Discover the 5 key Art Industry Trends The Trends 1. Abstract paintings are most important to gallery sales. For 59% of respondents, non-figurative paintings (which includes abstract painting, as well as associated genres such as minimalist painting, spiritual abstraction, and neo–abstract expressionism) were selected as most important to their business now. In contrast, 45% of galleries ranked figurative painting highest. Methodology The Art Industry Trends Report was developed through an online survey that ran from March 2023 to April 2023, ...