Art galleries function gatekeepers, and if they don’t want to work with an unknown artist, it can mean that they will simply block someone new from attempting to enter the art scene. Furthermore, art galleries typically reward current status from already famous artists, or they may instantly interact in nepotism by working with the chums or relatives of those already in the scene. Commercial art galleries are there to generate income off of artists, and they usually take a large percentage of the total price of the paintings they are selling. In the earliest days of human art, all art …