Dec 14, 2017The Ruinart x Gertrude Salon SeriesThroughout the month of June, we hosted Salons in NYC with important artists that are redefining tradition and what it means today.Art10 min readArt10 min read
Dec 27, 2016Introducing Stellar FormationCompany formation (n, m): the term for the process of incorporation of a business. It is also sometimes referred to as company registration. I’m proud to introduce Stellar Formation, a website made to help you form your US company (Inc. or LLC) in minutes, clear and simple. This is a…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·May 12, 2015ArtList Update: Making It SimpleSince the early days, we have been excited about making the art market fast, secure and fair. …Art3 min readArt3 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Apr 1, 2015Ending the Christie’s and Sotheby’s Duopoly🎉 Happy 250th birthday! Christie’s and Sotheby’s are 250 years old companies that control in duopoly roughly 2/3 of the global secondary art market. They’ve been a duopoly for so long that they’re missing the revolution that will make them irrelevant. Christie’s and Sotheby’s are the major players in the secondary art market globally…Art6 min readArt6 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Mar 21, 2015The $46.3m painting that made Gerhard Richter sick“There is something really shocking about the amount” — Gerhard Richter. Here’s why Christie’s and Sotheby’s don’t contribute to culture and why this will change. “Abstraktes Bild” appreciated by 5,000 times since it was sold by the artist. The artist got close to 0 from its sale. The secondary contemporary…Art3 min readArt3 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Feb 7, 2015Artists, Privacy and Being FairAn artist whose work is featured on ArtList wrote us a message Hi Astrid, How am I to keep records of the work being sold on your website anonymously without info? …2 min read2 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Jan 27, 2015What can you sell on ArtList?In short: first tier artwork by established artists, listed at the right price, and for which provenance and condition can be traced. If you own artwork like this, you can submit it for sale on ArtList. In the interest of transparency, here are the criteria we use to decide which…2 min read2 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Jan 26, 2015ArtList ValuesA few days ago we introduced ArtList to the public. Here is our mission and the values we stand by: Our mission is to make buying and selling unique artwork fast, secure and fair. 1. Give privacy. At ArtList, we understand the art market needs a place to do business privately. Our unique technology allows you to buy and sell artwork privately — you get to decide…2 min read2 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Sep 26, 2014Au revoir auction housesIntroducing ArtList. As a general rule, if you like getting things done and happen to be an art collector, then you probably don’t like auction houses. By any measure, they are slow, expensive and tough to deal with. They’re also unfair to artists. A growing number of you discover art…3 min read3 min read
Published in Welcome to ArtList·Aug 25, 2014Moving Art OnlineD-day is getting closer. — Why is it that only 5% of the art market has moved online? Here are a few things that we’ve learned about the art world and why it is hard to move online. However, this is changing fast. In the art market, you need to trust people Stakes are just too high. This holds true whether you are active…6 min read6 min read
