The Art Business

Drawing on the experience of Sotheby's Institute of Art, this title exposes the realities of the commercial trade in fine art and antiques. It focuses on the role of auction houses, commercial galleries and art museums as key institutions. It provides an examination of contemporary issues in the art business. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

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: technical and structural elements of the art market; cultural policy and management in art business; regulatory legal and ethical issues in the art world; and, the views, through interviews, of leading art market experts. 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. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Title: The Art Business
• Illustrations note: 15 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, 6 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings
• Imprint name: Routledge
• Table of contents: 1. Introduction to Studies in Art Business Iain Robertson and Derrick Chong Part I -- Technical and Structural Elements of the Art Market 2. Price Before Value - Iain Robertson 3. Selling Used Cars, Carpets, and Art: aesthetic and financial value in contemporary art - Anthony Downey 4. Investing in Art: art as an investment class - Jeremy Eckstein 5. 'Chindia' as Art Market Opportunity - Iain Robertson, Victoria L. Tseng, and Sonal Singh Part II -- Cultural Policy and Management in Art Business 6. Private Patrons in the Development of a Dynamic Contemporary Art Market: does France need more private patrons? - Catherine Morel 7. Art Business Marketing: exchange relationships by commercial galleries and public art museums - Derrick Chong Part III -- Regulatory, Legal, and Ethical Issues in the Art World 8. Authorship and Authentication - Henry Lydiate 9. Celebrating the Artist's Resale Right - Joanna Cave 10. Ethics and the Art Market - David Bellingham 11. Art and Crime - Clarissa McNair and Charles Hill Part IV -- Voices from the Field - 12. Voices from the Field Rory Blain, Robin Duthy, Philip Hoffman, Alexander Hope, Peter Osborne, Tim Schofield, Colin Sheaf, Simon Staples, and Pierre Valentin
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