Art Galleries & Shows
Exhibition Catalog Generator
Museum-quality catalogs without the museum budget
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Why This Workflow Matters
The business case for implementing this workflow.
Exhibition catalogs are essential for institutional credibility, collector engagement, and art historical documentation. Yet producing a catalog costs $15K-$75K through traditional publishing — graphic design, copywriting, art historical research, printing, and distribution. Most small and mid-size galleries skip catalogs entirely, sacrificing their scholarly reputation and collector engagement. Even galleries that produce catalogs do so only for major shows, leaving 70% of exhibitions undocumented.
The Bigger Puzzle
How AI + Odoo creates something greater than the sum of its parts.
AI + Odoo Synergy
Artwork data from Product catalog (inventory records) → AI generates catalog essays and descriptions → Documents stores the catalog in multiple formats → Website publishes the digital edition as an interactive exhibition page → Email Marketing sends catalog previews to collector lists from CRM → Sales tracks catalog-driven inquiries → post-exhibition, the catalog becomes a permanent archive accessible through Knowledge base.
Odoo Apps Activated
Documents
Website
Product
Email Marketing
Current Alternatives & Why They Fall Short
The existing solutions and their limitations.
Blurb / MagCloud (Print-on-Demand)
Self-publishing platforms offering print-on-demand book and catalog production with template-based layouts.
$10-$50 per printed copy — Plus 20-40 hours of DIY layout work
Limitations
- No content generation — all text must be written separately
- Template layouts lack the sophistication expected by collectors
- No integration with gallery inventory or CRM
- Digital editions are basic PDFs, not interactive experiences
Why RebusAI is Better
AI writes the catalog content — artist bios, artwork descriptions, curatorial essays — from your Odoo inventory data, then generates professional layouts. Print and interactive digital editions from one workflow. Content creation plus production, not just production.
Freelance Art Writers + Graphic Designers
The traditional approach: hiring freelance art critics, catalog essayists, and graphic designers for each exhibition catalog.
$15,000-$75,000 per catalog — 6-12 weeks production time
Limitations
- Prohibitively expensive for most gallery exhibitions
- Long production timeline means catalogs often arrive after the show opens
- Quality depends entirely on freelancer availability and expertise
- No connection to gallery systems — all content is created externally
Why RebusAI is Better
AI generates scholarly-quality catalog content in days, not months, at a fraction of the cost. Every exhibition gets a catalog, not just the flagship shows. Content draws from your actual inventory records and provenance data in Odoo.
Artlogic / GallerySoft
Gallery management software with basic catalog and inventory management features.
$100-$500/month — Gallery management tier
Limitations
- Template-based catalogs with minimal customization
- No AI-generated content — descriptions must be entered manually
- Basic layouts that don't meet collector expectations for quality
- Separate system from accounting, CRM, and website
Why RebusAI is Better
AI generates rich, art-historically informed content while Odoo manages the complete gallery operation — inventory, sales, CRM, accounting. Catalogs that rival museum publications, connected to your entire business.
Implementation Approach
How to bring this workflow to life.
Direct extension of the existing document/ebook workflow with art-specific templates for catalog layouts, artist bios, and artwork descriptions. 2-3 week implementation leveraging ai.content.workflow.mixin for artwork research → essay generation → layout → review pipeline.
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