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(really) nice site + curation, but what's the target audience? it seems like it's going to be too high priced / limited numbers for mass market sales? do you

(really) nice site + curation, but what's the target audience? it seems like it's going to be too high priced / limited numbers for mass market sales? do you display prices to registered users? if not, how do you expect to filter large amounts of queries (i'm confused about the balance between wide audience and price / quality)? is the best way to see this as a portal to established (commercial) galleries (with a few "big" exhibits thrown in to keep it looking good)? if so, how do you plan to attract return visitors? i know i asked similar questions here before, so apologies if this is to the same team. also, from that discussion, are you worried about people's reluctance to buy before seeing "for real"? maybe location filtering would be useful? (finally, maybe just me, but i was (am?) confused by your use of "collection" and whether that meant creating on-line "favourites" or actually owning a piece of art). oh, and this seems to be aimed at the us market, but op is italian EDIT - the nyt link from cvursache answers much of this (i hadn't realise this was related to the art genome project)

carterac 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Our goal is to make all the world's art freely accessible and so in the short-term we are more focused on building our database and the Art Genome Project than a particular audience. In the long-term we intend Art.sy to be a tool for collectors to more easily discover new artists and galleries, and more easily purchase art. This commercial activity will ensure that Art.sy remains free for the 99.9% of people out there who will never buy art, but don't currently have access to it, particularly lower income and rural demographics who live outside of major city centers. The collection feature is just for saving your favorites. Although expect some major upgrades to that soon. Also, I wouldn't be a good founder if I didn't mention that we are looking for interaction + visual designers (we believe in bringing both together), software engineers, and art world professionals: art.sy/jobs We're also really into open-source. You can check out our projects here: http://artsy.github.com/open-source/ http://artsy.github.com/open-source/
giorgiofontana 14y ago
er, I'm not the curator of this site. I just posted it because I find it interesting.

carterac 14y ago

Thanks for the feedback. Our goal is to make all the world's art freely accessible and so in the short-term we are more focused on building our database and the Art Genome Project than a particular audience. In the long-term we intend Art.sy to be a tool for collectors to more easily discover new artists and galleries, and more easily purchase art. This commercial activity will ensure that Art.sy remains free for the 99.9% of people out there who will never buy art, but don't currently have access to it, particularly lower income and rural demographics who live outside of major city centers. The collection feature is just for saving your favorites. Although expect some major upgrades to that soon. Also, I wouldn't be a good founder if I didn't mention that we are looking for interaction + visual designers (we believe in bringing both together), software engineers, and art world professionals: art.sy/jobs We're also really into open-source. You can check out our projects here: http://artsy.github.com/open-source/ http://artsy.github.com/open-source/

giorgiofontana 14y ago

er, I'm not the curator of this site. I just posted it because I find it interesting.