The artist opens a work
A work is listed at its first mark: a ground, a sketch, a stretched canvas. The artist commits, in writing, to journalling it through to completion.
FIG. 01 — GLITXZ · WORKS IN PROGRESS
Own the workwhile the inkis still wet.
Glitxz is an artist-led platform where collectors bid on works in progress. Every stage is photographed, every decision is journalled, and the lot closes when the artist says the work is done — not before.
FIG. 02 — THE PREMISE
A finished painting hides how it was made. A stroke of ink cannot.
Glitxz is built on the second kind of honesty. Works are listed at their first mark and sold while they are still moving. You are not buying a photograph of an outcome — you are buying a position in a process, and a seat at the table while the decisions are still open.
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Nothing is finished when it is listed.
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The journal is not marketing. It is the receipt.
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The artist keeps the hand. The collective keeps the record.
FIG. 03 — HOW IT WORKS
The room opens
Collectors bid live while the work is unfinished. Bids are pre-authorised on Stripe and released the moment you are outbid — nothing is captured until a lot closes.
The process is the product
Every session is entered in the journal. Photographs, materials, notes, false starts, and the parts that got scraped back to the ground.
The seal is pressed
When the artist decides it is finished, the seal goes on. Co-owners are recorded against the work permanently, and the record travels with it.
THE FEE — 12% TO THE HOUSE · 88% TO THE ARTIST · PUBLISHED ON EVERY LOT
FIG. 04 — LIVE NOW
3 works are being made right now.
Bids are pre-authorised and never captured until a lot closes. Watch the number move.
LOTS OPEN3All lots →
LOT 041LIVEBidding is open
Ash Ground (in progress)
Kojo Baptiste · Sumi and ash
CURRENT BID$4,250
CLOSES IN:
LOT 042LIVEBidding is open
Linen, Nine Sessions (in progress)
Mira Adeyemi · Oil on linen
CURRENT BID$11,900
CLOSES IN:
LOT 043LIVEBidding is open
Fourteen Layers (in progress)
Tam Nguyen · Gouache, 14 layers
CURRENT BID$2,100
CLOSES IN:
THE FEE — 12% TO THE HOUSE · 88% TO THE ARTIST · PUBLISHED ON EVERY LOT
FIG. 05 — THE HAND
Artists, not inventory.
We do not sign work away from the people who make it. Artists list what they choose, set their own reserve, write the journal in their own words, and close the lot when the work tells them it is done. Glitxz runs the room, the money and the record.
Apply to the collective →
FIG. 06 — THE JOURNAL
Process, in the artist’s own hand.
Read the journal →
13 SEP · LOT 041
Day 41 — I scraped the whole left side back to the ground
Three weeks of work, gone in an afternoon with a palette knife and a wet rag. The left side had become an argument with the right side and only one of…
THE RECORD SO FAR
- 4
- LOTS OPENED
- 5
- ARTISTS
- 4
- COLLECTORS
- 12
- BIDS PLACED
Editions and materials.
Prints pulled from finished works, artist plates, and the pigments, papers and brushes the collective actually uses. Everything here is made by someone whose name is on a lot.
Visit the shop →Prints pulled from finished worksArtist plates and proofsThe pigments, papers and brushes the collective uses
FOR COLLECTORS
Take a seat in the room.
Free to join. Bids are pre-authorised on Stripe and released the moment you are outbid.
Create a collector accountFOR ARTISTS
Put your hand on the record.
Apply with a portfolio and one work you are willing to show unfinished.
Apply as an artist