Instant AI Evaluation of
Art Authenticity
The Art Recognition AI system assesses the authenticity of an artwork
just by analyzing its photograph.
Welcome. Art Recognition offers a new, innovative AI authentication system to art lovers and experts. Our program evaluates the authenticity of an artwork by analyzing its photographic reproduction. It is complementary to traditional authentication methods while being fast, reliable, non-invasive, and unbiased. By offering this program to the art world, we want to contribute to the integrity and transparency of the art market.
Management Team
Dr. Carina Popovici
Managing Partner
Carina holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics, and has worked as a quantitative risk specialist in the Swiss banking industry. She has a broad interdisciplinary interest which enabled her to develop advanced AI algorithms with applications in physics, finance and art.
Christiane Hoppe-Oehl
Partner
Christiane holds a diploma in Applied Mathematics and has more than 20 years’ experience in the banking industry. Throughout her career, her primary focus has been the development of financial forecasting models. She has lead numerous cross-divisional and international teams and projects.
Advisory Board
Ully Wille
Ully ran the Sotheby’s Zurich branch office for almost a decade, after having worked in their impressionist department in London. He is now successfully leading his own business, specializing in 19/20th art.
Prof. Dr. Eric Postma
Eric is Professor in AI at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and at the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science in ‘s- Hertogenbosch. He is one of the pioneers of applying digital analysis into art and has initiated and led several projects focused on digital analysis of paintings.
Jason Bailey
Jason is the founder of Artnome – which aims at becoming the world’s largest analytical database of art works. Artnome has formulated as a mission to “Improve the art historical record through better data to help fight against forgery”.
As a connoisseur of the oeuvre of Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh and Oskar Kokoschka, I had the chance to work in close cooperation with Art Recognition on a series of artworks, many of disputed authenticity. I would like to express my appreciation and respect for this innovative idea, as well as the impressive technical implementation and professional commitment of the whole team.
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Art Expert and Dealer
I am very much in favour and do support the technology developed at Art Recognition, which expands the means available to us to investigate the autograph status of works of art. Lately it has become increasingly difficult to sort out the number of fraudulent works of art that are appearing on the market, and the Art Recognition AI System provides us with a great tool to deal with this very challenging situation.
Joachim Pissarro, Bershad Professor of Art History, and Director of the Hunter College Art Galleries
Expert appraisals have so far been most widely accepted for the assessment of art authenticity, but sometimes experts are unconsciously biased, and erroneous judgements in this field often end up in litigation. The increasing sophistication of AI technology promises to offer a valuable complement here. That’s why the Karel Appel Foundation, being in the process of publishing a catalogue raisonné of paintings and object paintings by Karel Appel, is very pleased about its collaboration with Art Recognition AG.
Dr. Franz W. Kaiser, Director of the Karel Appel Foundation
Having seen the Art Recognition AI System in action, I am confident that this completely neutral and objective solution can significantly contribute to an increased security on the art market. I strongly believe that this technology will soon exceed the borders of conventional art, and also be put in the service of other areas of cultural heritage.
Arianna Traviglia, Coordinator of the Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology at the Italian Institute of Technology
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