Charles Saatchi, a reclusive artist, has set up a virtual gallery on the Internet to let
unknown artists from around the world showcase their work and talents. In three weeks, Your Gallery on Saatchi’s Web Site, averaging 1.7 million hits a day, has evolved into a hute gathering site for some 5,000 artists in 60 countries around the globes. Some of the works have been sold at prices of up to 100,000 pounds (which, at the currest exchange rate, amounts to $184,000). Best part of all? There is no fee for commission and no red tape with the dealers.

"Many artists find it very hard to break into the gallery
world. If they don’t have the connections or aren’t skilled at
selling themselves, even good artists can struggle," Saatchi
said in a statement to Reuters. "This site is intended to create a community of artists who
can easily show their work to a global audience of collectors,
dealers and curators on a level playing field," he added.

In the art world, this is probably the closest to "open source" as it can possibly get. -Natalie Mayslich