Panel Discussion: E-commerce and the art market

For the entire semester the FIT Art Market graduate program has been planning a symposium, and all of their hard work comes to fruition this Friday night. If you're reading this blog, there's a good chance you'll be interested....


Collect+Art+Delete: E-commerce and the art market is a panel discussion about not only the effects of the internet on the art market, but more specifically the art of buying art online.

WHO: The panelists will include gallerist and VIP (ONLINE) Art Fair founder, James Cohan; collector Ron Dominguez; David Grosz of Pace Gallery and their new online project Artifex Press; and Gracie Mansion of artnet.com. Art advisor and NADA co-founder Sheri Pasquarella will be the moderator.

This event is free and open to the public.

WHEN: Friday, November 5, 2010 at 6:30pm

WHERE: Fashion Institute of Technology, Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, D Building, 27th Street & 7th Ave.

WHAT: Over the last 20 years, art galleries, dealers and collectors have used the Internet to experiment with techniques for viewing and buying art, some with more success than others. The emergence of art sales transacted fully online, whether by auction or direct purchase, raises many new questions for dealers, collectors and artists.
Collect + Art + Delete brings together a distinguished art world panel to discuss the effects of e-commerce on the art market. This discussion will address the impact online art sales have on connoisseurship, gallery and auction house functions, transparency, and any shifts in who buys art and for what purpose.

You can learn more at www.fitnyc.edu/collectartdelete.


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