Art: financial aspects Books
Ridinghouse Unconcealed: The International Network of
Book Synopsis"The book is an impressive work of scholarship" – Studio International "Richard set about to produce a study of distribution networks, and achieved this through immaculate and thorough research. It is no criticism of the book to say that there are many questions left unexplored ... As scholars of the future think through these and other questions, they will remain grateful to Richard’s extraordinary and meticulous scholarship." – Mark Godfrey, Frieze Emerging in the late 1960s, conceptual art was spurred by a network of artists, dealers, curators and critics. These little-known connections are detailed for the first time in this highly significant volume. By focusing on 15 artists – including Marcel Broodthaers, Richard Long, Lawrence Weiner, Hanne Darboven and Daniel Buren – and a specific network of dealer-galleries, private and public institutions and collectors around them, author Sophie Richard documents the role of art dealers in the development of conceptual art – which ultimately led to the structure of today's art world. We learn how conceptual artworks entered private collections and public institutions, how value was conferred to them, and the distribution networks that drove these artists' success. A detailed account of artistic activity in the decade 1967–77 is accompanied by extensive and previously unpublished data, charting the exhibitions and sales of conceptual works. The relationships, support structures and strategies of dealer-galleries – such as Konrad Fischer, Wide White Space and Lisson Gallery – are revealed and make fascinating reading. Including numerous interviews with key figures of the period, 'Unconcealed' exposes the new dealing, curatorial, collecting and teaching methods formed in this decade that continue to be critical to today’s art world.
£40.50
Ridinghouse The Curator's Egg: The evolution of the museum
Book SynopsisFrom the opening of The Louvre to the launch of Tate Modern and beyond, this accessible and succinct publication traces the development of the museum concept – encompassing curatorial, scholarly, political and cultural spheres – and its evolving role within society. In the first section, Schubert looks at the complex history of the museum in specific cities at critical moments, for instance New York between 1930 and 1950 as the Metropolitan Museum of Art expanded and the Museum of Modern Art was founded. The second section focuses on the success and unprecedented development of the museum in the 1980s and 1990s in Europe and the United States, highlighting the need for cities and institutions to revise their programmes in response to a surge of interest in the arts. The final section looks at the museum’s predicament nearly a decade after The Curator’s Egg was originally published in 2000, exploring the museum's evolution in a post-9/11 environment.
£18.00
Daunt Books Duveen
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Artist's Guide to Selling Work
Book SynopsisA one-stop resource containing everything artists need to know to sell their work. This best-selling guide provides all the advice you need to sell your work in today's competitive market. This fantastic new edition has been updated with essential advice on how to make full use of digital opportunities for selling your work, such as social networking and e-marketing. It contains information and suggestions about: - Selecting and approaching galleries - Pricing and payments - Royalty rates and financial management - Sample contracts and other legal considerations - Creating a website and maximising hits - Mastering social media to increase your visibility - Managing sales via online stores such as Etsy, Folksy or eBay - Printing your own reproductions and marketing them With a foreword by Mary Ann Rogers, one of Britain's most acclaimed watercolour painters who was awarded 'Best Selling Published Artist' by the Fine Art Trade Guild in 2009.Trade ReviewI was very impressed a while back by the companion volumes to this, aimed at craftspeople. The same detail and rigour appear in this volume, which has been updated to take account of the growing importance of the internet and of social networking websites … [T]his is an authoritative and informative guide … The advice given is practical, understandable and above all reliable, making this an essential tool for anyone seeking to make an income from their work on anything other than the most casual basis. * Art Book Review *This small book is easy to flip through to the sections of interest [...] whether you want to check up on one or two points, or want to work through the whole book, it is approachable and accessible. * Saskatchewan Craft Council *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. The business side of being an artist 2. The different types of art business 3. Selecting the right business 4. How businesses find artists 5. Making an approach 6. Pricing original work 7. Terms and conditions between artists and galleries 8. Case studies: agreements between artists and galleries 9. Selling direct 10. How to make exhibitions work 11. Agents 12. Copyright and reproduction rights 13. Working with publishers and licensing work 14. Contracts between artists and publishers or licensees 15. Printing your own work 16. Case studies Index
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University of Westminster Press Cultural Crowdfunding: Platform Capitalism,
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Unicorn Publishing Group Memories of a London Fine Art Dealer
Book SynopsisMemories of a London Art Dealer is the distillation of a lifetime’s experience and expertise in the art world. Neither an autobiography nor a traditional memoir, the book consists of reflections, anecdotes, telling conversations, encounters, touches of humour and a choice selection of the triumphs and disasters, heroes and villains encountered by an accidental art dealer. Trade Review"Reading the book is like being seated in a leather wingback chair at a club, listening to an affable chap recount his favourite anecdotes. . . . This is an enjoyable canter through a veteran dealer's memories, light on details and warmly diverting." * Alexander Adams Art *
