, a videographer, a sofa to crash on during the upcoming fair — or simply curious whether that art-world crush from the VIP tent felt the same? Post on our Community Listings Board and we’ll share it with our global community!

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• Creatives to feature in our “Industry Insider” series

• Advertisers and sponsors for upcoming issues

• People / companies to list their event or job openings with us

• And of course, your juiciest ideas or product tips!

Drop us a line—we’re always game to cook up something special together.
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