Art news and trends

Luxury Marketplace Takes A Virtual Turn
Retail // April 17, 2020

The House Of Luxury (HOL) had just opened its new signature gallery in London’s posh Mayfair district when the COVID-19 crisis broke in London. And it wasn’t just any luxury items that were in stock there. The inventory was a menu of the most expensive...

Changing The Playbook For Sustainable Fashion And Local Art
Today In Data // December 20, 2019

This year, sustainable fashion was “in,” with all sorts of new and established brands advertising their products as designed to be environmentally sustainable. But one sustainable brand, Amour Vert, found itself having to make a pivot three years ago that made it into a consumer staple. And,...

Bringing A Revolving Art Gallery Into The Home With Subscriptions
Retail // December 19, 2019

Joe Clark remembers that when he was growing up, his parents belonged to the local art museum, and one of the perks of membership was that the museum had a collection members could borrow from, “kind of like a library book.” As a result, his...

Paint By Numbers Gets An AR Upgrade
Retail // September 30, 2019

Americans spend quite a bit of money each year attempting to be artistic. The combined revenue of America’s two largest arts and crafts shops, Hobby Lobby and Joanne’s, came in at over $7 billion in 2018 alone. Some of those consumers are knitting, sewing and painting, while...

Quick Reads
Verisart Lets Shopify Merchants With .ART Domains Mint, Sell NFTs

June 20, 2022
Shopify merchants with “.art” domains, which signify association with an internet design collective, can work with Web3 platform company Verisart to mint and sell non-fungible tokens through custom stores, under an arrangement announced Monday (June 20). The announcement comes in time for the NFT.NYC NFT conference. The no-code app lets Shopify Plus merchants mint and […]

Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Miners Attack BCH Blockchain; Luxury Watch Maker To Use Blockchain Tech

May 26, 2019
Startup dloop AG has developed an app that allows digital artworks to be distributed and financed. Swisscom is launching the product, called NOOW, which will display art so that the...

Walmart Buys Art.com, Boosting Home Decor Sector

December 07, 2018
Walmart has announced that it is planning to buy Art.com to boost its home decor business. According to CNBC, a source said the size of the acquisition is similar to...

Weird Commerce: DNA11, Uniquely Personal Artistic Portraits From Chromosomes

November 14, 2016
Greatness may come from within — and so does personal, unique artwork. DNA11 is an 11-year-old company that will create a “batch of one” portait: hyper-personalized art based off of your...