artnet AG operates in the art industry in Germany. The principal activities of the group include the provision of services to fine art professionals, as well as a platform to buy, sell, and research fine art online; and the building and hosting of Web sites for art dealers and galleries.
The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Artnet Worldwide Corporation, provides art collectors, galleries, publishers and auction houses access to it Price Database, a database containing 2.9 million wo...
artnet AG operates in the art industry in Germany. The principal activities of the group include the provision of services to fine art professionals, as well as a platform to buy, sell, and research fine art online; and the building and hosting of Web sites for art dealers and galleries.
The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Artnet Worldwide Corporation, provides art collectors, galleries, publishers and auction houses access to it Price Database, a database containing 2.9 million works of art sold at auction, on a fee per search basis. Additionally the company develops Web sites and banner advertisement for galleries that are hosted on the Artnet site.
Products
The product portfolio of the group includes the Fine Art Auctions Database, the Online Gallery Network, Online art trade Magazine, the African Art Auctions Database, and The Grove Dictionary of Art. Other key services include artnet Magazine, the insider''s guide to the art market with daily news, reviews, and features by renowned writers in the art community and the Price Database.
Fine Art Auctions Database provides art collectors and professionals a means of tracking auction price records on the international art market. The artnet Magazine provides gallery network and artists portfolios.
The Online Gallery Network provides online exhibiting scope to art dealers and galleries. The company’s online Gallery Network includes approximately 1,000 galleries in 250 international cities, approximately 90,000 works by approximately 18,000 artists from around the globe. The Network serves dealers and art buyers alike by providing a survey of the market and its pricing trends, as well as the means to communicate.
Market Alert automatically informs subscribers of newly available artworks by their favorite artists both on the online Gallery Network and in the Price Database. The Market Alert is a service in that it offers alerts for both the auction and dealer markets.
Imageless search, allows users to search the Price Database without the images. This service complements its hallmark Price Database services with images.
Directory serves as an international directory of museums, art fairs and art galleries. The Grove Dictionary of Art offers approximately 16,000 artists'' biographies, approximately 1,000 articles on materials and techniques, as well as styles and movements in the history of western art.
artnet’s Price Database is the color illustrated archive of fine art auction results worldwide. Price Database appraises customer artwork by comparing it to similar artworks sold at auction. Access the illustrated archive of art auction records in the world. Representing auction results from approximately 500 international auction houses since 1985, the Price Database covers approximately 2.6 million artworks by approximately 180,000 artists, ranging from Old Masters to Contemporary Art.
The company launched the German Web site, artnet.de, features a German Magazine that focuses predominantly on European art news and culture.
Market
The company operates predominantly in the United States and Europe.
Customers
The major customers of artnet include dealers, galleries, auction houses, print publishers, museums, insurance companies, and collectors.
History
artnet AG was founded in 1989. The company was formerly known as artnet.com AG and changed its name to artnet AG in 2002.