From the founder
I built Vanart for the artist who was never given the room. The Birth is that room.
For too long, the question of which artists matter has been settled quietly, behind doors most never get to knock on. The most gifted people I knew made extraordinary work, and watched the world walk past it, because no one had ever put it on a stage that the world could see.
Vanart exists to change that. We are the platform built to carry new artists from the studio to a global audience: to stand behind every piece we show, verify it, and place it in front of the collectors and institutions who decide what endures.
The Birth is where it begins, in the United Kingdom, this October. If your work has been waiting for its moment, this is your invitation to step into the room.
Founder
Why Vanart
Every artist the world celebrates was once unknown to it. Vanart exists to shorten that wait.
Talent has never been the rare thing. The stage is. The room where careers are made has stayed closed to all but a few, and the world has been poorer for the work it never got to see.
So we built the platform we wished existed: one that takes new artists seriously, shows their work alongside the masters who came before, and puts it in front of a global audience, every piece verified, because a real stage demands real trust.
The inaugural global showcase
A stage is born.
The Birth is the first showcase of Vanart, an invitation-only evening in the United Kingdom where a chosen group of new artists exhibit beside modern masters, their work offered to collectors and a number of pieces presented for live bidding. Intimate by design: one room, one night, and a stage the world will be watching.
The exact date and the venue are held in confidence, and revealed only to the chosen artists and confirmed guests.
The path to the room
Four dates between
you and the world.
The global stage is closer than it has ever been. Here is exactly how an artist gets from registration to the room. No mystery about the process, only about the night itself.
- 2 August01
Register on the platform
Every artist begins here. Submit your details and three images of your work before registration closes. No fee. Every entry is reviewed personally.
- 15 August02
The selected are contacted
If you are chosen, you hear from us directly. Consignment signing begins, and our specialists start authenticity and provenance checks on your work.
- 15 September03
The final list is revealed
The artists of The Birth are named. Each receives an email with the venue, the final details, and sign-off to confirm their place in the room.
- October04
The Birth · United Kingdom
Your work goes on the world's stage, shown alongside modern masters before collectors who acquire first. The exact date is shared with the chosen.
It starts with one step, and it closes on 2 August.
Register Your Work →The wall
Space on the wall
is still open.
Selected artists hang in the same room, on the same walls, in the same light. Register before 2 August.
The chosen are revealed 15 September. Yours could hang here.
Register Your Work →Authentication & provenance
We put our name
beside yours.
Confirmed with the artist
For works by living artists, authenticity is verified directly with the artist.
Provenance examined
For modern and secondary-market works, we study documented provenance against recognised expertise.
Inspected in person
Every piece is examined and condition-reported before sale. If it does not meet our standard, it does not enter the room.
The invitation
This is your
moment. Take it.
A handful of artists will be chosen for The Birth. The dream of showing your work on a global stage is no longer far off, it is one form away. Registration closes 2 August.
Put your work on the world's stage.
Exhibit in the United Kingdom this October, beside modern masters, in front of the collectors who decide what endures, with full authorship kept by you.
- No fee to register. Every entry is reviewed personally
- Register by 2 August · the selected are contacted 15 August
- The final list of artists is revealed 15 September
Be first in the room.
See tomorrow's names before the world does. Each work verified by our specialists and offered on clear terms, with the context to acquire it with confidence.
- Private previews and first viewings
- The full catalogue, released to confirmed guests
- Date & venue shared with confirmed guests only