Saturday, February 25, 2012

What will come of art's current love affair with e-commerce?


Though online sales are only an infinitesimal piece of the estimated $80-billion art industry, ARTINFO says you could be forgiven for thinking we might be in a full-on art tech bubble given all the recent hype and sheer novelty of reports about venture capitalists pouring money into art-related start ups. Shane Ferro looks at the new art-tech industry and asks: what, if anything, will come of art's current love affair with e-commerce? Read more...
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