Can’t I just get a Publisher’s Clearinghouse Entry instead?

I'm Viola Persico, Project Coordinator of ITSLIQUID GROUP. We have visited your website and we are very interested in showing your artworks, during the next exhibition:

ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL, international exhibition of photography, painting, video art, installation/sculpture and performance art, that will be held in Venice, at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings, in the months between May and November 2019, during the same period of the 58th Biennale di Venezia. ANIMA MUNDI consists of 3 main events, RITUALS, CONSCIOUSNESS and VISIONS. The deadline for the submission is April 7, 2019.

To confirm your participation please:
- read terms and conditions on the official website of ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL;
- send us a proposal about the artworks you would like to present (with names, dimensions, technique - you may show as many works as you want, including existing and new ones);

The application proposal is completely free. If selected, there is a participation fee related to the number and dimensions of the artworks selected. The fee covers the venues’ renting, the global and local press office, the design and the printing of invitation cards, posters, the realization of the exhibition website and dedicated articles, mounting, dismounting and packaging service, opening organization and ceremony, hostess service and collaborators during the whole festival, the publication of a printed catalogue that will include all the participants.

All artists, architects and designers interested in taking part in our shows are free to be sponsored and supported by institutions, organizations, private sponsors and their delegates; the logos of their sponsors will be included in all the communication (digital and printed) of the events. If you are planning to visit our locations in Venice, contact us by email at lucacurci@lucacurci.com or by phone at +39.3387574098

Looking forward to hearing your response, we are at disposal to give you all detailed information.

Best regards,
Viola Persico
Project Coordinator

viola.itsliquid@gmail.com

At first read - WOW, the Venice Biennale! Oh, wait a minute, they’re just showing at the same time. OK, let’s check the terms and conditions on the official website of ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL (no link supplied). A search returned https://www.itsliquid.com/, which has (of course) no “terms and conditions”. More searching turned up this:

Luca Curci and the ArtExpo Scam
Liquid Group

Apparently after you send them your work at your own expense, they start charging you exhibition fees.