Lockdown sales slump pushes galleries, fairs, and auction houses towards non-traditional territory: the internet.
For art expert Dirk Boll, the art market is on the verge of a turning point. He told DW that the COVID-19 crisis had had a catalytic effect in transforming the tradition-bound industry, with digitalization moving at turbo speed.
Boll is an art historian and one of four presidents, who with managing director Guillaume Cerutti, head the London auction house Christie s.
Boll recently published a book in German on economic crises and new art markets, in which he analysed the impact of recent economic crises on the art market. With a view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, his book is titled,