You can find modern art for sale both online and in small art galleries around the world. But purchasing in either way has both its benefits and drawbacks. Here are the pros and cons of each, and how you can use both for your best experience in purchasing nice pieces of original art.
The big place to shop these days is online, and there are many good reasons to do so. First of all, if you live in a small town, the shopping possibilities are extremely magnified online. Second, the selection is a lot larger online than can be found locally, as a matter of fact, with the internet there is no limit to the art that can be found to be purchased. Third, you can easily price shop for the best deal. It is quick and easy to check the prices of multiple online stores, which can take an entire day plus more to drive all over town to check prices.
The cons are, that price shopping for a book is one thing, for a piece of art it is entirely different. It may be difficult to even find the same piece of art on different web sites, unless of course, you are purchasing a mass produced print. But the biggest con is that selecting a piece of art should be a tactile experience, the internet can do no justice to a piece of modern art for sale.
That moves us to the pros and cons of purchasing directly from an art gallery. The main con is that your selection is limited to what a gallery has on display. The second con is that there may be less price flexibility, and finding another gallery that even offers the same piece is difficult, never mind finding it for less. Of course, you could always look online to see if you could find the same piece of modern art for sale on a website for less, but this may also prove difficult. One of the pieces of sculpture that I really like is a limited edition of only seven pieces. Even online it may be difficult to find one available.
The pros of shopping at a gallery is that you can actually see the piece of art in person. It is not unusual for a personal encounter with a piece of art to be quite moving, something that can be lacking from a picture of an art piece online. Second, the curator of an art gallery is very knowledgeable, they can answer your questions and give you additional information about an artist that may not be readily available or known, especially since most curators have met and spoken directly to the artists their gallery represents. I believe this to be one of the biggest advantages of purchasing directly from an art gallery.
Of course, one of the great things today is that most galleries have an online presence. Perhaps you have previously visited a gallery while on vacation, and now that you are home, you just have to have one of the pieces of modern art for sale at that gallery. Go online, you can probably find them. Or perhaps you have some more questions before you commit to your purchase, the gallery curator will be happy to answer your questions. So, in today's world, you can easily enjoy the pros of both online and a personal visit to a gallery to purchase any piece of modern art for sale.
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