Revenue streams & partnerships
Put your name behind India’s next great artists.
The Raconteur is a weekly magazine and a catalogue of work by student and first-years-out artists, published by the Kalyani Kalakriti Foundation, a not-for-profit. This page shows exactly how it pays for itself — and where you come in.
So far
Live from our open call. Issue One is out on Monday 12 October.
Who reads it
A readership you cannot buy anywhere else.
Revenue streams
Eight ways The Raconteur pays for itself.
No student ever pays us — not to submit, not to be featured, not to be listed. So the money has to come from readers, buyers and partners. Here is all of it.
Reader subscriptions
Students and faculty read free, always. Everyone else reads the lead story free and two more a month — and subscribes for the rest. Subscriptions are the base that keeps the magazine independent.
The catalogue
Work by featured artists, available to buy. The artist sets the price and is paid on every sale. What the Foundation keeps goes back into running the store and publishing the next artist.
Edition partners
Each month has a theme — New Beginnings, Material Worlds, The Body in Practice. One partner presents each edition, credited on every issue, the Studio Letter and the edition launch.
Section partners
Back a section all year: The Studio, First Year Out or The Long View. A clear, recurring association with one kind of artist.
Advertising
Display and video placements on the website and in the weekly Studio Letter — banners, roadblocks, static and video — always labelled, never inside a story.
Commissions & collaborations
Brands, architects and interior designers commission featured artists for products, spaces and campaigns. The artist is paid; we make the introduction and look after the brief.
Workshops, shows & campus programmes
Portfolio clinics, photographing-your-work workshops, and a yearly show of the artists we have published — with partners who want to meet them in person.
Institutional access
Libraries, art schools and companies buy access for their people — or give it: one subscription can open the magazine to a whole studio, department or office.
How to partner
Find your door.
For brands
Present an edition or a section, advertise in the magazine and the Studio Letter, or commission an artist. Your name in front of India’s next generation of artists — and money in their hands.
Start a conversation →For art schools
Free, always. Your students get a national platform, a route to income and a lasting record of their work. We ask for a faculty contact, a noticeboard and, if you like, a seat on a panel.
Start a conversation →For companies & patrons
Give the magazine to your team or your clients, sponsor a workshop on a campus, or underwrite a whole issue. Ask us for a tailored proposal.
Start a conversation →For galleries, curators & designers
See new work first. Our catalogue and panel scores point you to artists before anyone else is looking — we will make the introduction.
Start a conversation →What partners never get
Editorial is not for sale.
- No partner sees a story before it is published.
- No partner chooses, suggests or vetoes an artist. Our panel does that, on the work alone.
- Anything paid for is labelled as paid for, every single time.
- The artist keeps the copyright. We never sell an artist’s work or image to a partner.
See it
The artists, at work.
How it works
Four steps, about two weeks.
- TalkA twenty-minute call about what you want people to feel about your name.
- FitWe suggest the edition, section, workshop or artist brief that fits.
- ProposalOne page: what you get, what it costs, what the artists get.
- Launch & reportWe run it, and send you a plain report every month — reads, clicks, enquiries, artists paid.
Talk to us
Tell us what you have in mind.
We reply within two working days. Prefer WhatsApp? +91 98 8804 8804 · kkfo@kalyanikalakriti.in