The art market is in systemic crisis, but not due to a lack of quality or capital. The real dysfunction is a deep structural fracture: the absence of dialogue between its players. This ecosystem is failing to support new creative generations, crystallized in closed circuits that systematically exclude emerging talent.
As highlighted by Daniele Fazio, CEO and Founder of Start-Up Artistinct: "The art and culture market creates few opportunities due to barriers, because the market itself is disconnected; there are no collaborations, no communication." This observation captures the heart of a dysfunction that has not only economic implications, but also profound cultural and social ones.
Anatomy of a Disconnection
The current structure of the art market is configured as a set of isolated compartments, each operating according to self-referential logic that perpetuates exclusion and inaccessibility.
Emerging artists find themselves isolated, lacking qualified feedback and solid professional networks. The art system continues to operate within established boundaries, where collectors rely on long-standing intermediaries and cultural operators maintain practices that rarely encourage encounters with new perspectives.
The result is not an open and dynamic market, but a closed ecosystem that tends to replicate itself, constantly reproducing the same players and the same operating logic.
The Social Cost of Exclusion
This fragmentation has consequences that transcend the purely economic sphere, amplifying the structural inequalities of our time. Access to the art market does not depend on artistic merit, but on the social, geographical, and family capital at one's disposal.
“There are many factors that limit this, and unfortunately they create large social gaps.”
Daniele Fazio - CEO and Founder of Artistinct
Those born into privileged networks find doors open to them; those excluded from them remain systematically on the margins, regardless of their talent.
This dynamic dramatically impoverishes the entire cultural ecosystem, depriving it of diversity, critical perspectives, and innovative capacity.
Towards a Complete Ecosystem
The real urgency lies in building stable, transparent, and inclusive relational infrastructures.
A paradigm shift is needed to transform the market.
Artistinct aims to respond to this challenge by creating an ecosystem capable of reconnecting all players and professionals in the art and culture market. As Fazio explains: "With the Artistinct project, we intend to create a synergistic system that can make the entire art and culture market work, not only through artists, but also through organizations."
The future of the art market is undergoing a profound transformation: from a system based on exchange to an ecosystem based on relationships, where every player contributes to the flow of knowledge, value, and opportunities.
A Call for Dialogue
Only by restoring the centrality of conversation and collaboration can we transform a fragmented market into a vital, inclusive, and meritocratic ecosystem. Art, by its very nature, arises from exchange and encounter: it is time for its market to reflect this fundamental truth.
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