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Art gallery marketing ideas: let visitors judge the work
The fastest way to market an art gallery online is to add vanes: one tap questions on the work, the shows and the things nobody says out loud in a gallery. Two seconds to answer, no login, and the tally tells you what people actually stop for.
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Work by people who are still working.Free entry · Open Wed to Sun ← Tap it What is a vane?
A one tap question you place anywhere on your website.
- 1Place the vane… anywhere
Engage visitors throughout your web content.
- 2Visitors tap
It's intended to be quick, fun and interesting.
- 3You get the data
Live in your dashboard: to fix problems early, plan the menu, and publish numbers worth quoting.
Art gallery poll questions to steal
Questions people actually answer.
Paste these into the builder or swap in your own programme. Everything visitors are too polite to say is worth asking anonymously.
Permission to have an opinion
Galleries are quietly intimidating, and that costs sales. An anonymous one tap verdict gives visitors permission to react honestly, and gives you the first real data about what people stop for.
Where should it go on a art gallery website?
The right format for every part of your site.
The best spots are the current exhibition page, individual work pages, a QR beside the wall text, the mailing list page, and the private view follow up.
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Choosing the summer show
Three artists, one summer slot, and a selection committee of two who cannot agree. Visitors have picked the best attended show two years running, so we are asking again.
The exhibition page
A gut call on the work that leads the show.
Best formatSnap Judgment
The honest reaction a gallery never hears.
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News · This week
Choosing the summer show
Three artists, one summer slot, and a selection committee of two who cannot agree. Visitors have picked the best attended show two years running, so we are asking again.
Work pages
An anonymous would-you-live-with-it verdict.
Best formatRank It
Attendance forecasting before you commit a season.
The Field Scan for today's question
A QR beside the wall text
One tap in the room, where the reaction is real.
Best formatHot Take
Price transparency is a real trade argument.
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On now and coming
Current: large abstractsTill March
Next: photographyApril
Summer: sculptureJune
Which show are you most looking forward to?
The mailing list page
The exhibition ballot, so subscribing means voting.
Best formatNumber Guess
What visitors think collectable work costs.
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How was your visit?
The private view follow up
A Mood Gradient on the show itself.
Best formatSort the Bins
Which gallery conventions actually serve visitors.
You get the data
The crowd tells you what to do next.
Every answer lands in your dashboard the moment it's given. Spot a rough morning before it becomes a review, see which drinks earn their place, and export it all in one click.
Start freeIllustrations with sample answers.
Run it as a survey
Same questions. One link.
Send the same 3 questions as one anonymous link, by email, QR code or receipt. Answers come back person by person.
Build this survey, prefilled → How surveys workCommon questions
What owners ask us.
How do art galleries attract new visitors?
Lower the social risk of walking in. Anonymous one tap reactions to the work tell visitors that having an opinion is welcome, which is the single biggest barrier for people who feel galleries are not for them.
What should a gallery website have besides an exhibition list?
Something visitors can respond to. Gut calls on works, exhibition ballots and honest questions about the art world make a gallery feel open rather than intimidating.
Can visitor votes influence the programme?
For open slots, yes, and it is good business. A ranked ballot forecasts attendance and gives everyone who voted a reason to come to the opening.
Is anonymous feedback useful for selling work?
It is the only honest feedback a gallery gets. Nobody tells a director that a piece leaves them cold, but they will tap it, and that tells you what to hang at the front.
VANE it for art galleries
Ask what people really stop for
One script tag, free to start, and the room finally tells you what it thinks.