August 27, 2001 For Immediate Release

World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com Announces Expanded Artist Portfolio Services

World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com now has the largest collection of contemporary art online. Since the launch of the Artist Portfolio in the fall of 2000, this well positioned, comprehensive, privately held online arts portal has evolved into THE website for artists, galleries and buyers of fine art.

Over 6,000 artists have created portfolios at this effective forum for marketing art. Each day over 100,000 works of art are viewed by visitors to World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com making the sites the largest and highest trafficked arts destination on the WWW. Buyers, collectors, galleries and artists can browse through over 38,000 original works of art or search by price, medium, subject matter or location. The collection of original art represented at absolutearts.com grows by an average of 1,000 works every week.

In response to the demand for the Free Artist Portfolio, World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com launched the Premiere Artist Portfolio last week. The Premiere Artist Portfolio is an exclusive group of artists who are selected by a jury. These artists receive access to a wider range of marketing tools - from discounts at artmarketingworkshops.com to larger imagery capabilities to submission services to other search engines.

Markus Kruse, owner and founder of World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com, "Being online since 1995, we have kept up the momentum, first as the largest search engine for the arts, then with international arts news, and now as the highest quality venue for artists to market their work. We're excited to launch the Premiere Artist Portfolio. This is yet another facet to our services that demonstrates our commitment to artists and the visual arts online."

There have been many VC funded arts sites that have not fared as well in the last months. Many have either ceased operations or had severe losses since the beginning of the year. World Wide Arts Resources / absolutearts.com continues to pride itself as being "Your First Stop for Arts Online!" and on keeping operations lean and efficient, yet always evolving to meet the global arts community's needs.

Electronic images of screen captures and photographs are available on our website (http://wwar.com/press) or upon request.

For additional information and interviews, please contact:

Jodi Melfi
614-221-7661
press@wwar.com