Bluethumb Art Gallery

Bluethumb is a leading online art marketplace based in Australia.[1] Started in 2011,[2] Bluethumb now exhibits over 1000 emerging and established Australian artists’ work,[3] including 2015 Archibald Prize finalist Kim Leutwyler.[4] In November 2015, Bluethumb represented Australia at the Creative Business Cup in Copenhagen after winning QUT Creative Enterprise Australia’s Creative3 Pitch.[5]

Pop Up Galleries and Events

Bluethumb have held a number of pop up galleries and events. At the 2013 South Australia Living Artists Festival (SALA Festival) Bluethumb hosted a quirky pop-up gallery by hanging art from Hills Hoist clothes lines. [6] In 2014, as part of Adelaide Fringe Festival's Waymouth Street Party, urban indigenous artist Coby Edgar painted the Bluethumb ute.[7] In 2015, Bluethumb held pop-up galleries at the SALA Festival[8] and for the first time in Melbourne as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.[9]

Bluethumb - art unearthed app

In November 2013 Bluethumb released the Bluethumb - art unearthed app for IOS and Android. It is the first Australian art app to allow visual artists to sell their artwork directly through an app and won Best Shopping App in the Australian Mobile & App Design Awards 2014.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Freddy Grant (2015-05-19). "Art Buyers Going Online and Mobile". Power Retail. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  2. ↑ Max Mason (2012-01-31). "Shopping for art goes online". The Age. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  3. ↑ Olivia Shead (2014-04-18). "Online art gallery featuring over 1,000 artists". Interiors Addict. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  4. ↑ Freddy Grant (2015-07-16). "EYES ON THE PRIZE: INTRODUCING ARCHIBALD PRIZE FINALIST, QUEER ARTIST KIM LEUTWYLER". Gay News Network. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  5. ↑ Daniel Jacobs (2015-09-22). "ONLINE ART MARKETPLACE TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS". Dynamic Business. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  6. ↑ Patrick McDonald (2013-08-23). "Online gallery gives artists a hoist at SALA Festival closing event". The Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  7. ↑ Rose Hartley (2014-02-21). "Live car art at Adelaide Fringe Waymouth Street Party". Adelaide City Council. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  8. ↑ Edward Hartley (2015-08-24). "Bluethumb Showcase". SALA Festival. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  9. ↑ Colette Dallimore (2015-08-24). "Bluethumb Pop-Up Art Gallery". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  10. ↑ Tasnuva Bindi (2014-08-21). "Visual arts startup Bluethumb titled Best Shopping App, but are the artworks really worth $1.5M?". Startup Daily. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

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