Galleries

Problem:

Art galleries often act as intermediaries between artists, collectors, curators, and platforms, but face growing challenges around artwork provenance, licensing rights, AI-generated imitations, and resale tracking. Galleries need ways to validate what they exhibit, manage digital rights, and ensure fair compensation and attribution for creators.

How Creation Rights Solves This:

Creation Rights Management (CRM)

• Register: Galleries (or artists) register exhibited works, paintings, digital art, installations, performance footage, or mixed media. The Provenance Graph logs authorship, ownership history, past exhibitions, and any licensing or reproduction rights.
• License: Use Smart Licensing to define rights for public display, commercial use, reproductions (e.g., in catalogs or posters), digital twins, or online exhibitions. These can reflect artist agreements, consignment terms, and resale conditions.
• Monetize: Dynamic Metadata embeds resale royalties (e.g., per the EU Artist’s Resale Right or U.S. ART Act), edition controls (e.g., 1 of 10 prints), AI opt-out clauses, attribution rules, and enforceable revocation conditions if misused.

Creation Rights Exchange (CRX)

• Verification: Buyers, platforms, museums, and curators can verify the legitimacy, licensing status, and restrictions of a piece in real time, reducing disputes and reinforcing trust.
• Enforcement: The Content ID Layer detects unlicensed reproductions, AI-generated imitations, NFT clones, or digital reposts of gallery-exhibited works, triggering takedown, licensing enforcement, or royalty collection.
• Interoperability: CRX integrates with gallery inventory systems, online viewing rooms, auction partners, and registrar databases, enabling seamless provenance validation, licensing tracking, and monetization across formats.

Example Scenario:

A gallery hosts a solo exhibition of an emerging digital artist. Weeks later, AI-generated artworks appear online mimicking the artist’s style. CRX detects the derivative works, and CRM-enforced metadata triggers takedowns or licensing requests based on smart contracts, ensuring the artist retains control and revenue even after the exhibition.