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58: 38:, and closed in August 2013. Bekman's goals were to help emerging artists become more appreciated, and to encourage a broader swath of people to feel comfortable buying art. Jen Bekman Gallery exhibited the work of artists in the mediums of photography, works on paper, paintings and mixed media. 94:
In January 2013, 20x200 went offline and operations were suspended. The board of 20×200 including lead investor Tony Conrad resigned and the company's staff were dismissed. The company reportedly left hundreds of unfulfilled orders and owes vendors tens of thousands of dollars. Bekman has not
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Jen Bekman Projects have included 20×200 (editioned prints at affordable prices) (2007–2013), Hey, Hot Shot! (an international competition for emerging photographers) (2004–2012), jen@joe (a revolving exhibition of photographs at Joe, affordably priced and available for purchase online only)
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The site relaunched in April 2014 as a beta on youshouldbuyart.com, bringing back artist editions as well as expanding their public domain collection. The company later moved back to the original domain at 20x200.com.
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When the business first launched, the smallest size was reprinted in the largest batch — an edition of 200 — and sold at the lowest price — $ 20. Hence the name 20×200 (pronounced: "twenty by two-hundred").
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According to Bekman, the company brought in $ 2.5 million in revenue in 2010, including $ 100,000 worth of work by artist
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in New York City. It was established by Jen Bekman in March 2003 on Spring Street west of
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funding in October 2009, with an additional $ 2 million secured in August 2010.
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Online Art Galleries Peddle Original Works at the Right Price
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at affordable prices. The company received $ 800,000 in
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site by Jen Bekman Projects that sells original artist
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In 2006, Bekman was named an Innovator of the Year by
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Index

20x200
Spring Street
Bowery

e-commerce
editions
Series A
William Wegman
"Jen Bekman Gallery"
"Easing the Pain of Collecting"
"20x200"
"Hey, Hot Shot! website"
the original
Personism, Jen Bekman's blog
"2006 Innovators: Galleries – - PopPhotoJanuary/February 2007"
the original
"Online Art Store 20×200 Scores $ 800,000 From True Ventures And Angels"
"20×200: Our Story"
the original
"Jen Bekman on Art"
"Jen Bekman, founder of 20×200"
"Printastic: why prints are more popular than installations"
Archived
Wayback Machine
Segall, Laurie
"Wealthy investors add art startups to their collections"
"Jen Bekman Sells 100k in Wegmans in a single day"
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Update: 20×200 Still Offline, Confirms Some Staff Departures in Email"

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