"Shopping the Museum Archives"
September 3, 2011

In a bid to boost recession-depleted coffers, museums are scouring their storerooms for artworks to sell online.
A new digital art venture called Artspace has persuaded more than 35 museums to search their storage spaces and gift-shop inventories for contemporary works on paper or small sculptures to sell through the company's Web site. In many cases, these works were produced in limited editions to promote earlier exhibits but were later boxed up and forgotten...(Read Full Article)  

"Seeing Double: Nick Cave"
September 2, 2011

In a perfect world, human beings would be able to transcend race, class and gender. In the meantime, Chicago-based artist Nick Cave has set out to achieve this through his art, by dedicating his oeuvre to "Soundsuits," colorful, life-size sculptures and wearable performance pieces, which are "second skin" costumes. Two simultaneous shows, "For Now" at Mary Boone and "Ever After" at Jack Shainman, are opening to coincide with Fashion Week, and Cave will present 50 new suits, made of buttons, feathers, wire, upholstery, and even human hair...(Read Full Article)  

"Affordable art is the new reality"
August 6, 2011

Artspace.com launched in April with 110 artists. The goal: to make the work of midcareer and museum-collected artists accessible to the public, according to co-founder Christopher Vroom, who commissioned a market research study indicating about 25 million households will spend up to $500 per year on art...(Read Full Article)

"Where the Editors Shop (for bargains!)"
Fall 2011

"ARTSPACE: In Conversation"
July 7, 2011

Art but without the second mortgage- Artspace, a newly-launched online marketplace, allows normal people to partake of priceless works for half the...price. BULLETT loves Artspace's accessibility- art from the source means art for everyone...(Read Full Article)

"Online Artspace"
July 6, 2011

Catherine Levene and Christopher Vroom, Co-Founders of Artspace.com talk about their new agreement with Lincoln Center to offer fine contemporary art for sale in a virtual online gallery space...(Watch Full Video)

"10 Female Tech CEOs To Watch"
July 6, 2011

While people are quick to characterize Silicon Valley as dominated by young men in hoodies, a band of women are emerging to make the industry their own. More and more women are at the helm of high-tech companies that are changing the world with innovations ranging from new ways to turn algae into fuel to robots that help children through physical therapy. As part of our Women in Tech series, we've picked ten female CEOs in the tech world to watch--women who are all using tech to radically change the way things are done in a range of industries...(Read Full Article)

"Bidding Wars"
July/August Issue

Several New York-based start-ups are seeking new ways to sell art online.  We examined two of the most promising ventures of the bunch...(Read Full Article)

"Blank Canvas: Artspace"
June 30, 2011

What's more intimidating than a big empty wall? The endless options of photographs, drawings, screenprints and shadowboxes out there. We're making it a little easier by zeroing in on our favorites.  The reason we're crushing on the latest art marketplace website? It's got friends in high places. I mean, really high places, like Lincoln Center and Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, so in addition to shopping their selection of under-$250 artwork, you can also browse their museum and gallery-quality works from big names like Jenny Holzer, Chuck Close and Louise Bourgeois...(Read Full Article)

"Artspace: An Online Source for Affordable Art"
June 28, 2011

What differentiates Artspace from the other affordable online galleries we've seen populating the Internet lately? Like many of those sites, they're a source for affordable prints and photographs, but they're also a place where you can find editions by well-known artists like Sol LeWitt and Eric Fischl. You don't have to be a member to buy, but membership grants you access to their week-long private sales, which feature deep discounts on contemporary art...(Read Full Article)

"Artspace: Contemporary Art's Nook In The Cloud"
June 22, 2011

"TEN YEARS AGO, people didn't think women would buy clothes online," says Catherine Levene, "and now clothes and accessories are the largest online category." Levene, who helped build the online market for fashion at Daily Candy and Glam Media, wants to do the same for contemporary art. Levene's four-month-old Artspace grows out of a passion for collecting that began, she says, back when "the only art I could afford was these benefit editions that artists donate to organizations they're involved with." Her first purchase, a Ross Bleckner photograph for the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, cost $100 and still hangs in her living room. Now Artspace carries its own "benefit editions" of photographs and prints by the likes of Bleckner, Andres Serrano, and Ralph Gibson and shares the revenue with arts institutions and charities...(Read Full Article)

