Welcome to the official website of L Gallery. Please read these Terms of Service carefully before using this website, submitting an exhibition application, making a visit reservation, participating in an event, or cooperating with L Gallery.
By using this website or submitting any materials, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Service.
1. About L Gallery
L Gallery is a non-profit private art space located at B103, Sunken Plaza, Qiantang Aviation Building, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, China. It is dedicated to providing artists, curators, and visitors with a platform for exhibitions, displays, exchange, and archival documentation.
L Gallery may publish exhibition information, artist introductions, open calls, visit reservations, project archives, and related content through its official website, social media, physical space, and other channels.
2. Services
The L Gallery website and related services may include:
1. Display of exhibition information.
2. Display of artists, artworks, and project archives.
3. Open Calls, exhibition applications, curatorial applications, or cooperation applications.
4. Visit reservations, event registration, or visitor registration.
5. Publication of news, articles, reviews, interviews, or other content.
6. Notices, information, and contact functions related to the physical space of L Gallery.
7. Other online or offline services provided by L Gallery from time to time.
L Gallery reserves the right to adjust, suspend, or terminate part of its services based on actual operational circumstances.
3. User Conduct
When using this website and related services, you shall comply with the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China and these Terms of Service. You shall not engage in any of the following activities:
1. Submit false, misleading, unlawful, or rights-infringing information.
2. Upload, publish, or disseminate content that infringes upon another party’s copyright, portrait rights, reputation rights, privacy rights, trademark rights, or other lawful rights and interests.
3. Upload, publish, or disseminate information containing violence, pornography, discrimination, hatred, fraud, malicious attacks, illegal transactions, or other unlawful or inappropriate content.
4. Interfere with the normal operation of the website, or attempt to access, attack, scrape, or copy website data without authorization.
5. Impersonate another person or organization, or use the name of L Gallery in a misleading manner.
6. Use this website or L Gallery’s related services for unauthorized commercial promotion, spam, or other improper purposes.
7. Engage in any other conduct that violates laws and regulations, public order and good morals, or harms the interests of L Gallery, artists, visitors, partners, or the public.
If you violate the above rules, L Gallery has the right to remove relevant content, reject applications, cancel reservations, terminate cooperation, and reserve the right to pursue legal liability.
4. Exhibition Applications and Submissions
If you submit an exhibition application, artwork materials, curatorial proposal, or other submission materials to L Gallery, you confirm and warrant that:
1. The information you submit is true, accurate, and complete.
2. You have lawful rights to, or have obtained sufficient authorization for, the artworks, images, texts, proposals, and other materials you submit.
3. The content you submit does not infringe upon any third party’s intellectual property rights, personality rights, privacy rights, property rights, or other lawful rights and interests.
4. You understand that L Gallery has the right to independently decide whether to accept an application based on spatial conditions, curatorial direction, scheduling, and operational judgment.
5. L Gallery is not obligated to provide detailed explanations or feedback for applications that are not selected.
6. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by both parties, submission, application, or communication itself does not constitute a commitment by L Gallery to provide you with exhibition, sales, agency, promotion, or other services.
7. Exhibition Cooperation and Use of Physical Space
If you and L Gallery reach an arrangement regarding offline exhibitions, installation, de-installation, artwork display, space use, or other cooperation, the separately signed exhibition agreement, cooperation agreement, or written confirmation between the parties shall prevail.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the artist or partner shall be responsible for:
1. Transportation, insurance, storage, installation, de-installation, and related expenses of the artworks.
2. On-site order, artwork supervision, visitor reception, and safety precautions during the exhibition.
3. The originality, legality, and completeness of authorization for the submitted artworks and materials.
4. Third-party disputes arising from artworks, installation, de-installation, publicity, or on-site activities.
5. Damage to the venue, facilities, equipment, or personal or property damage to third parties caused by their own conduct.
L Gallery has the right to request adjustments, suspend, or terminate relevant exhibitions or activities in advance if it discovers safety hazards, unlawful or inappropriate content, infringement risks, serious disruption to the order of the space, or damage to the reputation of L Gallery.
