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About Us
Art.sy helps you discover art you’ll love, from works for sale by leading galleries to those on display in museums and private collections.
Art.sy created the Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the characteristics that distinguish and connect works of original art. Developed in collaboration with Joe Kennedy (CEO of Pandora and the Music Genome Project) and art world professionals (including curators, artists, academics, and art dealers), the Art Genome Project and Art.sy’s proprietary search technology allow Art.sy to make intelligent artwork recommendations based on your personal preferences.
Benefits
Whether you're an experienced or novice collector, here's how you can use Art.sy:
Discover: Explore art and artists ranging from established masters to emerging new talents. While traditional databases require you to know an artist's name to find their work, Art.sy will begin with the name of an artist you know and recommend works by other artists you are likely to love, drawing connections between artists and works based on hundreds of criteria. For example, if a new collector searches for "Andy Warhol" but is only interested in art under $5,000, Art.sy returns works by emerging artists that are influenced by or similar to works by Warhol. Similarly, if an experienced collector searches for "Yves Klein," Art.sy returns any works by Klein as well as, for example, works by Enrico Castellani, an Italian artist connected to Klein.
Learn: Once you’ve discovered something you’re interested in, Art.sy provides the context necessary to understand the work and the artist behind it. Collectors can explore other works by the artist, as well as artist statements, exhibition and publication histories, and other supplementary materials. These resources are created by the artists themselves or their galleries, ensuring that collectors on Art.sy receive authoritative information they can trust.
Connect: At Art.sy, we believe that art is best experienced in person. Once you’ve fully explored a work on Art.sy, click the “Contact” button to request an introduction to the artist or gallery representing the work. With the knowledge and introduction provided by Art.sy, collectors can confidently follow up to learn more, arrange a viewing, and discuss pricing and acquisition.
Art.sy is just getting started. The Art Genome Project continues to improve as our collection grows, with new works added every day. And as more collectors interact with Art.sy, our algorithms use machine learning to process this data and become increasingly intelligent. We welcome you to Art.sy and hope you enjoy your experience!
Team
Carter Cleveland
Carter founded Art.sy as a student at Princeton University, where he earned a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Representing Art.sy, Carter won 2nd place at the Princeton Business Plan Competition, was one of three finalists at the MIT-sponsored Mid-Atlantic Business Plan Competition, and won First Place at the Next Gen Conference at Stanford.
Eugene Luzgin
Eugene Luzgin is a chief technology officer with experience in technology architecture, software development, and project management. Prior to joining Art.sy, he was a Project Manager at Deutsche Bank, worked in various development roles at Oracle, Guidewire, EPAM, and ATP, and founded his own web design company. Eugene holds master's degrees in Computer Science from San Francisco State University and Theoretical Physics from Far East State University.
Sebastian Cwilich
Sebastian launched the Christie’s private sales division and co-led its integration into Haunch of Venison gallery after Christie's acquired the international gallery in 2007. During this time, Sebastian co-led the New York gallery, overseeing the multi-million dollar design and construction project of the award-winning 20,000 sq. ft. gallery in Rockefeller Center and the gallery's high-profile inaugural exhibition: Abstract Expressionism – A World Elsewhere, curated by David Anfam. Sebastian is also Co-Founder and Chairman of ProyectArte, a not-for-profit professional art school for emerging artists that, now in its 8th year, has become a leading arts education institution and is supported by hundreds of individuals and multiple foundations and Fortune 500 companies.
See-ming Lee
See-ming is an award-winning art director, designer, photographer and technologist with 10+ years of experience working in interactive media in New York City. His work has been featured in Business Week, Forbes, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair, and recognized by the Omni Intermedia Awards, One Show Interactive Awards, and Graphis Interactive Annuals. His notable clients have included Bank of America, British Airways, IBM, Prada, McKinsey & Co. and Morgan Stanley. See-ming holds a degree in Fine Art with a concentration in Graphic Design from Yale University.
Caroline Lau
Caroline is a marketing professional with experience developing programs that integrate online acquisition and retention strategies with offline marketing. Prior to joining Art.sy, she directed marketing efforts and operations as a founding team member at the venture funded startup, GiveReal. Caroline has also worked in strategic marketing consulting at Rosetta, the top 10 independent interactive agency, and the Chinese Works of Art archives at Sotheby's. Caroline holds a degree in History with concentrations in History of Science and East Asian Studies from Princeton University.
