Methodology
Three stages: AI-assisted research aggregates the public record, a structured framework weights the signals that matter, and independent editorial judgment produces the thesis.
The result is an argued view of an artist's career trajectory — not an appraisal, not a price forecast, not a generated summary.
Structured research. Independent judgment. An argued position on every artist.
Ten Dimensions, One Evaluation
Every artist is assessed across ten distinct dimensions — artistic profile, art-historical positioning, critical reception, gallery representation, institutional recognition, auction establishment, art fair presence, biennial participation, newspaper coverage, and social media presence.
Each is examined on its own evidence, and none is read in isolation. What matters is the pattern the ten produce together.
The ten are weighted. Not equally, and not by formula alone.
Where the Evidence Points
Every claim about an artist's trajectory is plotted, not asserted. Each data point is positioned by how well documented it is and how much it indicates about career direction. The stronger the signal, the more weight it carries.
Weak documentation is not treated as absence. It is recorded as weak documentation — visible in the analysis rather than quietly dropped.
AI accelerates the research phase — aggregating public data, cross-referencing career signals, organising the raw record. What it produces is a research scaffold, not a report. The analysis, the weighting of evidence, and the final thesis are the product of independent judgment.
AI contributes to:
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Aggregating the artist's public career record
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Cross-referencing institutional affiliations and exhibition data
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Identifying patterns across career signals
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Structuring the research into a consistent format
AI does not replace:
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The analytical framework and its application
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Editorial judgment on which signals carry weight
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Art-historical and market contextualisation
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The assessment of source quality and reliability
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The final thesis and its argued position
Methodology last reviewed: August 2026
A Rating, Not Just a Description
Every emerging artist is assigned a classification, benchmarked against peers at the same career stage — a verdict, not data, weighing what supports the case, what works against it, and what would move it.
Reports draw on the public record alone — gallery pages, institutional records, exhibitions, press, and public market data. At the emerging stage that record is often incomplete — a feature of the market, not a failure of the research.
So every report is argued analysis, not definitive valuation. Factual errors identified after publication are corrected and noted. Full disclaimer →