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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.

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.

Digital passports are becoming the new infrastructure of the art market. As cross-border transactions accelerate and verification expectations rise—especially under the influence of the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP)—investors, collectors, galleries, and artists are rethinking how artworks are documented, transferred, and trusted. This guide explains what digital passports for art are, why they matter now, and how The Fine Art Ledger is helping the art world move toward fa