Pros
It's nice to be surrounded by fine art.
Cons
The owner is unethical and the business practices are probably illegal. You will receive no benefits, work nights, weekends and major holidays for no salary. The job is 100% commission on sales (5% to 15%). The gallery locations are in B to C malls with long hours and patrons who are not qualified to purchase art ranging in price from $500 to $1,000,000. Should you manage to make a decent sale your commission will be reduced because 'you didn't charge enough for shipping or sales tax', the owner 'paid so much for this print that your commission will be reduced' etc. etc, etc. If you know anything about art you will have to stuff it. The 'gold art' (living artists are mostly hacks but you get a higher commission selling their gaudily framed prints for 30x what they are worth. The 'blue' art - as in Blue Chip consists of Picasso, Miro, Dali, Warhol prints. The usual suspects - 20th mass producers. Some good, some weak - all over priced and cheaply framed. We were told to sell the works on paper as 'archivally, museum framed'. In fact they are under the poorest quality plastic wit no UV protection. Lots of lying and cheating with Martin Lawrence. Buyer beware, potential sales consultant beware.