The term is used for both publicgalleries, which are non-profit or publicly owned museums that display selected collections of art. On the other hand, privategalleries refer to the commercial enterprises for the sale of art. However, both types of gallery may host traveling exhibits or temporary exhibitions including art borrowed from elsewhere. In broad terms, the word gallery alone often implies a private gallery, while a public gallery is more likely to be described as an art museum.
An art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art. Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, sculpture, decorative arts, furniture, textiles, costume, drawings, pastels, collages, prints, artists’ books, photography and installation art are also regularly shown. Although primarily concerned with providing a space to show works of visual or fine art, art galleries are sometimes used to host other artistic activities, such as performance art, music concerts, or poetry readings.
There are different kinds of art exhibitions; in particular there is a distinction between commercial and non-commercial exhibitions. A commercial exhibition or trade fair is often referred to as an art fair that shows the work of artists or art dealers where participants generally have to pay a fee. A vanity gallery is an exhibition space of works in a gallery that charges the artist for use of the space.
Retrospectives look back over the work of a single artist; other common types are individual expositions or ‘solo shows’, group expositions (collective exhibitions or ‘group shows’), or expositions on a specific theme or topic (’survey shows’) The Biennale is a large exhibition held every two years, often intending to gather together the best of international art; there are now many of these.
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