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The Internet has expanded our world in many ways. Today, through the use of an online art gallery, we can buy, or just enjoy, works of art. If we are good enough, we can even sell our art work.
No one wants
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to be a starving artist,
but can be hard for
an up-and-coming
artist to get enough
people interested in his or her
projects to want to purchase some of it.
That’s only one of many reasons an online art gallery might be a godsend for those artists looking for their big break.
An online art gallery is a website that features art of various kinds.
Whether the art
itself is painting,
sculpture,
or any other form,
the piece
is first digitally
photographed
and then displayed on the website as a webpage image.
Often, an online art gallery will display the works of several artists at once, or may offer several pieces from the same artist.
In return for this service, an online art gallery may make its money by receiving commissions from the sales of the work of the various artists.
Usually,
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an agreement
is tendered
wherein any piece
that is sold through
the online art gallery is subject to a fee.
The gallery withholds the
fee once the art is
sold and paid for.
This kind of arrangement works well for both parties.
The artists can showcase their work to a broad audience, without the marketing expense having to come from their own pocket;
the online art gallery benefits
in that they collect a payment
for the pieces that are sold and have
a constant supply of art to draw in potential customers.
However,
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not all online art galleries
use this type of arrangement.
Some prefer to
charge the artist a fee,
which must be paid in advance.
Generally,
this fee is used
to offset the bandwidth
cost incurred by the site owners,
as well as the cost for the website design itself.
The good side of this is the artist will
usually not have to pay
a commission to
the online art gallery
once the sale is made.
An important added benefit to using an online art gallery is that the artist receives exposure as well.
The online art gallery makes a profit only when
people come to the website and buy from it.
Because it is in their
own best interest to do so,
they will work hard at promoting their virtual space, which, in turn, promotes those artists showcased there.
For the artists, this means more exposure, which can translate into more sales.
If you are
interested in displaying
your art work in such a manner,
you should do some research as not every online art gallery is willing to feature the work of up-and-coming artists.
Some of the more prestigious galleries prefer to focus on the works of more established artists.
Whether you are an artist,
or simply an art connoisseur,
you should browse the contents of an online art gallery.
The level of quality and the sheer diversity of what you may find can surprise you.
