About reART
Introduction
reART is reinvigorating the art market and your passion for collecting art!
reART is a cutting-edge sales platform for artworks by recognised artists featured in private collections, estates, and the archives of galleries and museums.
By revitalising the art market, reART seeks to breathe new life into art in the sense of its true significance.
About reART
reART’s new business model offers a cutting-edge platform for the sale of artworks created by recognised artists and featured in private collections, estates, and the archives of galleries and museums. The fundamental concept is to motivate collectors, gallerists, heirs, and private owners of valuable, recognised, and documented art to consider offering it for sale.
We intend to stimulate a closing of the gap between sellers and potential buyers and, in this way, to introduce forgotten treasures back into circulation on the art market. The online platform reART offers a convenient means to permanently present and to search for artworks via the Internet; the art is treated with due respect and buyers and sellers remain anonymous.
Sellers present their artworks free of charge and for an unlimited period of time!!!
How does it work?
The most innovative aspect of this online service for art lovers is the anonymity and security that it provides to both the buyers and sellers of art. reART’s Internet-based, customer-friendly sales model is the product of its founder’s unique know-how: personal consultation and sales service ensure that every phase of your transaction will go smoothly.
The platform reART offers a range of works that encompasses modern art and contemporary art in various media, including painting, works on paper, and sculpture. The wide selection of artworks is lucidly organised and readily accessible to anyone. Interested art lovers are thus able to take a look around reART’s entire website whenever they want; detailed reproductions, extensive descriptions of the individual artworks, and relevant information about the artists provide for a substantial online experience of the works. In this way, potential buyers can develop a realistic impression of what is being offered – in advance and at their own convenience. Armed with this information, they can arrive at their own preliminary selection.
reART is characterised by the fact that every customer receives a consultation tailored to his or her individual needs. This service encompasses the provision of expert reports regarding the quality and monetary value of particular works, information about specific artists, and even specific recommendations for purchases. The anonymous process provides advantages for sellers as well as buyers: no personal information will be exchanged between the parties involved in a transaction. Additionally, the artworks in question will not be delivered until after the sales contract has been completed: the work thus remains with the seller until it has been sold.
The ‘reART-Roadshows’ represent a further important element in the overall concept and provide an attractive complement to the online platform. At intervals throughout the year, they pass through various cities and provide temporary exhibitions in a variety of formats. Whether parallel to art fairs or in the context of specially developed programmes, the ‘reART-Roadshows’ bring together art and its public. These traveling presentations offer an excellent opportunity to take a first-hand look at particular works. Every show simultaneously expands reART’s professional network.
Who benefits the most?
One of our fundamental concepts is inspiring those owners of artworks who have always resisted considering the sale of their art to take this first step. Perhaps a traditional collector has already considered introducing specific works back onto the market, but has no interest in investing much time in the project. Or perhaps someone has inherited a valuable painting, which ought to be treated with due respect, but simply does not fit in with the new interior and has thus been relegated to a closet for longer than anyone cares to remember. reART offers a way to avoid the considerable effort – and also the anxiety – involved in finding and contacting a traditional auction house. We intend to stimulate a closing of the gap between sellers and potential buyers and, in this way, to introduce forgotten treasures back into circulation on the art market. And if the final decision has been made to part with a cherished painting, then an appropriate amount ought to be received for it.
For these reasons, reART provides a simple means to permanently present and to search for artworks via the Internet; the works simultaneously receive the recognition they deserve.
The concept thus seeks to bring new momentum into the art market. Artworks are to be allowed to develop their full effectiveness, to be opened up to new perspectives and perceptions. The concept derives from a recognition that many friends of the arts obviously wish to reinstate a relationship to art in terms of its original values and purposes. Neglected works should be brought out of storage and dusted off, so that they can change owners in the simplest way possible. The art with which we surround ourselves is not intended to be treated as a purely financial investment, but to directly influence our life in a rich variety of ways and to receive the careful attention that it deserves.
Revitalise the art market and bring new life to art in terms of its true significance!
Author: Barbara Lang
General Terms and Conditions (T&C) of reART®
Last modified: January 2011
Introduction
• reART® is a registered trademark
• reart.de is a commercial gallery.
• reart.de provides a platform for the presentation, buying, and selling of art over the Internet and in galleries.
• These General Terms and Conditions regulate the contractual relationship between buyers, sellers (natural and legal persons) and reart.de (agent and broker).
Services provided by reart.de
• reart.de advises buyers/sellers regarding all questions and acts as an agent on their behalf.
• reart.de makes the Internet platform available and places the works online. Public, commercial exhibitions (reART-Roadshows) are held at irregular intervals.
• Buyer and seller remain anonymous, unless an agreement has been made to the contrary.
