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Our insider past, transformational present, & infinite future.

Our insider past, transformational present, & infinite future.

2021

12.21
Payments
| AML/KYC

Coming soon: ARTERNAL brings compliance solutions built for the art world.

ARTERNAL positions itself to build tools so galleries can have compliance solutions built for the art business and beat fraud.
02.21
ARTERNAL 2.0

ARTERNAL 2.0 is helping galleries worldwide reshape themselves digitally

The Art industry appears to be shifting and evolving rapidily. The traditional brick-and-mortar business model is quickly becoming only one option for business. If today’s art professionals want to achieve long-term success, they need to adapt. ARTERNAL is diving deeper into understanding individual gallery challenges.
01.21
Mary Leigh Cherry

A warm ARTERNAL welcome to Mary Leigh, our Director of Enterprise.

ARTERNAL announces the appointment of former Gallerist Mary Leigh Cherry as Director of Enterprise. With her on the ARTERNAL team, Mary Leigh’s experience allows her to help dealers apply the tools they need in house to excel with their relationships and sales.

2020

170+ Users are active on ARTERNAL
12.20
170+ Users are active on ARTERNAL

Expanding our community of respected art professionals from coast to coast, South America, and Europe.

Expanding our community of respected art professionals from coast to coast, South America, and Europe.
12.20
Our Step into the Art World Series grows

Growing our presence, with ARTERNAL’s Step into the Art World series

Our series, Step into the Art World, is a monthly, more casual on Clubhouse with Heidi Zuckerman and Sean Green reaches 3000+ followers
11.20
AML/KYC Research

Ever evolving, we begin work to protect galleries against cybercrime

Met with galleries to understand their pain point and liability for not being compliant with things like AML/KYC & multi-state sales tax. Research showed that with redirected wires when bank details are sent through pdfs in email and cybercrime increasing in general that the art market does not have the tools to protect against this.
Automating tax
10.20
Transactions / Quickbooks / TaxJar integration

ARTERNAL seamlessly aligns with Transactions, Quickbooks, and TaxJar

ARTERNAL introduces flagship tools to make the sales tax compliance process effortless for the business of art. Leverage automation to minimize error and streamline processes across your gallery.
09.20
Continued media recognition

Article after article, everyone wants to hear what ARTERNAL is up to

Sean Green is featured in Artnet Intelligence Report as 1 of 6 Changing the Future of Art Market and ARTERNAL is featured in Fintech Scales Vertical SaaS Report by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) a venture capital firm.
09.20
Georgieanna joins the team

A warm ARTERNAL welcome to Georgieanna, Client Relations Associate

ARTERNAL hires a dedicated client success. Looking to leverage her background in the contemporary art world Georgieanna joins ARTERNAL as a client relations associate. After working in galleries, institutions and, artist’s studios she brings her product and client experience the role to support our users in every aspect of their customer journey.
07.20
Artnet Feature with Sean Green

CEO Sean Green shares insights with Artnet

ARTERNAL’s CEO, Sean Green, featured in artnet, picks his favorite artworks and shares his insight on the current climate of the art market. Read more about what Sean and his team have been up to here.
05.20
Elevating our brand

More prestige for ARTERNAL, with our first auction house client

First Auction house signs on with ARTERNAL
03.20
ARTERNAL Takes Off With the Rise of Remote Work & Pandemic

ARTERNAL assists galleries through the pandemic’s digital transformation

As the future of art embraces remote work and digital transformation, ARTERNAL experiences unprecedented growth as more galleries turn to digital tools to reach customers, close deals, and communicate with colleagues.

2019

12.19
Victoria Hayward joins ARTERNAL

A warm ARTERNAL welcome to Victoria, Executive Assistant to Founder

With nine years experience in the art industry, Victoria received her Master’s in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute. Coupled with gallery and auction house experience in both New York and Miami, Victoria applies her vast knowledge of the art market and its demands to support the team at ARTERNAL.
12.19
120+ Active Users

Our customer base hits triple digits, with over 120 active gallery users

ARTERNAL is growing the userbase and acquiring customers.
Collector contact profile
06.19
First Integrated Inventory Management + CRM

Creating history, by integrating Inventory Management & CRM

ARTERNAL launches the art world’s first, all-in-one inventory management + CRM.
Sales pipeline
02.19
First Smart Mail Pipeline

Our Smart Mail Pipeline creates better conversations between dealers and buyers

First pipeline workflow tool for the art world. Tracking email engagement and prioritizing follow up made it even easier to automate administrative tasks, and get full visibility into the health of your business.
01.19
Inventory Management Research

Making it easier for our clients to manage their masterpieces

The team met with registrars using every industry database to understand their painpoints and what features they wished they had that would help them work day-to-day.

