1. modern ways in which art is created, produced, distributed, marketed, preserved and supported have shifted as a direct reaction of the world’s transition to a socially connected, digital society - to the age of the internet.

    Traditionally, artists have been going to a gallery with their portfolio, and the gallery decides whether the work is good enough to expose.

    Now, they turn to the web - to exhibit their work and to sell it, too.

    With new services such as crowdfunding, for the first time artists are able to raise money online to pursue their ideas