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Digitalizing the art trade: Sotheby’s became friends with eBay, but can it warm up to blockchain?
In recent years, Sotheby's successfully adopted to digitalization, shifting many of its auctions to online marketplaces. Nowadays, however, Blockchain technology is threatening to dramatically disrupt the $60 billion art market and to diminish Sotheby's role in the supply chain of art.
Picasso or House of Cards? How the Met is Vying for Your Attention in a Digital World
Who wants to spend an afternoon at a museum when you can binge-watch the latest season of House of Cards on Netflix? The greatest challenge that the Metropolitan Museum of Art faces is to stay relevant in the digital world and compete for the attention of an increasingly distracted audience.
Why VR could mean the end of Art museums
Do you enjoy the experience surrounding the visit of a museum? Virtual Reality (VR) headsets are slowly emerging as a substitute to visiting art galleries, potentially threatening museums’ business model.
Paddle8: Bringing the Art Auction House Online
Combining the ease and efficiency of e-commerce with the taste and trust of a traditional auction house.
ARTSY: Finding Art at the Intersection of Science and Technology
A look at how one company is mapping out a digital taxonomy of all the world’s art
Dafen Village: Factory of Fine Art
Want to decorate your new apartment with Starry Night but don’t have the millions? Dafen is the village behind the $10 hand-painted replica available at your local Walmart.
Pagani Automobili S.p.A.: Merging Art and Science
How can an independent, low-volume, uber-premium Auto Company manage to stay profitable for over 20 years?
Paddle8 – Shaking up the auction world
Moving from the gavel to the mouse
MoMA: a museum that grows with its audience
People generally don’t think of art museums as a source of innovations but the slow, patient and thoughtful changes that The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) made in recent years have served its business missions well.