World Wide Arts Resources/absolutearts.com selects 200 Premiere Portfolio artists - .com news - Brief Article

Art Business News, Jan, 2002

COLUMBUS, Ohio--World Wide Arts Resources (wwar.com) and www.absolutearts.com recently launched the Premiere Portfolio, a diverse collection of contemporary artworks. This new forum provides galleries and collectors with a venue where they may browse artwork for sale which has been reviewed and selected by a team of experienced art professionals. To aid the visitor in making a selection, works are categorized by price, medium, theme and country. All artwork is available to collectors and galleries without additional commissions.

Recently, the company introduced a competition between hundreds of artists from around the world who applied to be members of this exclusive arts marketing service. From those, 200 artists, were selected as Premiere Portfolio artists. These artists receive a Web site and numerous Web tools to aid them in the marketing of their work via the Internet.

"We are overwhelmed with the number of high-quality and internationally known artists who applied," commented owner and founder Markus Kruse. "Our goals are to display works by a diverse group of artists from around the world and to supply these artists with an online interface where they can further promote their art. This is yet another facet to our services that demonstrates our commitment to the visual arts online."