BLOUIN | ARTINFO
By Rob Sharp
Last Wednesday, the BBC reported Saatchi Gallery director Rebecca Wilson’s claim that the institution sells “more art in a month online than most bricks-and-mortar galleries do in a year.” Amazon also plans to get in on the act, with its aim to sell 1,000 art objects on behalf of 125 galleries in the US, a revelation which could send shockwaves across the industry. Major auction houses have ramped up their online presence in recent years, with online bids vying with live bidders during evening sales for the first time. “I think Amazon launching an online art gallery would be good news for the primary market, people who work directly with galleries, such as Artsy,” Aditya Julka, Paddle8’s co-founder, told ARTINFO. [link]
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