Articles about the "Boston art scene".

Articles about the "Boston art scene".

This week you're reading several articles in preparation for next week's field trip to the South End galleries. In response to what you've read describe the shift that has been occurring over the past year in the Boston gallery world. How do you think these changes might affect the Boston art world, in general (artists, collectors, museums, schools, etc.) for better or worse?

There are alot of changes it seems, going on in the art gallery world.  Alot of closings and movings.  This i think has to do alot with the economic situation.  People are losing jobs, or making less money but rents for spaces are going up.  Galleries are forced to close for either a hwile until they can pay the rent or move to a cheaper location.  However as Joseph Carroll points out SSotheby's sold a house for 86 million dollars recently. My Aunt works for Southeby's and she has told me that even though the housing market is not doing well at all the very high end houses have not been effected quite as suverly.  It seems the extreamly wealthy still have spending money.  This in my mind means that they wont stop buying expensive artwork.  I think that these changes in gallery's will effect the area in differnet ways.  Because people who are not increadibly wealthy are holding on to thier money and not spending it fivolusly might not feel as though they can go to galleries or consider a percase which will effect the income of these galleries.  Art fairs were brought up in these articles.  This and the internet seem to be turinign into a new way for people to seek out art.  While this could hurt the galleries income if more poeple are going to art fairs and searching art online art and artist will start making a a name for themselves and i think that will come back in the galleries favor becasue there wont always be an art fair that day or a good enough view of some work online and if people feel an interest in an artist or a connection to the work i think they will make that trip to the gallery.

Have you ever been to an art gallery (not a museum)? Describe your experience there.

I honestly dont think ive been to a art galery.  Ive been to plenty of museums but never a gallery.