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Exhibition

A show that runs for weeks, and the evening that opens it.

An exhibition invites more than one kind of visitor: lenders, collectors, press, the artists’ circles, and the public you hope will come back. Winglark sends each of them an invitation that carries the work, lets them choose when to come, and keeps the list honest from the first reply to the last visitor through the door.

Two large abstract paintings on white gallery walls, visitors seen from behind

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Ready inside

What Winglark sets up for this event.

Choose this event type when you create the event and these are in place before you write a word. You can change every one of them.

What your guests are asked

Added to the reply page when you create the event. Edit them, remove them or add your own.

  1. Always askedWill you be there?
  2. Suggested for this eventPreferred visit timeAnswers: 18:00–19:0019:00–20:0020:00–21:00
  3. Suggested for this eventAre there works you would like to see in particular?Answered in their own words
  4. Suggested for this eventAre you attending as press?Answered in their own words

Plus-ones

Every guest may bring one person to begin with. You change the allowance per invitation, or switch it off.

What the set-up puts first

The steps that matter for this kind of event lead the form; the others stay one click away.

  • Place and arrivalVenue, address and directions, shown on the invitation and the guest page.
  • ProgrammeA running order your guests can read before they arrive.
  • GatePass at the doorA QR code per guest and any phone as the scanner, even offline. Included in the plans with door check-in, or added to a single event.
  • Run for a clientThe event is kept with the client it is for, with their other events.
Invitation ideas2 ideas made with AI for this event, to dream from.See the ideas

Invitation ideas

Invitation ideas for this event

The invitations shown here are ideas made with AI, something to dream from rather than templates to fill in. For your own exhibition, on the Professional and Agency plans Winglark’s AI assistant creates the artwork and drafts the words — and the names, the date and the venue stay exactly as you entered them.

Made with AI

An invitation like this can be yours.

Describe the mood to Winglark’s AI assistant. It creates the artwork and drafts the words for your event, and your names, date and venue sit on top exactly as you entered them.

The AI assistant is included in the Professional and Agency plans.

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What you can set up

  1. Visit times, chosen in the reply

    A suggested reply question offers visit slots — 18:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 20:00, 20:00 to 21:00 — which you can rename, extend or remove. Every choice lands in the replies export, one column per question, so you see how the evening spreads before it starts.

  2. The works they came for

    A second suggested question asks whether there are works a guest would particularly like to see. The answers tell the curator and the floor staff where people will gather, and whom to walk round the rooms.

  3. Press, asked plainly

    A third question asks whether a guest is attending as press. Mark press on the guest list as well, filter by guest type, and the press pack reaches the right hands.

  4. Tours and talks in the running order

    Add the curator’s tour, the artist talk and the late opening to the programme, each with its time, its room and who leads it. The guest page shows them in order.

  5. Lenders, sponsors and exhibitors on one list

    Import the lists you already keep from CSV or Excel, review errors and likely duplicates before anyone is invited, and sort guests by type — VIP, sponsor, exhibitor, press — to filter the list and the invitations.

  6. Arrivals across the evening

    With door check-in on your plan or added to the event, every scan is timed. The arrivals report shows the rooms filling hour by hour and sets turnout against the replies.

What your guests see

Your guests’ experience

Guests never need an account. They open an invitation, answer in a minute, and walk in with a code on their phone.

Inside Winglark

What you work with once you are in.

These are the product’s own screens, drawn with invented guests. Nothing here is a mock-up of something that does not exist.

ListGuard

A clean guest list

Import a spreadsheet; duplicates, invalid addresses and missing details are found before anything is sent.

The list as it arrivedWhat the import found
An imported guest list, with what the import found
Marta Ruizmarta.ruiz@atlas.example
deniz aydındeniz@aydin.examplea name in one field
Jonas Weberj.weber@nord.example
Marta RuizMARTA.RUIZ@atlas.examplethe same person twice
Priya Ramanpriya@meridian.example
Tom Kellehertom@kelleher.exmplean address that cannot be delivered to
Sofia Lindqvistsofia@lindqvist.example
Aziz Karimaziz@karim.examplesomeone who asked not to be written to
Elif Demirelif.demir@atlas.example
Rachel Oseir.osei@harbour.example

7 will be invited3 wait for a person

On the evening and after

The evening does not end at the door.

Each guest gets their own page for the evening on Companion, and the morning after AfterFlow thanks those who came and writes to those who could not — from the same guest list.

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How people use it

An opening spread over three hours

Visit slots in the reply keep the first hour from overflowing. The export shows how many guests chose each slot, and with door check-in the arrivals report shows whether they kept to it.

A museum show with lenders and sponsors

Lenders marked as VIP, sponsors marked as sponsors, the press list kept apart — one guest list, filtered by type before each round of invitations.

Late names from the artist

The artist sends twenty more names a week before the opening. Add them to the list and only the new guests receive the invitation; nobody gets it twice.

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Planning an exhibition: the four jobs

Writing an exhibition invitation

Let the invitation carry the show: the title, an image of the work, the dates and the address, and the tours and talks the evening holds. Send lenders, sponsors, press and the wider public separate rounds by filtering the list by guest type, each with words that suit them.

Read the guide: Writing an exhibition invitation

Exhibition RSVPs and visit time slots

Offer visit slots in the reply, such as 18:00 to 19:00 and 19:00 to 20:00, so the first hour does not overflow, and ask which works a guest hopes to see. The export shows how the evening spreads before it starts and tells the floor staff where people will gather.

Read the guide: Exhibition RSVPs and visit time slots

Managing exhibition visitors and guest lists

Lenders, collectors, press, sponsors and the artists’ circles often arrive on separate spreadsheets. Import them into one list, review likely duplicates, and mark each guest by type. When the artist sends twenty more names, add them; only the new guests receive the invitation.

Read the guide: Managing exhibition visitors and guest lists

Visitor check-in at an exhibition

With door check-in, every scan is timed, and the arrivals report shows the rooms filling hour by hour, so you can see whether visitors kept to the slots they chose. Without it, check names against your printed or exported list at the entrance.

Read the guide: Visitor check-in at an exhibition

Questions

Can we change the visit slots?

Yes. The slots are a suggested question: rename them, add a later slot, or remove the question entirely. The attendance question is always asked.

Are plus-ones allowed?

They start switched on for exhibitions, one per guest, because visitors often bring someone. You can switch them off for the event.

What happens when a guest changes their mind?

Each guest has one reply they can change until replies close. The new answer replaces the old one and the change is kept, so your numbers stay current.

Is an exhibition different from a private view?

Yes. A private view suggests one question, whether a guest is attending as press; an exhibition adds visit-time slots and asks which works a guest would like to see.

Do we need door check-in?

No. Door check-in is a paid option, included in the plans that have it or added to a single event. Without it you still have every reply and the export.

Your first event is free.

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