On the previous question, asked a local colleague and he said yes, making my phone number public is weird.

Like I mentioned, a gallery would normally act as an intermediary between the artist and the customer. If they don't, they risk missing out on a 30%-60% commission and the taxes thereof, which for some reason also comes out of the artist's cut. My colleague suggested it looked as though they were trying to make me do the work of selling the piece, but the commission on my current piece in the gallery would be a few hundred Euros. I'm not comfortable paying that for what boils down to use of their wall, some invitations which are running late and a some snacks at the opening.

You know, for the people who suggested I'd have to accept disrespect to enable me to work; I have already done the work. Letting others foist their share of the work off on me while collecting a considerable chunk of the money is not in my best interest.

And I stand by it; handing out someone's phone number without checking with that person is rude. As. Fuck.

"Well what if I give it to someone who has work for you? What if they think it's your business number?"
ASK! Just contact their person, you already have their number, and ask "Hey, mind if I give your number to X because of Y?"
Don't tell people to spend extra time, effort and money on a problem easily resolved with politeness and consideration :/

But I guess that's just the way the world is headed :/

As comparison, my mother expressly forbade me to interrupt people at work. I was only allowed to call my older brothers at work if I had a really important question and if I kept it short and to the point. Also if I addressed any staff that might have to forward me with the utmost decorum. Because if I didn't, it would reflect badly on my brother with all possible consequences.

Now-a-days, when I'm sitting in my studio, people just walk in.

If one of the photographers has people over, the riggers, make-up artists, hair stylists, bored (boy)friends of models or even the models will just waltz in and start talking to me while I'm working. Even though I'm at the other end of the hallway in a different room. I hung a chain with a sign in front of the door, but now people just lean in and shout questions at me that I was previously only subject to when I did life studies at the zoo "What is that? What are you making? What's this? Did you make this? Is it a pokemon? Do you know what anime is? What does this do? Where'd you get that? My cousin twice removed is an artist, do you know Thomas?"

While I'm working.

I'm left trying to politely tell them "I'm working and have trouble concentrating, please go away." to as not to have my actions reflect badly on the photographers (who can't help it, they can't always keep track of everyone while they're working, and these people are adults!) while wondering "What the fuck is wrong with you?! Were you raised in a barn?!"

It's gotten to the point where I'm relieved when people say they know what I mean, because so many people think this is just fine. That I should take extra measures that will make it harder for people to be rude, rather than expect people to have some restraint and be considerate of others.

That ends somewhere. At some point you're just expected to not be a shitheel and stop acting like the world revolves around you :I