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Paddle8

Paddle8 founders shot in their NYC offices.

One Week After Being Sued, Online Auction House Paddle8 Has Filed for Bankruptcy

In its bankruptcy petition, Paddle8 named Jay-Z's Shawn Carter Foundation and Justin and Hailey Bieber as creditors who're owed money.
By Helen Holmes

5 Young Collectors on Where They Shop For Art, From Instagram to Paddle8

According to these five collectors, it doesn’t take millions to amass an impressive portfolio of artwork, but it definitely helps.
By Zachary Weiss
BMW i3 Spaghetti Car by artist Maurizio Cattelan sold for $117,562 at Leonardo DiCaprio's annual St. Tropez charity auction.

The Week in Auctions: Results From Leo’s Charity, War Posters and Marilyn Monroe

Results from Leonardo DiCaprio’s St. Tropez soiree, historic war-era posters at Swann and never before seen photos of Marilyn Monroe from Paddle8
By Alanna Martinez
The Armory Show is one of the world's top contemporary art exhibitions each year. We went to see if anyone would sell us art if we offered them tons of bitcoin. (Photo: Roberto Chamorro, with alteration by Jack Smith IV)

Nobody Buys Art With Bitcoin

By Jack Smith IV

Paddle8 To Sell the Only Copy of the New Wu-Tang Clan Album, Probably for Millions

By Nate Freeman
Norman and Irma Braman are footing the bill for the ICA Miamis massive new building in the Design District. Photo by Gustavo Caballero, courtesy Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: The Bramans Behind the ICA Miami, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Vincent van Gogh. (Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Art World Abstracts: A Vincent van Gogh Musical Extravaganza, and More!

By Nate Freeman

World Edges Closer to Being Able to Buy Art With Bitcoins, Thanks to Paddle8 and the Winklevii

By Nate Freeman
Harper. (Courtesy PMC)

BAM Curator Dave Harper to Paddle8

By Zoë Lescaze
Galbraith. (Courtesy Paddle 8)

Paddle8 Nabs Managing Director From Artnet

By Dan Duray
Michael Stipe, stil of animated GIF, 2012: "It's all the things that are basically obsolete thanks to the digital revolution; tv, film, landlines." - Michael Stipe, 2012

Michael Stipe, Ryan Trecartin and RoseLee Goldberg Take Part in GIFS Festival

By Rozalia Jovanovic
Image courtesy Michelle Finocchi

Paddle8 and Visionaire Launch ‘Oscar Niemeyer in 3-D’

By Rozalia Jovanovic
The Ligon available as part of the LACMA fund-raiser.

Paddle 8 Partners With LACMA

By Dan Duray
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