£25.50
Aurora Metro Publications The Contemporary Artists' Guide to Art Galleries
Book SynopsisThe Contemporary Artists' Guide to Art Galleries provides the information that every artist needs to be able to market their artwork in today's fast-changing world. With detailed contact information for hundreds of art galleries around the world, this is an essential handbook for those starting to sell their work, or those wanting to reach out to new galleries for sales or exhibitions. Useful tips and advice with an introduction by the author, an artist who has successfully marketed her work internationally.Trade Review"Wahey, a guide without any waffle! A straight listing of galleries sorted by countries and, thankfully, UK-centric, a short description of each one including their specific focus and followed by all..." - Anne McCormick, NetGalley reviewer
£14.24
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd A Tale of Two Monkeys: Adventures in the Art
Book SynopsisAnthony Speelman is the doyen of English art dealers specializing in Dutch Golden Age art. Vividly written and handsomely illustrated, his memoirs offer fascinating insight into the sometimes secretive world of Old Masters. This book will appeal not only to dealers, collectors and others in the fine art world, but also to would-be collectors eager for a glimpse behind the curtain.These memoirs cover a lifetime of dealing in Old Masters at the very highest level. Speelman’s career started under the guidance of his father Edward, whose own biography has much to tell. Over the years, Speelman has sold paintings to many of the world’s greatest collectors, including Norton Simon, Paul Mellon, Baron Thyssen, Harold Samuel, Charles Clore and the Wrightsmans in New York, along with world renowned museums such as the Getty, the Louvre and the National Gallery, London, among many others. He writes about his encounters with these eminent bodies in a light-hearted style, sometimes amusing, always extremely interesting – including an anecdote about a recent meeting with a Chinese billionaire with a penchant for fine wine.The two monkeys in the title refer to two paintings of a monkey holding a peach by George Stubbs, the outstanding English animal painter. Anthony describes how he discovered one of these masterpieces as a ‘sleeper’ in a Sotheby’s sale. Early in his career Anthony’s rooms in Piccadilly were broken into and a number of paintings stolen, including a George Stubbs painting of a spaniel. An intriguing tale follows, ending with the paintings recovered some eighteen months later after a failed blackmail attempt on the part of the thieves.Amongst his accomplishments, Speelman was for many years chairman of the vetting committee at the annual Maastricht art fair. He describes the working of the committees which ensure that all works exhibited are correctly described. Still active in the art world, he is currently chairman of the vetting committee of the prestigious annual Masterpiece art fair in London.Other chapters detail Speelman’s travels to California, New York and Paris, his interest in gastronomy and his thrilling adventures in the world of horseracing. The book is beautifully illustrated with examples of works that have passed through the author’s hands. The wide range of illustrations is not limited to Dutch art and includes works by Canaletto, Stubbs, Raphael, Tiepolo, Melendez and other Old Masters.Trade ReviewThe joy Speelman expresses in connecting collector with work is unmistakable. Handsomely produced, this title deserves a place in every art library. * The New Criterion *Decades of dealing in paintings from the Dutch Golden Age has left Speelman with a fund of anecdotes about the Old Masters trade, as well as a wealth of insights about the world's greatest private collectors and its most important public museums. * Apollo, Off the Shelf 15/12/2022 *
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Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd The Wider Goldsmiths Trade in Elizabethan London
Book SynopsisThe Wider Goldsmiths' Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London is the first book to study all aspects of the Goldsmiths' trade. It challenges the assumption that the manufacture of silver plate and gold jewellery was the trade''s only activity during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It considers associated activities such as refining, wiredrawing, and the making of small-swords and watches, as well as the development of the modern banking system.On Elizabeth I's accession, England was essentially a third world economy', with exports mainly of wool, unfinished woolen cloth and some minerals, whilst imports consisted of a great range of goods including luxuries such as silks, fine linens, and even scissors. By the end of the seventeenth century, the situation was transformed: a burgeoning maritime trade with many parts of the world enabled the import of raw materials as well as some luxury goods and a wide range of exports which included certain goods produced in London with an int
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Martello Taoisigh and the Arts
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Duncker & Humblot Verwaltung Rettet Kunst: Die Verlagerung Von
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£80.49
Brill Schoningh Die Thyssens ALS Kunstsammler: Investition Und
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£60.80
Hatje Cantz Verlag Bildrechte in der kunsthistorischen Praxis German
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£13.50
Hatje Cantz Verlag Art and its Market
Book SynopsisDIRK BOLL (*1970, Kassel) studied law in Göttingen and Freiburg im Breisgau. After his postgraduate studies in cultural management, he received his Ph.D. for a thesis on the structures and legal framework of art markets. In 1998, he began his career at Christie's in London and has held various management positions since then. Since 2022, he is the Board Member for 20th and 21st Century Art for EMEA (Europe & UK, Middle East & Africa). Boll is professor of Cultural Management in Hamburg, a member of the Academic Board of Christie's Education as well as External Examiner of Kingston University, London.
