Phillips x Daata Artist Commission: In Conversation with David Gryn

<p><strong>Phillips' Director of Digital Strategy, Megan Newcome, sits down with David Gryn, the founder of Daata Editions, to discuss the Phillips x Daata Artist Commission and the state of the digital art market.</strong></p> <p><strong></strong>Phillips and Daata Editions have partnered to commission Jeremy Couillard and Rachel Rossin to produce new digital artworks that will premiere in dedicated exhibitions at Phillips New York and will be offered for sale through Daata Editions <a href="https://daata-editions.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">online platform</a>. Phillips' Director of Digital Strategy, Megan Newcome, sat down with David Gryn, founder of Daata, to talk about the genesis of the <a href="https://www.phillips.com/event/daata-x-phillips-artist-commission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">partnership</a> and the state of the digital art market.</p> <p>Megan Newcome: Let’s start by telling us what <a href="https://daata-editions.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daata Editions</a> is and how you decided to build a platform to sell digital art?</p> <p>David Gryn: Daata Editions is an online commissioning and selling platform for contemporary artists working with digital media. Daata came about after more than 15 years working with moving image, both analogue and digital, often in the context of the cinema. I was the Film & Sound Curator for Art Basel Miami Beach from 2011-2017, chiefly encouraging galleries to bring moving image to the fair. I realized something had to be done to galvanise the market place, which has been somewhat reluctant to embrace the digital medium.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.phillips.com/article/42507998/in-conversation-with-david-gryn?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2019-04-20&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">FULL INTERVIEW HERE</a></p><p><a href="https://www.phillips.com/article/42507998/in-conversation-with-david-gryn?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2019-04-20&utm_medium=email" target="_blank"></a><img src="https://daata-editions.com/files/redactor/9e509b740143fd557cd8a10adb9dea5a.jpg" data-image="123"></p>