What is Digital Art? The Future of Art with Online Exhibition Platforms

Art has evolved in parallel with social and cultural transformations throughout history. Today, one of the strongest reflections of this transformation emerges in the field of digital art. Digital art, which encompasses many disciplines such as new media art, graphic design, 3D modeling, video art, and artificial intelligence-supported productions, has radically changed not only the form of production but also exhibition practices.

This new approach, which goes beyond the boundaries of physical galleries, has introduced the concept of online art into our lives and popularized online exhibition models. Thanks to this structure that eliminates the boundaries of time and space, artists can create broader and more participatory exhibition experiences. Especially for interdisciplinary art producers, online systems offer significant opportunities in terms of both freedom of expression and visibility.

One of the most unique examples of this transformation in Türkiye is Eserlik. As both an online exhibition platform and an art platform, Eserlik offers artists the opportunity to exhibit and share digitally. This platform, where individuals or groups can apply for an exhibition, allows each producer to exhibit their works in a digital gallery environment.

Thanks to the online gallery infrastructure, each digital art exhibition is transformed into not only a display, but also a process of creating an online exhibition and sharing artworks. Artifacts also contribute to the online art memory with the works archived at the end of the exhibition. This system makes it possible for productions to be permanently accessible.

In this way, exhibitions held under different titles such as design exhibitions, contemporary art, and 2025 exhibitions become more accessible for both individuals and institutions. This model, which is digitalized in the field of culture and art, reaches wider audiences through platforms such as Artifacts and spreads the concept of digital art.

Digital art and online exhibition systems are the main actors determining the future of art. For artists, adapting to this new order means rethinking presentation formats as much as production. Taking advantage of the opportunities offered by digital in the developing world expands the reach of art and contributes to cultural memory.