Kam To Witness

Company with the period of consume comes, artists and their works come into history using the way of business become the most common things during this time. Gallery, which called the first-market generate from the composition between business and art, not only the place artist show their works to the fans, but also is the mine where collectors dig their "jewels". The modern gallery initialize by impressionisms from 1890s. It has been developed in Europe for more than a hundred year and has become a mature system. In China, gallery is just a children of ten-years old. Compare with the gallery in Europe which has a long history, we have some own special features and disadvantages. This article will introduces the origin, category of gallery, the long history of gallery in Europe step by step. Author investigate the current states and problems of the gallery in ShangHai, BeiJing and give some personal opinions about the special problems in the market environment in China. Company with the increment of consumers in art-market, gallery as the first market of art, I believe gallery in China will be the key actor both in China and International.