ArtClaim - a new platform for searching for stolen paintings

LONDON. The Art Recovery Group, founded by expert Chris Marinello, who is considered the world’s most famous “hunter” for stolen art, founded an online platform Artclaim , which will accumulate information about all stolen or lost art objects or objects of unknown origin and unknown identity.

It took a whole year to create such a resource, during which hundreds of consultations were held with art market experts, lawyers, and insurers. ArtClaim Database The base will offer users new ways to search and organize art objects. The platform provides innovative opportunities for pattern recognition, including those posted on other Internet resources and an assessment of each object by almost 500 parameters. According to experts, the appearance of ArtClaim will help ensure greater transparency of transactions with art objects, reduce risks and provide fairly accurate authentication of works.

ArtClaim offers four types of services: search, registration of art objects, instant disclosure of information and collection management. According to the creators of the platform, every week their database is updated with information about about 5000 new objects.

During the first month of the resource’s operation, users will be able to use it for free, but in the future it will remain such only for registering lost and stolen objects of painting, sculpture and others. According to statistical estimates, the market for stolen works of art in the world reaches a volume of 6-8 billion dollars a year, which makes it the third after the market for the sale of drugs and weapons.

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