We’re still working on a few features and tweaking the design, but the new ArtCal, with design by Michael Mandiberg, went live today. Check it out.
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New ArtCal launched
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Culture Pundits – an ad network for art bloggers
In March I mentioned that I was looking into this, and I wanted to let people know that we now have a website:
and the ability to buy or sell ads on ArtCal plus 9 blogs so far. For ArtCal, it’s only for the banner ad at the top, or a 125×125 button under the left nav. The ad network software isn’t really set up to manage something like the gallery ads on the right at the moment.
I’m sure some of my readers are interested in buying an ad, or signing up as a blogger/publisher. There is a signup link if you wish to serve ads on your site. You also will have the advantage of seeing some of your posts show up on the home page of the newly redesigned ArtCal which launches this month.
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John Connelly Presents joins ArtCat
assume vivid astro focus installation view with happy viewer
ArtCat‘s relentless march across 27th Street continues.
John Connelly Presents is the latest gallery to sign up for the ArtCat hosting service. A few pages are a little slow to load at the moment, as they have some huge images which haven’t been web-optimized yet.
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David Kefford – ArtCat’s first ‘international’ artist
Strange Eyes, 2005
mixed mediaWhile we were traveling, ArtCat got its first artist outside of the U.S., David Kefford. The work I’ve seen so far looks quite interesting, so I’m excited about this!
His about page says:
David Kefford is an artist who uses low-tech craft processes to transform “redundant and un-loved” found and ordinary objects into surreal creations imbued with human characteristics and emotions.
Check out the site as he adds more info, or subscribe to the RSS Feed to follow along.
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Union uses YouTube against J.P. Morgan Chase
This is an interesting use of YouTube. Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ is trying to organize security workers at Chase buildings. They have posted a video on YouTube claiming to have found client records in the trash of several bank branches in the city.
Via Crain’s New York.
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That’s the description of the sound my MacBook Pro was making on the Tekserve check-in ticket. I was trying to be ergonomic, setting the computer on a riser so its screen is at the same height as my LCD. Then it slid off, landing on the (carpeted floor). I’m also behind on a couple of client deadlines, so if you email me and I don’t get back to you quickly, that’s why. I’m doing my work on a — shudder — PC right now.
Coincidence: I know the artist who did the check-in at Tekserve. I didn’t even know he worked there.
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ArtCal newsletter breaks 1000
The weekly ArtCal just went out to 1000 subscribers!
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Web site annoyance
Why do so many gallery sites insist on resizing my browser? I know what size my screen is, and this isn’t 1992 with 800px wide screens.
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Artnet to cut into the auction houses’ business?
Thomas Eller and Hans Neuendorf, video still from VernissageTV
I just watched a video interview of Artnet founder and CEO Hans Neuendorf and Thomas Eller, the Editor-in-Chief of Artnet Magazine, on VernissageTV. The biggest story I found in the interview was the discussion of Artnet planning to launch an online art auction platform, a kind of eBay for the art world. The reason this would be a big deal for the auction houses, should they pull it off, is that they are talking about commissions in the 5-10% range. Neuendorf suggested that artists might use it, not just collectors and dealers.
Other highlights:
- Hans Neuendorf is very interested in the idea of market transparency, so that artists, dealers, and collectors have a better idea of how certain artists and works are really being priced.
- The importance of online platforms for art, since there are a large number of artists without access to the market. In an age with very high real estate prices, galleries can’t afford to rent more space to show more artists and works even if they wish to.
- Liquidity is a problem for the art market – galleries with big inventories have significantly more financial risk than auction houses.
- At least 40,000 artists graduating from art schools in USA each year.
I also like this point (paraphrasing): “There are easier ways to make money than being an art dealer, despite all the talk of money — they’re idealists.”
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MacHeist
For the Mac geeks in the audience, this is an interesting idea: 10 Mac apps for just $49 (over 85% off) and have 25% donated to a charity of your choice. I was already planning to buy the Delicious Library for cataloging CDs. If they hit $100K, we all get TextMate for free, which is what really interests me.
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