About this web site

This web site presents high-quality images of artwork from actual exhibitions, inserted digitally into a virtual gallery. These previews are intended to augment the information available in press releases, exhibition catalogues and magazine advertisements.

This site can also be reached at www.eprev.com.

Exhibitionpreview.com offers a unique “stroll-through” experience of gallery exhibitions. The virtual installations give an immediate impression of the scale of the artwork and its relationship to the viewer.

All work is depicted at true relative size with color replicated as accurately as possible. Scrolling horizontally, viewers can experience either a quick run-through or a lingering trip. Titles, dates, media, and dimensions appear when a mouse hovers over individual images. Clicking enlarges them; clicking again anywhere on the screen closes the large images.

The "installations" on this site are designed to accommodate monitors with 800 x 600 resolution. Viewers with higher resolution monitors have access to a separate view with taller "walls.”

Criteria for exhibitions

Exhibitionpreview.com is unaffiliated with any gallery or institution, and presents artwork without judgment as to style or content. The "installations” here conform only to these conditions:

• All artwork must be part of an installation currently installed (or to appear within the next 6 weeks) at an established gallery. The selection must reflect the overall exhibition.
  
• All work must be wall-hung.
  
• Other than captions for artwork, text is limited to a gallery-issued press release, available as a link.
  
• Installations are removed from the web site at the close of the actual exhibitions.

There is currently no charge for "installations" of up to 15 images when suitable images and specifications of artwork are provided by the gallery/artist. Contact install@exhibitionpreview.com for details.

Color Accuracy

Every effort has been made to ensure color accuracy. The images on this site have been captured with high quality cameras and edited using GretagMacbeth calibrated equipment. All images are converted to sRGB color space for web viewing. The final appearance of images, however, depends on the condition of the viewer’s monitor.

Calibration is the first, crucial step in assuring accurate color on your monitor, and it’s relatively easy to do. Fairly good calibration is free with Photoshop:

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321608.html

Relatively inexpensive hardware will calibrate your monitor more accurately:

http://www.colorvision.com/profis/profis_view.jsp?id=361

or:

http://usa.gretagmacbethstore.com/index.cfm/act/Catalog.cfm/catalogid/999/Subcategory/Eye-One%20Solutions/category/Color%20Management/browse/null/MenuGroup/Menu%20USA/desc/Eye-One%20Display%20Version%201%20-%20Clearance.htm

Note: lower-quality LCD screens can be difficult to calibrate.

Contact

Please address comments or inquiries about this site to: johng@exhibitionpreview.com.