artnet AG; Artnet And Art Basel Miami Beach Announce Continued Online Partnership For This Year's Fair

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* artnet to host "virtual fair" on artnet.com * Key works will be available for viewing beginning December 3 * Up to 15 works per gallery will be live beginning December 7 * Online site is easy to navigate including hall plan and stand photos

Berlin/New York, December 3, 2008 - artnet and Art Basel Miami Beach are pleased to announce the continuation of their exclusive co-operation this year. Users can once again access Art Basel Miami Beach, the most important international fair for contemporary art, online on artnet.com beginning December 3. Approximately 4,000 works of art by over 250 exhibiting galleries will be featured on artnet, the leading online platform for the art market.

The site will remain live for two months following the fair, enabling visitors around the world to continue gathering detailed information about the works of art they viewed at the fair itself and discover new exhibits, even after Art Basel Miami Beach has ended. Collectors who are unable to attend the fair can view the exhibited works online as well as detailed information about each work and exhibitor gallery.

With artnet's simple and easy to use navigation and interactive hall plan, users can quickly and easily locate works of art and artists, gallery stands or individual sections (e.g. Art Supernova). This "virtual fair" enables galleries to extend the duration of their presence, and benefit from access to artnet's 2 million global visitors per month.

Art Basel Miami Beach will be available from December 3, 2008 to February 7, 2009 under: www.artbasel-artnet.com

About artnet The leading online portal for the international art market creates market transparency and market efficiency with a wide variety of innovative services. The artnet price database supplies 3.8 million auction results and is the global standard for collectors, dealers and art lovers. The network of 2,200 artnet galleries enables collectors to maintain a clear picture of the works available on the market at all times. artnet has been online since 1995, and has an average of around 2 million individual visitors per month.

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