Art Galleries & Shows
Art Fair Preparation Suite
Win the booth and the sales
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RISK
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Why This Workflow Matters
The business case for implementing this workflow.
Art fairs are the single largest investment most galleries make — booth fees alone range from $10K-$100K for major fairs like Art Basel, Frieze, or TEFAF, with total costs including shipping, travel, and installation reaching $30K-$250K per fair. Despite this investment, preparation is often chaotic: last-minute inventory decisions, generic collector outreach, disorganized logistics, and missed follow-up opportunities. The difference between a profitable and losing fair is almost entirely in the preparation.
The Bigger Puzzle
How AI + Odoo creates something greater than the sum of its parts.
AI + Odoo Synergy
Fair application in Project → booth inventory selected from Product catalog with AI recommendation → shipping coordinated through Inventory logistics → collector pre-fair outreach via Email Marketing to CRM segments → Sales tracks fair inquiries and holds → on-site sales processed through Sales module → post-fair follow-up campaigns automated → ROI analysis generated from Sales data vs. fair investment.
Odoo Apps Activated
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CRM
Sales
Email Marketing
Inventory
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Current Alternatives & Why They Fall Short
The existing solutions and their limitations.
Fair-specific Exhibitor Portals
Major art fairs provide exhibitor management portals for logistics, booth setup, and VIP list management.
Included with booth fee — But limited to that specific fair
Limitations
- Different portal for every fair — no unified workflow
- Logistics management only — no sales or marketing integration
- No AI-powered booth curation or collector outreach
- Data doesn't carry over between fairs
Why RebusAI is Better
One unified workflow for ALL fairs — from Art Basel to local art walks. AI generates booth strategies, collector outreach, and collateral materials, with all data tracked in Odoo across every fair you participate in.
Gallery Staff Manual Preparation
Gallery teams manually prepare for each fair through meetings, email chains, and spreadsheet tracking.
Staff time: 100-300 hours per major fair across the team
Limitations
- Enormous time investment that could be spent on sales
- Inconsistent preparation quality across team members
- Lessons learned from previous fairs are not systematized
- Post-fair follow-up consistently falls through the cracks
Why RebusAI is Better
AI automates the preparation workflow — generating booth proposals, collateral, outreach campaigns, and follow-up sequences — so gallery staff focus on relationships and sales, not logistics.
Art Fair Consultants
Specialized consultants who advise galleries on fair strategy, booth design, and collector engagement.
$5,000-$20,000 per fair — Consulting fees
Limitations
- Expensive on top of already-high fair costs
- Strategic advice only — execution still falls on gallery team
- No integration with gallery systems or data
- Limited to consultant's knowledge of your collector base
Why RebusAI is Better
AI generates fair strategy AND executes the preparation within Odoo — from inventory selection to collector outreach. Strategy informed by your actual sales data and collector relationships, not consultant assumptions.
Implementation Approach
How to bring this workflow to life.
Combines Project management with inventory selection, CRM outreach, and logistics coordination. 3-4 week implementation building on existing project planning and email marketing workflows.
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