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art gallery

art gallery

38 2.7
A place like a building or website that shows paintings and sculptures for people to see and sometimes buy
  • noun
  • /ɑrt ˈɡæləri/
translation icon : galería de arte
  • The art gallery featured an impressive collection of modern paintings for everyone to admire.
  • exhibited in art galleries
  • sold at the art gallery
  • visit an art gallery

So people are hosting virtual art galleries with these one of one NFTS.

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Examples

Synonyms

museum
vsart gallery
1.0

A building where people see and learn about art, history, or science

is narrower focusing on displayed artworks and sales rather than collections
gallery
vsart gallery
324 2.8

A place where people go to see and buy art

often also sells works and includes online display spaces
salon
vsart gallery
19 4.2

A place that shows new paintings and sculptures to the public

serves both short exhibitions and regular open viewing or sales
art museum
vsart gallery
15 2.3

A building that shows paintings and sculptures to the public

focuses more on public access and selling including online spaces
picture gallery
vsart gallery
2.8

A room or building where paintings and other art are shown to the public

displays all art types and may sell works or show online

How Public

museum
1.0
art gallery
38 2.7

Surface Forms

art gallery singular
art galleries plural

Morphology

art + gallery

The meaning of 'art gallery' is transparently composed from 'art' (works of art) + 'gallery' (a space for exhibiting works); the phrase denotes a place where artworks are displayed and often sold. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun + noun compound semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Art gallery may come from a time when the word gallery meant a 'long covered room' in big houses where people walked and looked at pictures, so the room itself became linked with showing art. That's why today an art gallery is a place to show and often sell art, where people go to see works.