artnet News | Eileen Kinsella:
Is the change-averse art market finally beginning to embrace the internet? The ArtTactic/Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2017, released this week, describes the online sphere as “a market yet to awaken”. For the fifth year, the analytics company ArtTactic teamed up with the insurance company Hiscox to survey the field. The report is based on responses from 758 art buyers, 132 galleries, and staff from various online art platforms… Read more
Image: Online-only sales saw a particularly robust 84 percent increase at Christie’s last year, Hiscox notes. STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images