How our New Reports Help the Overall Vastari Marketplace On Saturday, 6 October, just over a month ago, Vastari released the Global Report and Exhibition Finance Report. With our stacked bar charts, and the trend analysis, it can maybe seem that we
Ethics in Museums: It’s About KYC More Than a Distance From the Trade When looking at the definition of ethical behaviour in museums, museum professionals often default to the practice of being at an arm’s length from the trade of art. This is clearly to
The Entrepreneurial Museum: how the Art Business Conference can be a place for institutions, too Every year, in London in September and in New York in April, art world professionals come together for something called the “Art Business Conference.” It is an event that aims to bring together
Blockchain and art: why Vastari wants to drive the conversation forward “Hold on a moment - is Vastari a blockchain company now?” That’s been the reaction we’ve received from various people throughout the years - when our collaboration with Everledger was published
Why Contemporary Chinese Art should be shown more at Western museums In recent years, interesting survey exhibitions of Contemporary Chinese Art have been shown, including the large show at the Guggenheim called “Art and China after 1989: Theatre of the World” which closed on
The Empowered Museum: Why I Love Being Involved With #WAM18 Running a museum is a difficult and important task. Museums are the arbiters of global culture, defining what we as humans consider important to remember for future generations. They maintain value, they preserve
The Subtle Art of Reinterpretation without Regurgitation (Or how the relationship between funding and creativity in exhibitions and public art can be gray) This week, Tim Schneider wrote a piece for the Gray Art Market about the differences between public art initiatives versus artistic advertising or sponsored content. It made me think.
How our link to Giorgio Vasari can even inspire techies We were just featured on the Tech Talk Show podcast last week, and it was really eye-opening that our art and technology innovation platform at Vastari could also inspire those who are more
The truth behind the beauty: why I'm really missing the TEFAF Art Market Report in 2018 On the way to Maastricht, thinking about my dream last night. A mysterious facing looking straight at me and saying ‘what's so great about working in the art market?’ After getting over the