David Cleveland
David is an art historian, independent curator, critic, and novelist with over 30 years of experience in the gallery and collecting world. He is author of A History of American Tonalism, and has published articles in American Art Review, The Magazine Antiques, and since 1999 has been a regular reviewer for ARTnews magazine.
Sergey Timofiychuk
Sergey is a software engineer with a degree in Computer Science and Radio Electronics from Kharkov National Technical University of Radio Electronics in Ukraine. Prior to joining Art.sy, he held development roles at EPAM Systems, Basis Bank of Ukraine, and CS Ltd, the largest provider of online banking systems in Ukraine.
Alexander Wolf Galimberti
Alexander is a technologist with a focus on social media and front-end development at early-stage startups such as Zandigo (now Zinch.com) and GoodCrush.com. He holds a degree in East Asian Studies from Princeton University.
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10 W 18th St, Fl 4
New York, NY 10011
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does Art.sy work?
Art.sy makes the process of discovering and sharing art transparent, rewarding, and fun.
Discover: Our powerful search engine technology, tailored to original fine art, helps you find art you love using various criteria, including traditional ones like period/style (e.g. Abstract Expressionism), new categories such as stage of an artist's career (e.g. rising star or mid-career), and pragmatic criteria such as size, color, and location. Art.sy will even recommend art you'll love but haven't yet discovered, based on works you or friends within your social network like.
Learn: Engage with art and the stories behind it by exploring each artist's profile, career arc, exhibitions, awards, and reviews. Or watch a video interview, which gives you a window into the artist's personal inspirations, challenges, and creative processes.
Connect and Share: Once you've found art that suits your taste and budget, contact the artist or their gallery to ask a question, discuss pricing, or arrange a viewing. You can even create your own gallery of favorite artwork, and share it with family and friends on Facebook and Twitter.
As a collector, why should I buy art on Art.sy?
Although art is best viewed in person, you can't fall in love with it unless you've discovered it first. Art.sy uses the latest technology and social media tools to bring a world of art to your fingertips, allowing you to connect with photographs, prints and paintings you might not have found otherwise. Art.sy uses the latest technology and social media tools to help collectors of every stripe and means discover and share great original art.
For new collectors, Art.sy offers the opportunity to navigate the complexities of the art world at their own pace, and to tailor their search to suit their taste and budget. Art.sy gives all collectors—from those just starting out to art world veterans—access to a large collection of high quality artwork and up-to-date information all in one place, and the social media tools to learn about and share art they like with others.
Ultimately, Art.sy inspires collectors to explore and discover art they love, and empowers them to make confident and informed buying decisions.
As a gallery or artist, why should I join Art.sy?
Art.sy provides a universal marketing platform for galleries and their artists, using the latest technology and social media tools to engage existing collectors and galvanize a new pool of potential art buyers.
Exposure: Art.sy allows collectors to discover high-quality artwork and sends collectors through your doors, taking a commission fee only on works sold.
Insight: Art.sy allows collectors to search and explore art by various criteria, and to share what they like on their social networks. Art.sy uses that information to help match collectors with artists and galleries whose works are most likely to interest them.
Education: Art.sy empowers collectors with the tools to discover and educate themselves about art they love, giving them the confidence to become more engaged and active collectors.
Community: Art.sy puts collectors in closer touch with artists and galleries, forging a deeper appreciation of the creative process and a dynamic relationship between collectors, galleries, and artists.
What kind of art can I find on Art.sy?
Art.sy focuses exclusively on original fine art such as painting, printmaking and photography. Printmaking includes lithographs, relief prints, silk screens, etchings and other intaglio techniques, but does not include mass-market reproductions of an artwork created in other less unique mediums. Accordingly, unlike some other online destinations, we do not offer posters, Iris prints, or giclées. Furthermore, all printmaking and photography must be sold as part of a limited edition of reasonable size.
How does Art.sy guarantee high quality art and artists to its collectors?
Art.sy's art advisors—art historians, critics, and consultants with decades of experience in the art world—recruit distinguished artists and galleries. In turn, these artists invite their most respected colleagues and students to exhibit on Art.sy. This peer selection process enables Art.sy to feature a broad array of high caliber artists. Accordingly, collectors will find works in a wide range of styles and at both ends of the price scale, from established high-profile stars to emerging artists (including recent MFA graduates from top art schools) just beginning their careers.
What categories of artwork does Art.sy encompass? Do you offer more traditional collecting categories and secondary market works?
