ArtTech Emerges In Bahrain With A Bigger Promise Ahead

Forbes, by Elena Zavelev, Founder & CEO, New Art Academy & CADAF

Manama, BahrainCOURTESY OF ARTEM HOLDINGS

Manama, Bahrain

COURTESY OF ARTEM HOLDINGS

As the synergy between art and technology continues to grow, art experiences get increasingly digital and less defined by geography.  One can access the collection of Dutch & Flemish Old Master paintings from the Kremer Collection through virtual reality technology as well as discover large-scale Chinese Contemporary works within DSL’s collection virtual museum. Read More

Is Blockchain The Right Solution For The Auction Houses?

Forbes, by Elena Zavelev, Founder & CEO, New Art Academy & CADAF

AFP/Getty ImagesDON EMMERT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

AFP/Getty ImagesDON EMMERT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The art world witnessed an extraordinary auction on November 13th at the Christie’s Auction House in New York. Not only the collection of the late Barney A. Ebsworth raised over $300 million, setting the new world auction records for Edward Hopper and Willem de Kooning, but also for the first-time-ever, the results of the major auction sale were recorded using blockchain technology. To do so, Christie’s has collaborated with Artory, the leading independent blockchain-based registry for the art market built on Ethereum Blockchain. Continue Reading

How Blockchain Empowers The Digital Art Market

By Elena Zavelev, CEO & Founder, New Art Academy, Forbes.com

89 seconds Atomized, by Eve Sussman.COURTESY OF SNARK.ART

89 seconds Atomized, by Eve Sussman.COURTESY OF SNARK.ART

Uniqueness and novelty are generally considered to be the founding principles of creativity in the arts. These principles, however, are often challenged in the digital art space where the proliferation of unauthorized digital copies makes it close to impossible to prove the ownership or the authorship of the artwork in question. Continue Reading