Insights: what they are and how to use them

Introduction

Insights let you turn the content already in your Artshell account into personalized digital presentations that you can share with clients, collectors, collaborators, or the public via a simple link.

You can use an Insight, for example, to:

• present a selection of Artworks to a collector;
• create a preview for a art fair;
• to describe an exhibition;
• prepare a dossier on an artist;
• build a digital viewing room.

Unlike simply sharing an artworks, an Insight lets you create a full-fledged story by combining content from your archive with editorial and multimedia elements and customizing its appearance.

In this article, you will discover what Insights are, when to use them, and the possibilities they offer.

What are Insights?

An Insight is a customizable digital page that you can build directly within Artshell.

You can start with the content already in your database and combine it with editorial and multimedia elements to create a presentation tailored to the purpose and audience.

Within an Insight, you can add, for example:

• texts and titles;
• Artworks in your Artshell archive;
• events;
• images;
• slideshow;
• video;
• file;
• buttons and links;
• links to your social media channels.

You can also customize the page's appearance by changing the layout, fonts, and colors.

In this way, the Artshell archive itself can serve as the starting point for a wide variety of presentations, without having to recreate content and information from scratch each time.

When to use an Insight

The flexibility of the Insight series makes them suitable for a variety of situations commonly encountered in galleries, foundations, art collections, and artists’ studios.

Presenting a selection of artworks to a client

You can gather the artworks you wish to present to a collector onto a single page and accompany them with text, images, and additional information.

This way, the selection doesn't look like a simple list of Artworks, but rather like a presentation tailored specifically for the recipient.

Prepare a preview for an art fair

You can create an Insight with the artworks you will be exhibiting at the art fair and share it in advance with clients and collectors.

You can add an introductory text, information about the project, images of the booth, or other content that will enhance the presentation.

Create an artist portfolio

You can combine biographies, curatorial texts, selected artworks, studio images, videos, and external links to build an in-depth profile dedicated to an artist.

Presenting an exhibition or a project

You can use an Insight as a digital exhibition catalogue by including texts, artworks, installation views, videos, and any related events.

Create a viewing room

You can present a selection of artworks online to clients who are unable to physically visit the gallery or exhibition space.

Exploring a single artwork in depth

You can dedicate an Insight to a particularly important work and enhance it with photographs, critical texts, videos, or additional documentation.

Insights or link export: which one to choose?

If you want to share a selection of Artworks from your Artshell account, Insight isn’t the only tool available to you. You can also export a selection of Artworks via a link.

Exporting via a link generates a shareable online page that compiles the selected Artworks and their related information. It is primarily designed for quick and easy sharing of Artworks, such as when you want to send a client a selection of projects without creating a more elaborate presentation.

An Insight, on the other hand, is recommended when you want to go beyond a simple selection of artworks and build a more comprehensive presentation, combining content from your archive with texts, images, videos, and other editorial elements.

Both tools can therefore be used to share Artworks, but they serve different purposes. You can use this table to help you decide which one to choose:

To learn more about sharing artworks via links, check out the article: Export and share an artwork.

Log in and explore the Insights section

To access your Insights, click the @ symbol in the vertical menu on the left, then select Insights from the horizontal menu at the top.

In this section, you'll find all the Insights created in your account, sorted chronologically with the most recent ones at the top of the list. The creation date listed on each Insight can help you more easily find the one you're looking for.

From that same screen, you can use the available tools to search for, organize, or create your Insights.

Share an Insight 

Once you've completed your Insight, you can share it via a link and choose the channel that best suits the recipient and the type of presentation.

For example, you can send the link directly to a customer or collector via email or a messaging app, include it in a newsletter, or use it on your website and social media channels.

You can also convert the link into a QR code and use it on printed materials or within a physical space—for example, in a gallery, during an exhibition, or at an art fair. This way, you can use the same Insight both in digital communications and to provide in-depth content during an in-person experience.

To learn about all the available sharing options, see: Export or publish an insight.

Conclusions

Insights let you use content from your Artshell archive to create customized digital presentations, tailoring them to the project, the audience, and the context in which you want to share them.

Now that you know the main features Insights offer, you can learn more about how to create and customize them:

• Create, edit, or delete an Insight
• Customize an Insight: How to Add Text, Artworks Media
• Create and manage insight themes