Art.sy offers artwork in a range of collecting categories in both the primary and secondary markets. Because different collectors prefer to search for artwork using different methods, Art.sy allows you to search using various criteria, including traditional ones such as period/style (e.g. American Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Photorealism), new categories such as stage of an artist's career (ranging from rising stars to mid-career artists and internationally renowned stars), and pragmatic criteria such as size, color, and location.
Why does Art.sy have no .com extension?
Our domain name is short, simple, and easy to remember. We invested in the special 5 letter Art.sy domain because social media greatly favors very short links. Additionally, using Art.sy's URL shortener service, you can easily share artwork you love with your friends via Twitter or Facebook.
Further questions?
Contact us at support@art.sy with further questions.
Jobs
Art.sy is hiring!
In a sentence, Art.sy is Pandora meets Kayak for the fine art world. Our goal is to disrupt the existing fine art market, and expand it to the 99.9% of Americans who don't buy fine art but spend over $40B on reproductions and mass-produced prints. We will achieve this by providing Kayak-like access to the fine art world, and Pandora-like intelligence to help navigate it.
Art.sy is led by a Princeton University computer science engineer and a former Christie’s executive who launched Christie’s private sales division. Art.sy's advisors include the CEO of Pandora, the former CEO of IconNicholson (before it was acquired by LBi), and leading art world professionals.
Art.sy was selected to present at TechCrunch Disrupt and won the Yahoo! Rookie Disruptor award. Previously Art.sy won 1st place at the Next Gen conference at Stanford and 2nd place and Audience Choice awards at the Princeton Business Plan Competition. As importantly, Zach Klein thinks Art.sy would be a great place to work.
Positions available in NYC:
Senior Software Engineer, Algorithms
Lead Developer (NYC)
Art.sy is looking for an extremely passionate, self-motivated, and entrepreneurial lead developer to be a part of our founding team. This is one of our most senior positions and you will help shape both our cultural DNA and our vision for the future. Your responsibility: turn that vision into code.
We use jQuery on top of Zend (an MVC + OO LAMP framework for PHP), but don’t care about what specific languages you are familiar with. Our philosophy is simple: hire the best people - languages are just tools to an end. We are particularly interested in people with diverse passions such as writing, design, machine learning, graph theory, computer vision, non-relational databases, art, stand-up, meditation, and interpretive dancing. You get the idea.
You must:
- Be hungry for a core role with significant equity ownership.
- Be comfortable with every part of the web application stack.
- Have cool projects already under your belt that you can point to.
- Be passionate about helping more people enjoy fine art.
- Have an appreciation for beautiful design and understand basic design principles.
- Enjoy working with teams and feel comfortable in a leadership role.
Our Offices
We work out of a beautiful loft space in the Union Square area, with several other exciting NYC start-ups including GoodCrush, VillageVines, GoTryItOn, and Postling. It’s an exciting environment and you will meet a lot of other creative and brilliant people. Also, the location couldn’t be better: we are near the 1, L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5, 6 stops, right across the street from City Bakery, and only a 5 minute walk from the Shake Shack.
Compensation
As a founding team member, equity compensation will be significant. Cash compensation will be below market in the short term.
Next Steps
Send your resume to carter@art.sy.
Senior Software Engineer, Algorithms (NYC)
Art.sy is looking for an experienced software engineer to play a lead role in optimizing and refining the algorithms that power Art.sy’s Art Genome Project and core search technology.
Full job description coming soon.
Product Manager (NYC)
Art.sy is looking for an experienced product manager who is passionate about art and Art.sy’s Art Genome Project.
Full job description coming soon.
Intern (NYC)
Art.sy seeks a smart, motivated intern to assist in several facets of its operations. This position is primarily archival in nature and requires attention to detail, with responsibilities including inventory management, research, and special projects. The intern will also be involved in gallery relationship management, working directly with Art.sy’s gallery partners. Interns who demonstrate their capacity will be given opportunities for increased responsibilities, including a role in the development of our Art Genome Project.
The position starts immediately and is based at Art.sy’s beautiful loft offices in the Union Square area. A commitment of 16-24 hours per week is required, but the exact schedule is flexible. This internship is unpaid, but provides excellent exposure to the inner workings of a high-profile New York startup and Art.sy’s gallery partners, which includes leading New York galleries.
At a minimum, candidates should have completed their junior year of undergraduate studies in art history. College graduates or graduate students in art history are preferred. All candidates should be prepared to work hard in a fast-paced startup environment.
If you have a passion for fine art and creating meaningful experiences on the web, Art.sy would like to hear from you. Please apply here: http://bit.ly/artsy-internship