MISC> First Comprehensive Art Print and Lithograph Search

[Gleason Sackman]

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:12:57 -0800
From: Adam Sherk <ad...@mmgco.com>

CONTACT:
Lorne Lieberman, Marketing Director
Barewalls Interactive Art
212-228-8831
lo...@barewalls.com
http://www.barewalls.com

First Comprehensive Art Print and Lithograph Search Engine

Cambridge, MA -- November 24, 1997 (INB) -- Barewalls
Interactive Art, is proud to announce its successful three-month
debut of the Internet's first comprehensive art print and lithograph
search engine (http://www.barewalls.com). Barewalls.com provides
the ease and accessibility of buying art, posters, lithographs and
greeting cards directly online at reduced prices. With this new
service, art lovers can browse through thousands of different
prints available for immediate purchase online.

"A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures"

Barewalls.com is a one stop shop for anyone looking to fill their
"bare walls," with prices ranging from $20 and up for high quality
offset and seriagraph prints. Poster orders can be placed by
using the website's secure encrypted transaction process.

The site contains thousands of artworks, with editorial content
adjacent to each image. Detailed descriptions and previews of
an artwork can be accessed by a keyword search or by
browsing an index. A powerful and specially cross-referenced
database retrieval system helps the user find specific works of
art, as well as items of related interest. This can be helpful for
an architect or decorator seeking, for example, a blue Picasso.

During its initial launch period Barewalls.com has received
over half a million user impressions resulting in thousands of
requests for posters.

The inventory of art prints is constantly expanding. A special
requests service is available for users searching for prints
which are not (yet) listed on the website. Every special request
on Barewalls receives personal service from one of the
company's art buyers. "This is more than just a poster store on
the Internet. It is an opportunity for art lovers everywhere to
access artworks in a more personal way."

This holiday season, BIA will be selling art print greeting cards
in packs of twelve. The cards cover a wide range of famous
paintings and photographs, and they are left blank on the inside
for writing. For each dozen cards sold, Barewalls will make a
donation to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC),
an organization for the promotion and dissemination of
research information, diagnostic information, public advocacy,
patient and family support for ovarian cancer. Even though
ovarian cancer kills over 40,000 women a year in the US
(Gilda Radnor being among is most famous victims), it is
seriously underfunded and under-publicized (ovarian cancer
has very low survival rates - less than 8% after 5 years
since diagnosis, and this is due mainly to lack of awareness
and early warning). Barewalls is committed to raising
consumer support and awareness of the NOCC.