Costs/responsibilities of the seller
• The seller shall deliver one or more photos of his or her work or commission reart.de to create (for a fee) photos or film material, in order to present these images on the website.
• Images are placed on the reart.de website for an unlimited period of time and free of charge, unless other conditions are agreed upon with the seller.
• The seller and reart.de determine the work’s price together. Should an expert report be necessary for determining an appropriate price, the seller is responsible for paying all related costs.
• For the sale of works for up to 5,000.00 €, a commission of 21% (incl. 1% ‘Bild-Kunst-Abgabe’ [German visual arts levy]) is due immediately and will be deducted from the sales price (in excess of 5,001.00 € 16% [incl. 1% ‘Bild-Kunst-Abgabe’], in excess of 10,001.00 € 11% [incl. 1% ‘Bild-Kunst-Abgabe’]).
•The seller agrees to make the work available to reART for viewing and/or evaluation (buyer interest, preparation of expert reports, etc.).
• reART-Roadshows are held at irregular intervals. reART-Roadshows are commercial exhibitions that permit the first-hand presentation of the individual works. Participation is voluntary. In the case of participation, costs (packing, transport, etc.) will arise: these shall be paid by the seller. For the purchase of a work on a reART-roadshow or exhibition higher agent commission is due:
€ 5,000.00 to be 31% broker commission (including 1% tax-art image) immediately due and deducted from the selling price. (from € 5001.00 26% (including 1% tax-art image), 21% from € 10,001.00 (incl. 1% tax-art image. reART agrees to insure the work for the agreed-upon sales price during the above-mentioned reART-Roadshows.
• The seller shall make a binding declaration that the work(s) is/are his or her property, that no third party has any claims to it/them, that no claims resulting from other duties (e. g. restitution) exist, and that the work(s) is/are original.
• Sellers agree to provide complete and detailed information about the work’s state of preservation. In the case of violation of this agreement, false information, or a false identification, the seller is liable for all expenses, legal procedures, and all other damages that result.
• The original work remains in the possession of the seller and shall not be delivered until the buyer and reart.de have concluded a legally binding sales contract, the amount due has been paid in full, and the seller has received his or her payment (less reART’s commission and additional expenses)!
Costs for the buyer
• The costs for the transport and shipping of sold works will be calculated separately and are to be paid by the buyer.
• The buyer has a right to withdraw from the contract (unless buyer and seller have explicitly agreed otherwise); this right must be exercised within 14 days of receiving the work (written confirmation; reckoned from the day on which the purchased object was delivered). In this case, all costs for shipping and return shipping are to be paid by the buyer!
• All listed and negotiated prices are to be understood as final prices, including VAT.
Miscellaneous
• The complete contents of the website reart.de – particularly its design, written material, and illustrations – are protected by copyright and may only be copied, altered, printed, or made publicly available with the express permission of reart.de. Criminal and civil prosecution of violations will be sought.
• reart.de does not guarantee correctness or completeness.
• All parties submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Hamburg. German law shall be applied. If any provision of this contract is wholly or partially unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions or parts of provisions remains unaffected.
• The content is prepared with great care. However, we do not guarantee the correctness, completeness, or currency of any information available on this site. Due to the special conditions of presentation in the Internet, reart.de cannot guarantee the accuracy of details and colours in reproductions of works.
• reart.de is not liable for the constant availability of the Internet portal. The current state of Internet technology precludes any guarantee of an error-free and/or constantly available communication of data. Availability and accessibility may be disrupted for technical reasons or through environmental factors, limitations, interruptions, or maintenance and repair work; reart.de cannot influence such disturbances and therefore accepts no liability.
• Telemedia Act (TMG): § 7 General principles
(1) Service providers are responsible for their own content as made available for use in keeping with general legislation.
Service providers in the sense of §§ 8-10 are, however, under no obligation to monitor third-party information that is transmitted or stored by them, nor to investigate circumstances that would indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation remain in effect even in the case of the service provider’s lack of liability in the sense of §§ 8-10. The privacy of telecommunications is to be maintained in the sense of § 88 of the Telecommunications Act (TKG). However, liability in this respect is only possible from the time of knowledge of a concrete violation of law.
Data protection
• The transmission of data over the Internet (e.g. during communication by e-mail) is subject to security breaches. A complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
• Third parties are expressly forbidden from using the contact information provided in keeping with compulsory website publisher information for sending unsolicited advertising and informational material. The owner of this site expressly reserves the right to take legal action, should unsolicited advertising materials, such as spam messages, be sent.
• All data gathered during the development of contractual relationships with buyers and sellers will be handled confidentially and anonymously. All data provided by sellers and buyers and necessary for conducting business will be saved electronically.
This information will be shared only for the purposes of ordering, delivery, and payment (through the relevant credit institutions).
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Georg Molitoris
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