The Art BusinessIain Robertson Routledge, 2008 M08 28 - 246 páginas By the time you read this book, the art world may have witnessed the sale of its first $500 million painting. Whilst for some people money is anathema to art this is clearly a wealthy international industry, and a market with its own conventions and pressures. Drawing on the vast experience of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The Art Business exposes the realities of the commercial trade in fine art and antiques. Attention is devoted to the role of auction houses, commercial galleries and art museums as key institutions, with the text divided into four thematic sections covering:
This book provides a thorough examination of contemporary issues in the art business, and the mechanisms and influences which underpin its evolution. It is essential reading for students of art history or international business, or anyone with an interest in pursuing a career in this area. |
Dentro del libro
... economic hyperbole. . . . In an eloquent tautology, art's monetary value has become its sublime value. Art and money have exchanged roles: money becomes 'divine' by being 'translated' into art. But that's enough to give art the only ...
... economy. •. modernizing delivery, by ensuring that sponsored bodies are set and meet targets which put customers first (DCMS/V&A 2003: Annex A). With direct funding from central government, NMGs are subject to scrutiny – including ...
... economic research firms specializing in fine art and antiques, such as the economic impact of art fairs, include Jeremy Eckstein (London), David Kusin (Dallas), and Claire McAndrew (Dublin). Art fairs serve as a meeting place, an economic ...
... economics, and marketing. The sociology of art includes the pioneering work of Pierre Bourdieu (1984 [1979]), with important contributions on the contemporary art market by Howard Becker (1982) and Raymonde Moulin (1987 [1967]) ...
Iain Robertson. subdiscipline has its own publications, A Handbook of Cultural Economics (Towse 2000) and the Journal of Cultural Economics. Marketing and consumer behaviour research on collecting includes the work of Russell Belk (1995) ...
Contenido
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Part I Technical and structural elements of the art market | 27 |
Part II Cultural policy and management in art business | 97 |
Part III Regulatory legal and ethical issues in the art world | 139 |
Part IV Voices from the field | 211 |
Index | 229 |