Virtual exhibitions for auctions
Extend the experience online
Give collectors more time with the artworks
Collectors often make decisions over time. They may discover a work, return to it later, compare it with other lots, or share it with advisors and family before bidding. Exhibbit allows buyers to explore the sale before auction day or to revisit works at their own pace.
Strengthen your connection
The relationship between an auction house and its collectors extends beyond individual auctions. By creating engaging viewing experiences, auction houses can provide collectors with a deeper connection to the works they present.
We help auction houses bring the exhibition experience to more collectors, wherever they are.
Present auctions as exhibitions, not just listings
Every auction represents a carefully assembled collection of works. The expertise behind the selection and presentation is part of what defines an auction house.
Exhibbit allows sales to be presented as exhibitions rather than simply a series of individual catalogue entries. Collectors can experience the relationship between works and understand the story behind the sale.
Improve remote bidder confidence
A physical viewing room is naturally limited by location and time. A virtual exhibition allows the preview experience to remain accessible to international bidders and collectors who cannot attend in person.
Scale and context are important factors when assessing artworks. A spatial environment provides a better understanding of how works relate to each other and allows collectors to inspect works from different perspectives rather than relying only on individual images.
The catalogue becomes the exhibition
A 3D virtual exhibition combines the strengths of both formats. The catalogue provides the information and structure of the sale and the virtual exhibition provides the spatial experience.
Together, they allow bidders to explore works in a way that is closer to physical viewing, moving through the gallery, understanding scale and relationships between works, viewing from different angles, and examining details closely, all within the same environment.
For auction houses, this creates several practical advantages.
Support your physical exhibition
The physical preview remains an important part of the auction experience. Exhibbit does not replace this experience, it extends it.
For auction houses holding in-person previews, an online viewing exhibition allows collectors to discover works before attending, and to continue exploring after visiting in person.
For collectors out of town, they can still take part even when their distance prevents attendance. And most importantly, prospective buyers can continue to revisit works after attending throughout the auction campaign. The physical and online exhibitions work together to create a more complete experience for collectors.
Keeping the sale current
Unlike printed catalogues, virtual exhibitions can be updated as information changes. Works can be replaced, details corrected, and content updated throughout the sales period, without recreating the entire experience.
Create a more complete auction experience online
The goal is not to replace physical previews.
The physical experience remains an important part of the auction process.Instead, the opportunity is to extend it—to allow the same curated environment to reach collectors wherever they are.
By combining catalogue information with the spatial qualities of a preview exhibition, it can become something more: a gallery environment for experiencing the inventory.