On a budget of £1000/month... What are the most effective ways of marketing
If you're promoting artists and designers and want them to flock to you, then start by promoting an interesting artist or designer. Showcase his or her work and publicize it where other artists / designers will see it. Simultaneously invite your audience to join. The others will gravitate to wherever they see work like theirs being promoted.
Guess what I'm saying is ... Don't promote your abstract brand for promoting artists! Instead promote artists!