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Hirmer Verlag Heidi Horten Collection: The House and its
Book SynopsisA new art location will be opening in the heart of Vienna in the spring of 2022. The museum for the famous collection of Heidi Goëss-Horten will be completed between the Albertina and the Opera House. The first museum publication is dedicated to the creation of this new exhibition venue, its architecture and construction history, positioning it within the context of the foundation of new museums. Heidi Horten’s art collection has been carefully built up since the early 1990s and presents its main focus on works of international modernism, Neo-Expressionism and American Pop-Art. The volume examines the previous historical buildings, their princely clients, the current redesign and the conversion of a former secular residential outbuilding into a contemporary art museum. In an interview with Heidi Goëss-Horten the collector and patron introduces herself and provides fascinating insights into a prestigious European private collection.
£33.60
Hirmer Verlag Jasper Johns: The Artist as Collector: From
Book SynopsisDiscover Jasper Johns as a passionate collector of drawings! From Paul Cézanne to Pablo Picasso to Willem de Kooning – the collection of Jasper Johns offers surprising juxtapositions. The drawings’ consistently high quality is the result of his keen eye as a connoisseur, and many of the works are a testament to his friendships with other artists. In this catalogue, works by nearly fifty artists enter into an inspiring exchange that will fascinate experts and art lovers alike. Jasper Johns (b. 1930) ranks among the major American artists of the twentieth century. His accomplishments as a collector, however, have been little known until now. This beautifully produced volume features a selection of more than one hundred drawings, inviting you to dive into the richness and depth of a truly unique collection.
£37.46
Transcript Verlag The Corporate Art Index – Twenty–one Ways to Work
Book SynopsisArt is a prerequisite for the progress of society. Corporate Art Initiatives contribute to this progression. Based on extensive research, Viviane Mörmann presents 21 promising corporate art initiatives (CAIs). She introduces different types of art initiatives and provides a standardized scheme to evaluate them. This volume features CAIs from the classic corporate art space to the public art challenge, and the virtual museum. It draws attention to the subject of CAIs to broaden the reader's knowledge and to mediate access to current CAIs. The Corporate Art Index thus addresses art lovers, artists, curators, business and marketing professionals, architects and designers, art historians, art fair organizers and journalists.Table of ContentsAim; The Corporate Art Index What Is It All About?; Historical Reflexion; Screening of Corporate Art Initiatives; The Corporate Art Index Rating of the Corporate Art Initiatives (CAIs); Results of the Rating; The 21 Most Interesting CAIs; Art Space; Art Competition; Digital Art; Art Marketing; Have a Drink; Problem Reduction; Struggle for Objectivity; The Power of Art in CAIs; Bottom Line; Conclusions; Plan of Action; References.
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Die Gestalten Verlag A Poor Collector's Guide to Buying Great Art
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£24.00
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Arts Patronage in India: Methods, Motives and
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£48.74
Ediciones Trea Arte y mecenazgo indiano. Del Cantábrico al
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£44.18
Silvana Collecting Impressionism: The Role of Collectors
Book SynopsisCollectors played an essential yet misunderstood role in the success of Impressionism. Even though they were not immune to economic and social woes, they were often engaged in defending this artistic movement that they had helped come to life, establish itself or make known, each according to their times. It is this group of committed collectors that the present work seeks to examine. From assembling a collection to donating it to a museum, from supporting artists within the borders of France to publicising the movement internationally, from the first intimate private showings to the questions raised by the presentation of these works in museums, collectors were present at every stage of the development of Impressionism, from the dawn of the movement to the middle of the 20th century. This volume aims to re-examine and reassess the importance of these collectors in the political, social and economic contexts of their times through the contributions of 16 international specialists. Depeaux, De Nittis, the Palmers, O’Hara, Bührle, Caillebotte, Fayet: whether they are the subjects of dedicated case studies or part of a broader discourse, the multiplicity of profiles of these collectors and the paths they followed will allow readers to gain a better understanding of their importance in the history of the Impressionist movement.
£30.60
Melissa Publishing House Ship Posters
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£59.50
Independently Published The Complete Smartist Guide: Essential Business and Career Tips for Emerging Artists
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