6. Visit Reservations and Event Participation
When making a visit reservation or registering for an event through the official website or other channels, you shall provide true and valid information and visit or participate according to the reserved time, space rules, and instructions of on-site staff.
L Gallery has the right to adjust opening hours, cancel reservations, or change event arrangements based on space capacity, safety, exhibition adjustments, force majeure, government requirements, or other reasonable reasons.
Visitors shall conduct themselves respectfully and shall not damage artworks, the venue, facilities, or interfere with the viewing experience of others. If any loss is caused due to personal reasons, the responsible person shall bear corresponding liability in accordance with the law.
7. Intellectual Property
The texts, images, videos, layouts, visual designs, logos, exhibition pages, project archives, and other content on the L Gallery website are, unless otherwise stated, owned by L Gallery, artists, photographers, authors, or the relevant rights holders.
Without the written permission of the rights holder, no person may copy, download, disseminate, adapt, commercially use, or otherwise use the above content without authorization.
You may quote website content within a reasonable scope for personal study, commentary, sharing, reporting, or non-commercial appreciation, provided that the source and author are credited, and that the content is not distorted, altered, or used in a manner that harms the artworks or the rights and interests of the rights holders.
8. License for User-Submitted Content
When you submit texts, images, artwork information, artist biographies, exhibition proposals, installation views, or other content to L Gallery, you authorize L Gallery to use, display, reproduce, edit, format, publish, and disseminate such content in a reasonable manner within the scope of exhibitions, project archives, promotional activities, research documentation, and space operation.
This license is non-exclusive and free of charge, and does not constitute a transfer of copyright. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by both parties, the copyright of the artwork itself remains with the original rights holder.
If you wish to withdraw or restrict part of this license, please contact L Gallery promptly. For content that has already been produced, published, or entered into exhibition archives, L Gallery will handle your request within a reasonable scope, but may not be able to fully withdraw content that has already been publicly disseminated or reposted by third parties.
9. Disclaimer
L Gallery will make reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the content on the website, but does not guarantee that all information is absolutely accurate or always up to date.
The views of artists, artistic expressions, review articles, or submitted content displayed on this website represent only the personal positions of the respective authors or creators and do not necessarily represent the position of L Gallery.
L Gallery shall not be liable beyond the scope prescribed by law for service interruptions, information delays, reservation adjustments, or event cancellations caused by network failures, equipment failures, third-party platform issues, force majeure, government policies, public safety incidents, or other reasons beyond the reasonable control of L Gallery.
10. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, L Gallery shall not be liable for any indirect losses, incidental losses, loss of expected benefits, data loss, or commercial losses arising from your use of or inability to use this website, participation in exhibition applications, visit reservations, event registrations, or reliance on website information.
If your unlawful, breaching, infringing, or improper conduct causes losses to L Gallery, artists, visitors, partners, or third parties, you shall bear corresponding liability and compensate for reasonable expenses arising therefrom, including but not limited to compensation, attorney’s fees, litigation costs, investigation fees, notarization fees, and enforcement costs.
11. Third-Party Services
This website may use or link to third-party platforms, including but not limited to social media, maps, form tools, data analytics tools, email services, image platforms, or video platforms.
The service rules, privacy policies, and content responsibilities of third-party platforms are the responsibility of the respective third parties. Before using any third-party service, you should read and comply with its relevant rules.
12. Changes to These Terms
L Gallery has the right to update these Terms of Service based on changes in laws and regulations, website function adjustments, or operational needs. The updated Terms will be published on the website and will take effect from the date of publication or from the date indicated on the page.
If you continue to use this website or related services after the Terms have been updated, you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Terms.
13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
The formation, validity, interpretation, performance, and dispute resolution of these Terms of Service shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China.
Any dispute arising from this website, related services, or these Terms of Service shall first be resolved through friendly consultation between the parties. If consultation fails, either party may file a lawsuit with the competent people’s court at the location of L Gallery.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Service, website content, exhibition applications, copyright issues, or other matters, please contact:
L Gallery
Address: B103, Sunken Plaza, Qiantang Aviation Building, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, China
Email: [lgallery.hangzhou@gmail.com](mailto:lgallery.hangzhou@gmail.com)
Phone: +86 19357691179