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Digital Innovation in Art Award 2022 – Longlist Announcement

The Digital Innovation in Art Award 2022 is proud to announce the release of the Longlist of Nominees for the 20th edition of Investor Allstars! Are you ready to discover them? We hope so, as today is the day on which we get to announce this year’s longlist which is filled with new, exciting and mind-blowing projects!

The DIIA award honours the innovators, entrepreneurs, and ingenious minds who join the best of the art industry with the best of tech, by using digital technologies to push the traditional boundaries of the art market.

This year marks a special anniversary edition for both .ART, celebrating 5 years since its launch and our sponsorship of the award, and Investor Allstars, for which this edition marks 20 years of highlighting achievements of entrepreneurs and investment professionals from across the globe.

For the past five years, our jury members, coming from the tech, art, financial and innovation sectors, have reviewed more than 150 projects and shortlisted more than 15. This year’s longlist includes companies that are making innovative moves in the merging of Art & Tech. We have:

From the idea of using NFTs to save the planet, to using AI to generate 3D art, the longlist nominees are revolutionizing what it means to create art using technology. We welcome their creativity and are excited to share their ideas with you for this year’s special edition. More to come on some of the nominees prior to the announcement of the short list nominees.

Stay tuned!

.ART Team

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