The Art Law Podcast

Katie and Steve speak with Nanne Dekking, the founder and CEO of Artory and Chairman of the European Fine Art Fair, about Artory’s efforts to use blockchain to create a transparent registry of art sales, the general challenges to transparency in the fine art market, the problem of detecting fakes and forgeries and trustworthy counterparties, and blockchain’s limitations. Resources: https://www.artory.com/about-us/ https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-artory-blockchain-pilot-1370788 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181115005195/en/Artory-Launches-World%E2%80%99s-Publicly-Art-Collectibles-Registry https://www.forbes.com/sites/zoharelhanani/2018/12/17/how-blockchain-changed-the-art-world-in-2018/#16774ef83074 https://www.christies.com/features/Blockchain-and-the-art-market-9318-3.aspx https://www.ft.com/content/1c5062d8-900b-11e8-bb8f-a6a2f7bca546