Gallery Opening: Give Art Makes Giving Art Easier

Give Art, a newly launched gallery in Chinatown, is taking the snobbery out of original artwork by making authentic works affordable – well, to an extent. The artwork still maintains its lofty status with originals that cost anywhere from $500 to $3,500, but Give Art’s clever twist is that it’s launching its gallery into cyberspace with a social networking-like agenda. In so doing, anyone who longs for that perfect pièce de résistance can alert friends via the handy internet, at which point these worldly friends can choose to band together to pitch a fraction of the total amount to buy or make that one-of-a-kind art piece more affordable.