art sale
Paintings change hands
An art sale is an event where artworks are offered for purchase, ranging from gallery openings and auction house events to informal studio sales and online marketplaces.
The term covers both high-end auctions where masterworks fetch millions and modest community sales where local artists sell directly to collectors: The museum's annual art sale raises funds for new acquisitions.
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- collectorOne who gathers items
- private collectionItems owned, not exhibited
- bidOffer to purchase
canvas · painting · dealer · commission · exhibition · opening night · masterpiece · provenance · appraisal · Christie's · Sotheby's · bidding war · going once · hammer · lot · estimate · consignment · frame
- fundraisingdonation, donations, donor, donors, fundraiser
- salesselling, salesperson, salesman, saleswoman, discount
- art marketauction, limited editions, editions, original prints, hammer price
- art worldpainter, painting, paintings, sculpture, sculptures
- auctionsauction, bidding, bid, auctioneer, auction house
- craft fairscraft fair, craft show, craft market, makers market, holiday bazaar
art salemuseum exhibition
Curated public display
gallery exhibition · art exhibition · museum display · permanent collection · retrospective
art, sale, arts, sales, artist, artful, artless, artistry, artistic