Last updated: April 29, 2026
Self-created or fully authorized works only. Artists may only upload artworks they personally created or for which they hold all rights necessary to publish on Galleria.Art — including, where applicable, written authorization from co-creators, commissioning parties, photographic-subject-rights holders, or copyright owners.
No unauthorized third-party content. Uploading artworks created by other artists, brands, studios, galleries, or institutions without proper ownership or licensing is strictly prohibited. The same applies to photographs of artworks owned by third parties (museum collections, private collectors) where the photograph or its underlying work is protected.
Forgery, impersonation, and misleading attribution are forbidden. Users may not falsely claim authorship, origin, historical relevance, or ownership of any artwork. This includes presenting another artist's work under the user's name, misattributing the date or studio of creation, and fabricating provenance.
Replicas, reproductions, reinterpretations, and studies must be clearly disclosed in the title. Any replica, tribute, fan art, inspired-by piece, restoration, or reproduction must be explicitly labeled in the artwork title. See the Title Labeling section below for label conventions and examples. Description-only disclosure is not sufficient — the label must appear in the title so it travels with the work into feeds, search results, and shareable cards.
AI-generated and AI-assisted works must be transparently identified. If AI tools contributed to concept generation, composition, enhancement, or production, the artist must disclose this clearly in the title and in the description. The disclosure standard mirrors the Community Guidelines' AI and Generative Content Disclosure section; this rule adds the title-labeling convention.
Artists are solely responsible for copyright compliance. By publishing on Galleria.Art, you confirm that you hold all necessary rights, licenses, permissions, and releases — including, where applicable, model releases, location releases, and trademark licenses — for every element of the work and its description.
Counterfeit, stolen, or fraudulent artworks are prohibited. Selling or representing as genuine any artwork the user knows or should reasonably know to be counterfeit, stolen, or fraudulently provenanced is prohibited and may be reported to law-enforcement authorities.
Trademarks and protected assets. Use of trademarks, logos, brand names, character likenesses, or other protected assets without authorization is prohibited — including stylized references that a reasonable viewer would identify as the trademarked subject. Editorial, parodic, or critical uses recognized under applicable fair-use or fair-dealing doctrine are permitted; the artist bears the risk of correctly identifying when those exceptions apply.
Suspected infringement may be removed without prior notice. Galleria.Art reserves the right to remove suspected infringing content without prior notice to the uploader, in addition to the formal DMCA / DSA notice-and-action procedures described in the Copyright Policy. The uploader is notified after removal and may submit a counter-notice or request human review.
Repeat violations. Repeated copyright or trademark violations may lead to monetization suspension, account suspension, or permanent termination, in coordination with the repeat-infringer policy in our Copyright Policy.
Truthful descriptions. Title, dimensions, medium, year, originality, edition status, signature, condition, and provenance must not be misleading. Honest "approximate," "unknown," or "estimated" labels are acceptable; fabricated specifics are not.
Editions must be disclosed correctly. Editioned works must indicate edition type at the time of publishing — original, limited edition (with edition number, e.g., 3/25), open edition, artist's proof, print, or digital edition. Original works must not be presented as editioned, and editioned works must not be presented as originals. Reprinting an existing edition under a different edition number is prohibited.
Digitally altered representations must not deceive. Listing photographs and digital previews must accurately reflect the artwork as it physically or digitally exists. Color-correction and lighting adjustments are permitted; fundamental alteration of the depicted artwork — such as adding elements not present in the work, removing damage, or dramatically altering color — is not.
Pricing must not be deceptive. Suggested pricing should reasonably reflect the artwork being offered. Inflated comparison prices, false discount markings, fabricated "starting from" anchors, and currency-mismatch tricks are prohibited.
The Community Guidelines govern general content categories — sexual content involving minors, hate, harassment, graphic violence, illegal content, spam, self-harm, obscene language, and AI disclosure. Those rules apply in full to artist publishing. Three artist-specific clarifications:
No content farming or mass-uploading. Bulk uploading of low-effort, near-duplicate, or auto-generated works to game discovery, search, or recommendation systems is prohibited. Plan quotas are not a license to fill the slots with content farms.
Sensitive or mature content must be appropriately labeled. Where Galleria.Art surfaces a mature-content flag at upload, the artist must use it on works depicting nudity, graphic themes, or other content reasonably likely to be unwanted by some viewers — even when the work is permitted under the artistic-context carve-out for sexually explicit content.
Galleria.Art may curate or remove content that damages platform integrity. Beyond category-based removal, we may down-rank, hide, or remove content that — while not strictly violating any single rule — damages overall platform trust. This authority is narrow and subject to the same appeal procedure as ordinary moderation. Curation in this sense never means selecting which artists may participate — paid plans gate publishing access, never artistic merit.
Honest self-representation. Artists must represent themselves honestly. Stage names and pseudonyms are permitted when consistently used, but the underlying account must be tied to a real person or legal entity. Fictional artists, fake galleries, false biographies, and impersonation of institutions, museums, or named artists (living or deceased) are prohibited.
Authentic contact details. Where contact details are listed publicly (email, website, social profiles, gallery affiliations), they must be authentic and operated by the artist or their authorized representative. Listing third-party contacts without authorization is prohibited.
Verification badges may be revoked. Where Galleria.Art issues verification badges or identity markers, those may be revoked for misleading behavior. The affected user is notified and may appeal.
Off-platform sale responsibility. Where sales, negotiations, deliveries, or authenticity verification take place off-platform (direct messages, email, external sites), the artist is fully responsible. Galleria.Art facilitates discovery but is not a party to such transactions.
No misrepresentation of availability or status. Artists must not present sold, withdrawn, or unavailable works as available; must not present another artist's available work as their own; and must not misstate authenticity, ownership, or provenance status.
No platform guarantee for off-platform transactions. Galleria.Art does not guarantee transactions conducted outside the platform. Disputes arising from off-platform sales are between the buyer and the artist; Pllay AI's involvement is limited to enforcing platform rules where the conduct violated them.
Right to review and remove. Galleria.Art may review, moderate, flag, restrict the visibility of, or remove any content at its discretion when there is a reasonable basis to believe a rule in this document or in any other galleria policy has been violated.
Proof of rights, authorship, or provenance. Where there is doubt about a work's origin or rights, Galleria.Art may require the artist to provide reasonable proof — process documentation (work-in-progress photographs, layered source files, drafts), prior-publication evidence, written authorization from rights holders, or provenance records. Failure to provide reasonable proof when required may itself result in content removal.
Violation consequences may include:
Severe violations — counterfeit-sale activity, repeat infringement, identity fraud — may bypass intermediate stages and result in immediate termination.
These labels make replica, inspired-by, and AI disclosures visible at first glance — in feeds, search results, and shareable cards. The exact wording is not mandated; what matters is that an honest viewer reads the title and understands what kind of work this is.
Galleria.Art exists to protect authentic artistic creation, respect intellectual property, and maintain trust between artists, collectors, and the public.
This single principle is the lens through which any borderline case under these rules is resolved. When a rule is silent or ambiguous, the question moderators ask is: does the conduct here reinforce or undermine authentic creation, IP respect, and platform trust?