NewsCrime
A million Artsy user account details exposed in large-scale hack
Compromised data included account holders’ names and email and IP addresses
NewsDigital Age
New watercolour database could help experts combat climate change
Global digital resource provides valuable environmental documentation from an age before photography
AnalysisArt market
Dealers turn to digital apps to help close sales
FaceTime and WeChat are shifting how collectors choose to buy
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Tate outsources artist biographies on its website to Wikipedia
The museum does “not have the resources to create biographies for every individual” in its collection, spokeswoman says
NewsArt market
Will blockchain deliver a registry of all traded works of art?
Christie’s summit weighs up pros and cons of the technology and how it might bring greater transparency to the art market
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The Munch Museum in Oslo publishes more than 7,600 drawings online for free
Digital catalogue raisonné of the artist's works on paper expected to continue into other media
NewsArt market
Asia Week auctions reveal breadth of the market
Christie’s and Sotheby’s dominate in terms of value but smaller firms can compete in the field of Asian art, with the internet’s help
NewsCensorship
Facebook censors 30,000 year-old Venus of Willendorf as 'pornographic'
Nude statue is latest artwork to be deemed inappropriate by social media giant
BlogIn the frame
Louvre Abu Dhabi collection hits the road for radio-guided 'highway gallery'
PreviewExhibitions
Art in the age of the internet: from democracy and dialogue to a new dystopia
One of the largest historical surveys in the US traces the history of the world wide web
NewsChina
Chinese art world goes fur crazy for cats on WeChat
Feline-themed group is providing a talking point for artists, curators and administrators