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artFido is an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell works of art worldwide. In addition to its auction-style listings, the website also includes ordinary fixed-price shopping. [1] [2] [3]
It was launched on 22 May 2012 by Juan Garcia. [4] Melbourne-based Garcia designed the site to provide a way for independent artists to sell their work, as an alternative to mass-produced reproduction art. [5]
In mid 2012, artFido received coverage when it auctioned off a number of artworks to raise money for Challenge, a charity who supports kids with cancer. [6] A number of celebrities supported the auction, including musician Dannii Minogue. [7] The main auction item was a work by street artist Hush, which was cut out of the wall of Metro Gallery and sold for $12,500. [5] [8] [9] [10]
In December 2013, on the same day that George Zimmerman's painting sold for more than $100,000 on eBay, [11] artist Michael D'Antuono was told by eBay his artistic interpretation of the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin confrontation, titled "A Tale Of Two Hoodies", violated eBay's Hateful or Discriminatory policy and was removed from the website. [12]
D'Antuono then relisted the painting on artFido, [13] with D'Antuono promising to donate 50% of the proceeds of the sale to the Trayvon Martin Foundation. [13] [14]
artFido also runs a blog which features art-related content and commentary. [1] One blog was discussed by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on the NBC Today Show. [15]
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
general notability guideline. (April 2024) |
artFido is an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell works of art worldwide. In addition to its auction-style listings, the website also includes ordinary fixed-price shopping. [1] [2] [3]
It was launched on 22 May 2012 by Juan Garcia. [4] Melbourne-based Garcia designed the site to provide a way for independent artists to sell their work, as an alternative to mass-produced reproduction art. [5]
In mid 2012, artFido received coverage when it auctioned off a number of artworks to raise money for Challenge, a charity who supports kids with cancer. [6] A number of celebrities supported the auction, including musician Dannii Minogue. [7] The main auction item was a work by street artist Hush, which was cut out of the wall of Metro Gallery and sold for $12,500. [5] [8] [9] [10]
In December 2013, on the same day that George Zimmerman's painting sold for more than $100,000 on eBay, [11] artist Michael D'Antuono was told by eBay his artistic interpretation of the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin confrontation, titled "A Tale Of Two Hoodies", violated eBay's Hateful or Discriminatory policy and was removed from the website. [12]
D'Antuono then relisted the painting on artFido, [13] with D'Antuono promising to donate 50% of the proceeds of the sale to the Trayvon Martin Foundation. [13] [14]
artFido also runs a blog which features art-related content and commentary. [1] One blog was discussed by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on the NBC Today Show. [15]