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Shiba, a new app for galleries that streamlines the sales process and uses collector interest data to make recommendations, has integrated ARTA to automate the post-sale experience for their sellers and buyers. 

The auction house tapped ARTA to power a streamlined checkout and post-sale process. Read more about how our flexible API integration allowed their team to achieve their goals of reducing overhead and getting to market quickly.

ARTA now powers the newest feature on Artsy, the leading global online art marketplace. With Artsy Shipping, powered by ARTA, Artsy is furthering its commitment to providing its collectors a friction-free art buying experience, during and after the purchase.

Learn why the fulfillment and supply chain woes that have affected most consumer goods have had little impact on high-value and collectible items, and why they resultingly make the perfect holiday gift.

As online sales of high-value goods and collectibles accelerate, sellers are looking to ARTA to launch or scale ecommerce in a way that meets buyer expectations in the 21st century.

In the past year, there has been more dialogue on sustainability and we've seen an influx of new initiatives advocating for a climate-conscious future in the arts. And while we are excited to see our clients expressing interest in addressing climate change, so many don't know where to start. Here are some of the resources we would recommend to learn more and take action.

As COVID-19 turbo-charged the online art market, buyer behavior has changed. Read our key takeaways from part two of the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report and how the ARTA API can help sellers sustain growth and build loyalty.

With the United Kingdom and European Union reaching an agreement on a post-Brexit trade deal just before Christmas, the art and antiques industry finally received some clarity on what the UK's relationship with the EU would look like and how this may impact the market. Here's what you need to know and what the biggest impacts have been so far.

As a next step in our commitment to sustainability, we produced our first shipping emissions audit and are proud to announce that we have made a donation on behalf of our clients to old-growth forest conservation to counteract the emissions produced from all shipments booked with ARTA in 2020. Read about why we chose to invest in conservation and learn more about the project.

ARTA is committed to being a thought leader in pushing the art industry to take meaningful action to reduce its carbon footprint. Over the next few years, our goals are to both emit less CO2 into the air (emissions reduction) and to invest in removing existing CO2 from the air (carbon removal). Read about our commitment to sustainability and plans for the future.