01 / Financial
Guaranteed Stipend
Upfront financial security disbursed monthly throughout the residency term — no grants, no delays.
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The Art Residency
Commissioned contemporary works, born inside our studios — each one authenticated from the first brushstroke.
Value creation engine
Why the residency exists
Primary-to-secondary pipeline
Residency studios produce a continuous stream of fresh contemporary works — beyond the finite supply of modernist blue-chip masters.
NFC-from-birth provenance
Tamper-evident cryptographic micro-tags are embedded during creation, permanently bound to each work's Digital Passport.
Artist Hub
Daily studio reels, material breakdowns and artist profiles stream directly into the residency channel.
Permanent archive
Traveling exhibitions, corporate asset bases and institutional partnerships keep residency works in public view.
Fellowship benefits
Every Fellow, Fully Supported
02 / Logistics
Full Hospitality & Travel
Round-trip international transit, private accommodation, and chef-prepared artisanal dining for the full cohort term.
03 / Protection
Health & Artwork Insurance
Complete medical coverage for fellows plus transit, liability, and in-studio insurance for every work produced.
04 / Commerce
Auction Profit Share
High hammer-split on primary auction sales plus perpetual secondary-market royalties encoded in the digital passport.
Provenance architecture
The 4 Provenance Pillars
A four-layer system that makes every work irrefutably authentic from first mark to final hammer.
I
NFC-from-Birth Hardware
Cryptographic micro-tag attached to canvas stretchers, tapped via IAH Admin App at the first sketch. Every brushstroke timestamped from genesis.
II
Artist Hub Media Engine
Dedicated film crew producing daily 4K reels and process diaries. The making becomes as collectible as the made.
III
3D Virtual Open Studio
Photogrammetric spatial scan of the workspace, playable in VR/WebGL. Collectors walk the studio before the auction opens.
IV
Digital Product Passport
Immutable ledger record carrying pigment certificates, time-lapses, and curator voice notes. Provenance that outlives institutions.
Virtual access
Live Studio Preview
3D spatial scan · Interactive walkthrough
Orbit / Walk mode
Click hotspot markers to identify studio elements · Fullscreen experience available on compatible browsers
Active artwork details
Highlighted work on easel
Heritage Horizon Study II
Artist
Resident Fellow
Medium
Natural mineral pigments & gold leaf
Hardware provenance
Cryptographic NFC micro-tag active Stretcher signed
Daily studio reels stream
0:38
Layering Gold Foil
Reel 1
1:05
NFC Chip Inception Log
Reel 2
1:45
Curator Critique
Reel 3
Phygital provenance
Authenticated from birth
Every residency work carries a tamper-evident NFC micro-tag embedded during creation. Tap it and the work's Digital Passport opens — studio progress logs, 3D scans, material analyses, exhibition history and every ownership event, chained and verifiable.
- Cryptographic micro-tag bonded to the stretcher or substrate
- Digital Product Passport with chained event history
- Condition and conservation records held for the life of the work
The journey
Studio to saleroom
- 01Selection
A curatorial panel invites artists into a funded studio residency each season.
- 02Studio
Progress logs, 3D scans and material analyses are recorded through the residency.
- 03Tagging
Each finished work receives an embedded NFC micro-tag and a Digital Passport.
- 04Capstone auction
Hero originals go under the hammer in a dedicated Residency Capstone sale.
Patron Circle
3D virtual studio tours
Immersive walkthroughs of every residency floor for global collectors and NRI patrons — with private viewing rooms, artist Q&As and first refusal on capstone lots.
Residency gallery corridor