artnet is the leading online resource for the international art market, and the destination to buy, sell, and research art online. Founded in 1989 with the goal of bringing transparency to the art world, artnet’s comprehensive suite of products offers a variety of art market resources to our audience of collectors, dealers, and art enthusiasts.

Our Products

The Price Database offers the most comprehensive archive of auction results in the world. Host to over 10 million results spanning over 30 years, including a total of over 1,700 auction houses and 320,000 artists, every lot is catalogued, translated, and edited by a team of multilingual specialists. The database is a valuation tool used by appraisers, dealers, and collectors, allowing users to make informed decisions about buying or selling art.

Market Alerts informs users of buying opportunities, enabling them to receive email notifications whenever works by their favorite artists hit the market at any major auction house, gallery, or event. With the Auction Results Alerts add-on, users can also be informed of recent auction results for the artists they follow.

Introduced in 1995, the Gallery Network is an online platform that connects galleries and collectors from around the world. With over 170,000 artworks by 35,000 artists, it is the largest network of its kind, drawing a broad audience and generating inquiries from both serious collectors and first-time buyers.

With 24/7 bidding, artnet Auctions is the first online auctions platform for buying and selling Modern and contemporary paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and more. Its curated auctions provide a unique collecting experience with instant turnaround and lower commissions, and are accessed by millions of monthly visitors worldwide.

Analytics Reports allows users to create customized reports that delve deeper into specific art market trends. Each report includes graphs and charts that visualize market patterns, drawing from the millions of auction results in the Price Database.

Auction House Partnerships offers auction houses the ability to showcase their works to artnet’s global community. Each partnership includes links between artnet and the auction house’s proprietary site, driving more traffic and gaining exposure for their sales.

In 2012, artnet launched a 24-hour global art newswire: artnet News. Serving as a one-stop platform for the events, trends, and people that shape the art market and global industry, artnet News provides up-to-the-minute analysis and expert commentary.

Company History               

Art dealer and entrepreneur Hans Neuendorf founded artnet in 1990, bringing his knowledge and expertise to the art world at large. As a pioneer of the German art trade, Neuendorf had previously represented leading artists such as Cy Twombly, George Baselitz, and Billy Al Bengston, and in 1967, partnered with Rudolf Zwirner to open Art Cologne, setting the standard for the modern-day art fair.

In 1992, Neuendorf became the main shareholder and head of the supervisory board of artnet, and closed his eponymous gallery in 1995 to become CEO of artnet.

Management took artnet’s main subsidiary, artnet AG, public on the Neuer Markt of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1999. Since February 1, 2007, artnet has been listed in the Prime Standard, the segment with the highest transparency standards.

Jacob Pabst assumed the role of CEO in July 2012. With over 15 years of experience in the art world, Pabst has overseen the expansion and development of artnet, including the successful launch of artnet News.

Today, artnet continues to provide reliable information and market transparency to an audience of over 2.1 million monthly users from over 239 countries and territories. As the art market continues to grow and change, artnet will always find new ways for people to connect with the art they love.