2018

09.18
Expanding our reach

Our clients are growing in quantity AND quality

First blue-chip gallery with international space as a client.
06.18
Mobile & IPad

ARTERNAL is on the go, with our industry-leading mobile app

With the growth of the art fairs, people needed better tools to use when they are on the go. ARTERNAL introduced ARTERNAL’s best-in-the-industry mobile app, letting you move between your computer and your mobile life with the power of the ARTERNAL tools behind you!
02.18
Molly Joined – Director of Operations

A warm ARTERNAL welcome to Molly, our Director of Operations

With a Masters in Art Business from NYU and experience in the New York art industry, Molly recognized the much needed innovation ARTERNAL promised for the art world and joined the team at the beginning of 2018. From managing client success and sales to product releases and implementation, she continues to leverage her perspective to drive ARTERNAL in its growth.

2017

12.17
More momentum!

With more than 30 galleries on board, ARTERNAL is flourishing

30+ Galleries trust ARTERNAL to help them build relationships.
07.17
CRM & Analytics tools

Introducing the world’s first art-centric CRM & Analytics tools

The art world’s first CRM is introduced to the art market. Traditionally most tools focused around the asset / artwork. The business of art lacked the tools to build and nurture relationships. So we sat down with you… the sales assistant, director and gallery owner to understand how you build and maintain relationships and built a tool to do so.
05.17
ARTERNAL onboards 5 customers

Our accelerating growth is evidence of our innovations

Team is excited they built something that can help the art market.
04.17
Mary Leigh Cherry is early user of ARTERNAL

ARTERNAL embeds in the gallery owner’s daily routine

Mary Leigh Cherry, a Los Angeles Gallery Owner, has a growing sales team that was using filemaker. She is looking for ways to organize her sales team and leverage tools to excel in their career. ARTERNAL soon became a necessity to her day-to-day.
03.17
Our first customers!

Champagne celebration for our first customer

ARTERNAL onboards its first customer.
02.17
Making bespoke email at scale a reality

ARTERNAL launches flagship product to give art professionals bespoke emails at scale

We created a digital solution to the existing art industry pain point of communicating at scale with clients. ARTERNAL created the tools for art professionals to send mass emails and offers to contacts with a single click. Our email customization tools allows art professionals to craft personalized messages in a fraction of the time.

2016

12.16
We have traction!

Artlocal Becomes ARTERNAL

Art gallery owners repeatedly told Sean that their top priority was driving sales, not foot traffic. Envisioning the future needs of customers, the potential of data, and the power of analytics, Artlocal becomes ARTERNAL to focus on tools and technology to empower the Business of Art.
10.16
We’re onto something…

Our A-HA! moment

The ARTERNAL Co-founders discovered deep, shared pain point across galleries.
09.16
Customer Research

Getting smart with the ones dealing art

Sean and the team interview 30 – 40 art dealers in order to better understand the market.

2015

06.15
Marketing Artlocal to NY Art Galleries

Connecting with other art industry up-and-comers in LA and NYC

The team meets with Art professionals in New York and LA. LA was a younger art market with ambitious dealers who were looking to grow and who were more open to having conversations of their pain points.

2014

09.14
Artlocal joins The New Museum Incubator

Catalyzing growth at The New Museum Incubator

Artlocal joins the prestigious startup incubator. The New Museum Incubator focused on art, technology, and design under the mentorship of Lisa Phillips and Karen Wong.

2013

05.13
Artlocal is founded

The journey begins with Artlocal

Our Cofounders, Sean Green, Ray Nguyen & Steve Miller founded Artlocal, a smartphone app providing information about art events and exhibitions. This was an image-based marketing platform for the art galleries, where the user can be able to navigate their art scene effectively without any guide or map.

Dive into the world of Arternal.