"ARTSPACE Is Revolutionizing How Art Is Sold Online"
June 9, 2011

From daily deals to flash sales, the experience of online shopping has changed dramatically in the couple of years. Despite the flood of Groupon and Gilt Groupe clones, there is still room of innovation and untapped niche markets worth billions. Artspace -- a new company selling art at affordable prices -- is bringing art to the masses and is bound to make a lot of money doing so...(Read Full Article | Interview with Catherine)

"Names You Need To Know: Artspace"
May 23, 2011

Got art? A new online marketplace makes contemporary collecting easier and more affordable. Artspace.com was launched in March to showcase some of the world’s most renowned and up-and-coming talent in one location. Targeting the middle-market collector, prices range from just $200 to $10,000, and countless galleries and museums have signed on to the venture, including the Guggenheim, ICA Boston, Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Brooklyn Museum, Galeria Luisa Strina in Brazil and White Cube in London. “We provide access to the coveted backrooms of these top galleries, which have traditionally been off limits to most people who walk in off the streets,” says Catherine Levene, Artspace cofounder and chief...(Read Full Article)

"New Website Offers Affordable Art for Aspiring Collectors"
May 22, 2011

Downtown artist Steve Miller has traveled all over the world to produce a body of work including photographs of the rainforests of Brazil, has collaborated with Nobel Peace Prize winning scientists, doctors and other artists, and has displayed his work from New York City to Munich. But he's often felt frustrated that his work was inaccessible to fresh audiences because of the out-of-reach level of art gallery prices. Through a new website called Artspace, however, Miller is selling up to 200 prints of his most recent photographs for as little as $250 apiece, one tenth of his normal selling price...(Read Full Article)

"Art Mart"
May 17, 2011

Several websites offer visitors a chance to buy art without getting up from the couch, but a visit to Artspace.com will save you more than a trip to a gallery: It’ll save you a trip around the world. Artspace, which was launched in March by Catherine Levene and Christopher Vroom, partners with an impressive list of artists, cultural institutions and galleries, broadening the audiences with which these partners can share their work and increasing accessibility for people who might not otherwise purchase artwork...(Read Full Article)

"Collect This: Artspace Online Marketplace"
April 22, 2011

If it looks pretentious, costs more than your rent, and challenges normal understanding, it must be art, right? Inductive reasoning doesn’t always work. Artspace, a new online shop for contemporary works, makes collecting refreshingly feasible. It provides information about the pieces (what they are, artists’ bios, Q&As) alongside prices that won’t cause an eye-roll (many are under $250)...(Read Full Article)

"Tech Start-Ups Bring Art to the Masses"
April 11, 2011

Artspace, a New York-based firm launched in March by former DailyCandy COO Catherine Levene and her business partner Chris Vroom, is an online art marketplaceoffering contemporary pieces from $200 to $10,000. The site targets affluent consumers who are interested in art, but lack access to buy because of their geographic proximity to galleries...(Read Full Article)

"Online Art 'Flash' Sale Site Launched By Former COO Of DailyCandy"

March 30, 2011

Similar to the concept of members-only sale sites such as Gilt and Ideeli, newly-launched Artspace is set to take the contemporary art world into the homes of many. Artspace is the brainchild of the former COO of DailyCandy, Harvard MBA grad Catherine Levine and her business partner Chris Vroom. Back in 2008, Comcast purchased DailyCandy for $125 million and 8 months after the acquisition, Levine decided to leave the company in search of the next start-up venture. Levine set off to travel the world and during her stay in Madrid studied art history. This, along with a passion for the arts led her to create Artspace...(Read Full Article)

"Former COO Of DailyCandy Launches Artspace With $1.2 Million In Funding"
March 29, 2011 

Catherine Levene, former COO and general manager of DailyCandy, did what any executive should do when her company sells. She took a year off to travel the world. While abroad, Levene studied art history in Madrid. Her passion for the arts led her to a new startup, Artspace.  Artspace, cofounded by Levene and business partner Chris Vroom, launched this morning with $1.2 million in funding...(Read Full Article)

"The Guggenheim, the Founder of MTV, and a Horde of Dealers and Artists Sign on for Artspace, the Latest Online Art Commerce Experiment"
March 29, 2011 

Joining a fast-growing landscape of online art sellers, Artspace.com, a virtual marketplace specializing in limited-edition prints by contemporary artists, launches today. The site will collaborate with a selection of big-name museums and galleries — including the Guggenheim, the Brooklyn Museum, David Zwirner Gallery, and Salon94 — to provide a mix of prints and original artworks ranging from $200 to $10,000...(Read Full Article)