Artsy Bidders or Bids Research Access?

[Tony Lockhart]

Hi everyone, I'm a UNC Chapel Hill AI student working on a fun research project: building a machine learning model to predict what kind of art a bidder might be interested in based on their past bids. Think of it as a recommendation engine, but for art! I'm only interested in aggregate bidding patterns (no PII needed!) and this is purely for academic exploration. I know the Bidders and Bids APIs are restricted, so I'm hoping to learn if there's any way to get research-only access. Any advice on how to approach this would be greatly appreciated!