Share of global art dealer sales by channel 2023

Gallery transactions accounted for 44 percent of the global value of art dealer sales in 2023, declining by three percentage points over the previous year. While combined sales at overseas and local fairs only accounted for 13 percent of the total value in the first year of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they represented 29 percent of art dealer sales in 2023. Meanwhile, sales from online channels generated 23 percent of the total transactions' value in 2023.

Distribution of art dealer sales value worldwide from 2020 to 2023, by channel

Characteristic	Gallery	Overseas art fairs	Local art fairs	Online (internal)	Online (via third party platform)	Online art fairs	Other
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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020 to 2023¹

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

¹ Data refer to an annual study including an online survey distributed to the memberships of some of the main dealer association worldwide (such as CINOA, ADAA, CPGA, SLAD, FEAGA) and national associations. In addition, Art Basel directly distributed a survey to individual galleries that participated in their shows in Basel, Miami Beach, Paris, and Hong Kong.

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