The coronavirus lockdown hit has forced us all to recalibrate how we view, collect and sell art as exhibitions, auctions and even art fairs have been forced online—and fast. It’s a steep learning curve for both buyers and sellers in all fields, but particularly for those in the traditionally analogue world of pre-contemporary art, where issues of provenance, authenticity and trust are all the more complex, and the audience perhaps less digitally savvy.

Our panel of experts will discuss the challenge of becoming “digital connoisseurs”, taking in the latest developments, good and bad, in the shift to online, the questions to ask and pitfalls to avoid when buying historical art via jpegs, and the big question of whether you should you ever buy a work sight unseen, even now?
 
- Moderator | Anna Brady (Art Market Editor, The Art Newspaper)
- Katrin Bellinger (Collector)
- Philip Hewat-Jaboor (Chairman, Masterpiece)
- Philip Mould (Art dealer, writer & broadcaster)
- Orlando Rock (Chairman, Christie’s UK)