pune art galleries have been kept closed in the city despite restaurants theatres and performance spaces opening up in the city and the move has drawn ire from owners as well as artiststhe fact that art galleries remaining closed while theatre spaces have opened up is affecting artists especially in smaller towns and cities across the state for artists from these areas pune is among the main markets to sell their works or attract new clients and patrons they added that it would also be easier to maintain social distancing norms at art galleries unlike anywhere else because they generally receive less footfall than other cultural spacesthere are not too many art galleries outside pune and mumbai where artists from cities like satara kolhapur or sangli can exhibit their works of art such as paintings and sculptures art exhibitions are perhaps the only means of truly exhibiting the wonderful talent that exists in these smaller towns and cities yet somehow art galleries have been kept closed for more than eight months now said prashant bholagir who owns ray art gallery on fergusson college road