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Introduction to Art Galleries

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  The artistic world is so big that it divides art galleries into a large number of categories. Normally, an art gallery focuses on a specific thing and it is taken care of by a curator who knows everything about that type of art. Most often, in art galleries one can find art from certain regions, from a specific medium, style of art that has one sole focus (political art can be an example). In this case, the majority of the art gallery pieces are for sale, but the gallery can preserve a certain collection if it wants. In addition to this, most art galleries are open to the public and they allow people to enter and buy art if they want. In this case, lots of public galleries host openings and they advertise their presence in order to gain more audience. This helps young artists affirm themselves and it can even help them sell their work. Very often, galleries buy art from other artists in order to resell it later. There are also private art galleries which require a membership in order