画廊是艺术品市场主体的重要组成部分,也是规范化的艺术品市场的一级市场。然而,在处于滥觞期的中国艺术品市场中,却出现了一市场——画廊和二级市场——拍卖行倒挂的不正常现状,即画廊的某些重要职能被拍卖行取代。众所周知,2009年是书画艺术品在中国拍卖市场上创造天价的一年:单件过亿元的拍品达到了4件,而且不少拍品都频频拍出高价,这使拍场上几乎看不到金融危机寒流的影子。几家欢乐几家愁。相比拍卖行的火热景象,同样是从事艺术品交易的画廊(本系列专题仅探讨内地画廊),其经营状况却是举步维艰,难以差强人意:营销额急剧下降,关门歇业者不在少数,于是有人将2009年称为画廊业界最为艰辛的一年。文化部文化市场发展中心最新出台的《中国艺术品市场白皮书》指出:不少画廊在沉重的成本压力下被迫关闭或转行:中国画廊业可以说在生死线上痛苦地挣扎着。 Art gallery gallery is an important part of the main market, but also the standardized art market a primary market. However, at the initial stage of the Chinese art market, there appeared an abnormal situation in which markets, the gallery and the secondary market, were upside down. Some of the important functions of the gallery were replaced by the auction houses. As we all know, 2009 is a painting and calligraphy art auction in the Chinese market to create a high price of the year: a single one hundred million yuan of the auction reached 4, and many have frequently auctioned high prices, which makes the auction field almost invisible The shadow of the financial crisis cold. Several happy few worry. Compared with the fiery image of the auction house, which is also a gallery dealing with art works (this series of topics only deals with the Mainland galleries), its business situation is struggling and unsatisfactory: the sales volume plunges sharply, 2009 is the most difficult year for the gallery industry. The White Paper on China’s Art Market recently released by the Cultural Market Development Center of the Ministry of Culture pointed out: Many galleries were forced to shut down or switch under heavy cost pressure: the Chinese gallery industry can be said to have struggled painfully and painstakingly online and offline.