In order to best serve artists, we need to satisfy critical collector needs. One important aspect of doing this well is making sure we are always surfacing high-quality, relevant artworks across our platform. MakersPlace operates both as a gallery — where the best artists and artworks are promoted and sold through our exhibitions including online … Continue reading Introducing Our Improved Search & Discovery Algorithm
Starting now and continuing over the next few quarters, you will see MakersPlace substantially evolving to become a premium brand to better serve the evolving needs of artists and collectors. What’s motivating this evolution? Let’s start at the beginning. MakersPlace was founded in 2018 with a simple vision: to bring the best digital art from … Continue reading Guiding Principles for the Evolution of MakersPlace
In bridging the on-chain and traditional art worlds, MakersPlace’s mission to create an easy and intuitive marketplace for artists and collectors remains the same. As the space evolves and matures, so too have we, with lots of recent and upcoming developments to share with our community. We’ve sharpened our focus We’ve learned a lot in … Continue reading The Evolution of MakersPlace
MakersPlace operates on two levels. On one level, we act as a gallery where the best artists and artworks are curated for inclusion in online drops and physical exhibitions at art fairs and live activations and matched with our highest level of service and promotion. We are also a marketplace platform where artworks from thousands … Continue reading Meet Our Curation Team
At MakersPlace, we are continually inspired by the creativity and passion of artists like you who have chosen to share their art with the world through our platform. As MakersPlace CEO Craig Palmer wrote about in our recent guiding principles statement, over the next few quarters, you will see MakersPlace substantially evolving.As part of our … Continue reading Important Update Regarding Your MakersPlace Artist Account
Digital painting blends the fluid spontaneity of traditional painting with the precision and possibilities of digital technology. This art form captures the essence of both worlds, offering artists a new medium to explore their creativity — not to mention a way to make work outside of a studio or away from a clutch of art … Continue reading Guide to Digital Painting
NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 – To celebrate International Poetry Day and U.S. National Poetry Month, MakersPlace has teamed up with luxury audio brand, Bang & Olufsen, to announce the world premiere of “FOUR CORE TEXTS: Humanifesto and Other Poems”, a quartet of media-rich works written and performed by award-winning poet, language artist and AI … Continue reading MakersPlace Premiers New Work by Transhuman Poet Sasha Stiles in Exclusive Partnership with Bang & Olufsen
The car crash that prompted Frida Kahlo’s turn to art and the political climate that motivated her fashion choices. The synaesthesia that drove Kandinsky to paint pure abstraction to represent the colors he heard. The anatomy book that Basquiat’s mother gave him, which later showed its influence across his career. Great art with personal context … Continue reading Introducing Storytelling-Focused Drop Pages
Collecting art is both acquisition and connection. Collectors are not mere funders for the creative class but active participants in the construction of artistic value and collaborators in the meaning-making process. While some collectors are avid advocates for their favorite artists, simply purchasing an artist’s work is a vote that people pay attention to this … Continue reading Collecting is Connecting
In the mid- to late 1990s, internet art (aka net.art) comprised a small but growing group of international artists, technologists, and provocateurs who latched onto every facet of internet technology and culture to produce evocative work that straddled the boundaries of interactive media, performance art, Fluxus, Dada, experimental literature, and the internet itself. To read … Continue reading Guide to Dynamic Digital Art