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BlueLabel.net is an online database for the international art world. BlueLabel was developed for modern and contemporary artists to record details of their artworks to ensure that these are permanently stored and easily accessible.

Artworks may be more valuable when fully documented but modern technology may increase the chances for data loss. BlueLabel allows artists to securely register the details of their artwork online to prevent loss. Artists create “labels” for their works – online documents that detail all of the essential information for the work. These labels can then be accessed my members and non-members, sent, collected and managed. BlueLabel caters to all members of the international art world.

Unlike other art archives, BlueLabel is artist driven and guarantees the authenticity of its contents by the very nature of its design. The data entry system complies with advanced, international, archival standards; it is a relevant tool not only for conventional media such as painting  and sculpture  but also for new media practices  and alternative contemporary art forms such as film, video, performance, internet art and site-specific art. BlueLabel aims to exist as the single resource responsible for readily accessing and disseminating trustworthy information about artworks.

Development BlueLabel was founded by Anne Faggionato in 2009 and has been in private beta since 2010.

Sponsorship In 2010, BlueLabel sponsored New York Gallery Week and the Richard Hamilton exhibition at Serpentine Gallery. BlueLabel also sponsored a show curated by William Mackrell exclusively from BlueLabel members, A Tender Cut.

In 2011, BlueLabel again sponsored New York Gallery Week and also sponsored In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art  (a traveling exhibition, opening at The Foundation for Visual Arts Middelburg), an exhibition that looks at artists’ certificates  from the past 50 years and how their roles have shifted