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Digital Passports for Art: Insights from The Fine Art Ledger Podcast Episode 2
Artwork Passports™ are emerging as essential infrastructure for trust in the global art market. In Episode 2 of The Fine Art Ledger Podcast, we explore how digital passports, EU Digital Product Passport laws, and NFT-based records are transforming provenance, ownership, and artwork verification.
23 hours ago3 min read
Michael Armitage’s Necklacing: South African Memory Seen From New York
A white South African reflects on encountering Michael Armitage’s Necklacing (2016) at The Met, where apartheid-era violence resurfaces far from home. Seen from New York, the painting becomes an unsettling meditation on memory, distance, implication, and the ethics of how African histories are displayed in global museums.
6 days ago3 min read
Why QR Codes Alone Are Not Enough for Fine Art — and Why The Fine Art Ledger Uses QR + NFC Together
As the EU moves toward mandatory Digital Product Passports, fine art faces a unique challenge: how to ensure long-term traceability without compromising conservation or aesthetics. QR codes are accessible but fragile; NFC is durable but discreet. At The Fine Art Ledger, we combine QR + NFC into a single, standards-based system—delivering regulation-ready, future-proof digital passports for artworks built to last decades, not product cycles.
Jan 133 min read
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