Of course no one would deny that the traditional brick-and-mortar art galleries have their advantages – particularly when you want to go to view or enjoy art as an event – but it seems that recently the pros of internet galleries, for busy people who want to buy art but lack the time needed to spend hours at exhibitions, have been becoming more obvious. According to ArtInfo.com, Allan Majotra, co-founder and managing director of PicassoMio which owns both physical and virtual galleries, even says that established buyers have begun to shift from buying in person to buying on the web.

There are, of course, a number of reasons for this. Partly the phenomenan is due to the increased ease online galleries afford those who do not live in or near centres of art – after all, it’s much easier to surf the web than to take [...]