Art gallery

The art gallery is a type of lot and also a lot assignment in The Sims 3.

Gameplay descriptions

Attracts: Sims with the Artistic trait.
Deters: Sims with the Can't Stand Art trait.

Encourages NPCs to learn: NPCs are encouraged to use the Painting skill on this lot.

Every time a Sims learning the Painting skill sells a painting directly from the easel there is a 20% chance that painting will replace a wall decoration item in the local art gallery.

Art galleries generate the following dark blue map tag in-game:

Varieties

Sunset Valley

Sunset Institute of Modern Art

Sunset Institute of Modern Art

Sunset Institute of Modern Art in Sunset Valley.

540 Mirabello Road

The Sunset Institute of Modern Art is the default art gallery lot for Sunset Valley. It is a large glass-fronted building, featuring a collection of strangely colored sculptures and paintings.

Riverview

Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery

Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery

Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery in Riverview.

15 Old Main Road

Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery is Riverview's default art gallery lot. It bears no description text. It has a very quaint and pleasant appearance compared with the modern art-focused gallery in Sunset Valley.

Champs Les Sims

La Gallerie d'Art

La Gallerie d'Art

La Gallerie d'Art in Champs Les Sims.

The La Gallerie d'Art is the default art gallery lot for Champs Les Sims, and it was the only new premade art gallery introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures. It contains tombs. It is a very large building, acting more a museum than an art gallery. It holds numerous rare items like the Cursed Sarcophagus of the Kings. It may be a parody of the real life Louvre Museum in France, although it lacks a Pyramid court.

Twinbrook

Curios Memorial Museum

Curios Memorial Museum

Curios Memorial Museum in Twinbrook.

6 Cherrywood Lane

The Curios Memorial Museum is the default art gallery lot for Twinbrook. The museum showcases a lot of the new sculptures available via the Sculpting skill. The urn of Tina-Patricia Copper is kept near a sculpture on the third floor.

Barnacle Bay

Goldbeard Galleon Gallery

Goldbeard Galleon Gallery

Goldbeard Galleon Gallery in Barnacle Bay

3 Porthilly View

Goldbeard Galleon Gallery is the art gallery from Barnacle Bay. It is named after the Goldbeard family and is mentioned in Coral Goldbeard's bio. The building is near the Goldbeard estate and the two look very much alike.

Bridgeport

The True Modern Art Gallery

The True Modern Art Gallery

The True Modern Art Gallery in Bridgeport

7694 Sterling Parkway

The True Modern Art Gallery is the art gallery from Bridgeport. This gallery places a strong emphasis on minimalism. It features a bar for mixologists.