I think that the internet allows the artist to live wherever he wants. In the woods, the mountains, the sea ..... In such circumstances, you can enjoy life and at the same time be in the thick of things. You can choose the gallery that you want to cooperate, even if they are thousands of miles from the artist. Can show their work at the same time all over the world, you can sell paintings and with considerable success to those people who in the absence of the Internet would never not buy them!
I think that not all artists can live in a big city and fruitful work there. Often vanity delays ......
And the big auctions, too, will find himself there, but perhaps with time
Thank you for the article!