Artsy and Artnet

Artsy and Artnet operate as distinct online art brands under shared leadership, bringing together services for art discovery, collecting, market information, auctions, and art journalism. The two platforms continue to maintain separate websites and their established offerings. Their stated purpose is to connect people and businesses across the art world through online tools and content.

Artsy is an online marketplace for discovering and buying original fine art. Its platform brings together artwork from galleries and auction houses, and offers collectors and art enthusiasts browsing, learning, and purchasing tools. Artsy describes its mission as expanding the art market to support more artists, with a focus on making it easier for people to buy art and helping artists build sustainable careers.

Artsy’s consumer features include personalized recommendations, artist and artwork following, alerts when works become available, pricing insights, past auction results, editorial coverage, and a secure checkout experience. Its editorial and educational content helps people explore artists, art-world developments, and collecting. The company also offers services and partnership programs for galleries, museums, auction houses, fairs, and institutions, connecting their work and offerings with an international audience.

Artnet complements that discovery and commerce focus with art-market data, journalism, auctions, and a gallery network. Its services include the Artnet Price Database, Artnet News, Artnet Auctions, and the Artnet Gallery Network. These resources serve collectors, galleries, dealers, and art-market professionals researching, understanding, buying, and selling art. The companies have described their combined opportunity as linking market intelligence, discovery, transactions, and journalism while retaining each brand’s existing strengths.

Artsy was founded in 2009 by Carter Cleveland, who set out to make art more accessible through technology. Artnet was founded in 1989 and helped establish online resources for art-market transparency. In 2026 the brands came together under shared leadership, with Jeffrey Yin named CEO of the unified company. The stated arrangement preserves the two distinct brands and websites; the organizations describe their combined work as building tools for art businesses and connecting art-world participants.

Artsy says it serves more than 3.4 million collectors and enthusiasts and supports a wide range of the art world, from major fairs and established galleries to independent artists and new buyers. Its platform is intended for people who want to discover, learn about, or acquire art, as well as partner organizations seeking to present works, exhibitions, and auctions online. Artnet’s resources additionally address market research and industry news needs among professionals and collectors.

Artsy’s published working principles include curiosity and empathy for artists and collectors, personal responsibility, openness to diverse perspectives, learning through change, and prioritizing impact over perfection. Its careers information describes an international team spanning art, technology, e-commerce, and other fields, with staff across New York, Berlin, London, and remote locations. The company presents its work as a collaborative effort to make the art market more accessible and support artists.