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Hatje Cantz Verlag Bildrechte in der kunsthistorischen Praxis German
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£13.50
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.
£39.96
The University of Chicago Press Talking Art The Culture of Practice and the
Book SynopsisGary Fine opens up the contemporary art practice MFA and finds that it's mostly about theorizing and arguing about art, and very little about actually making it.
£67.50
The University of Chicago Press Talking Art The Culture of Practice and the
Book SynopsisGary Fine opens up the contemporary art practice MFA and finds that it's mostly about theorizing and arguing about art, and very little about actually making it.
£27.85
The University of Chicago Press High Art Down Home
Book SynopsisHow do artists, collectors, dealers and curators whose lives and livelihoods are so intimately affected by the valuation of art manage to cope with such an intangible market? To answer this question, this book focuses on the localized and typical world of the St Louis art scene.
£28.00
Columbia University Press Sacred Exchanges
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSacred Exchanges is beautifully written. One of its main strengths lies in its nuanced, interdisciplinary, and comparative approach. It skillfully negotiates among different cultural perspectives and theoretical approaches to art and politics, ranging from indigenous studies, feminism, and postcolonial studies to psychoanalysis and philosophy. Equally at home in all of these modes of interpretation, Robyn Ferrell at the same time exposes their limitations in the context of intercultural encounter with Western and non-Western art forms. This book strikes a felicitous balance between innovative theoretical analysis, the engaging interpretation of particular artists, and timely discussions of specific legal cases regarding the recognition of aboriginal rights. -- Ewa Ziarek, State University of New York, Buffalo, and author of An Ethics of Dissensus: Feminism, Postmodernity, and the Politics of Radical Democracy Through the lens of the Australian Aboriginal art movement Ferrell confronts the reader with some surprising truths about the world we live in and the myopic and murderous callousness which makes us inattentive to these realities. -- Joshua Paetku Evening HazeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Photographs Writing on Art Art Utopia Dreaming Abstraction Striking Color The Real Power of Color How Painting Began Culture Global Art, Local Knowledge The Idea of the Museum In Translation A White Thing Image Logic Photojournalism Gender Stolen Culture Litte Children Are Sacred Mum's the Word Crisis in Representation Race and Gender Law Common Law Feeling for Justice Apartheid Discovery Radical Difference Emily Inc. References Index
£46.75
Yale University Press John Talman
Book SynopsisOffers a study of John Talman, the first director of the Society of Antiquaries and one of the most influential collectors of drawings in early 18th-century Britain. This book discusses the history of Talman's acquisitions, shedding light on the competitive nature, social practices, and aesthetic ideas of connoisseurship in England and abroad.
£42.75
Yale University Press Becoming Venetian Immigrants and the Arts in
Book SynopsisFew, if any, early modern European cities boasted a population as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse as Renaissance Venice, from German merchants living in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi to the Jewish inhabitants of the Ghetto. This book focuses on the wealthy elite of that immigrant population.
£52.25
Yale University Press Collector without Walls
Book SynopsisThe American art collector Norton Simon assembled his collection of more than 8,000 artworks in just thirty-five years. In 1966, with no permanent home for the growing collection, Simon created his 'museum without walls' programme - lending works to American museums. This book tells the history of Simon's art collection.Trade Review". . . an interesting addition to the growing body of work on private collections and collectors. Recommended."—K.E. Staab, Choice -- K.E. Staab * Choice *
£47.50
Yale University Press Pietro Bembo and the Intellectual Pleasures of a
Book SynopsisOne of the most influential scholars of the Renaissance, Pietro Bembo (14701547) gained fame not only for his literary theory and poetry, but for his incredible collection of art and antiquities. Drawing on anecdotes from Bembo's letters and unpublished archival material, Susan Nalezyty analyzes how Bembo's collection functioned as a source of inspiration for artists like Titian and writers like Giovanni della Casa. As visitors to the collection marveled at the quality and variety of the displayed objects, Bembo encouraged investigations into the ways in which contemporary art compared with ancient objects. Often straddling the line between the visual and literary worlds, these critical discussions catalyzed artistic experiments that led to new modes of creative expression. This generously illustrated volume brings Bembo's collection to life and reveals its key role in the development of Renaissance artistic philosophy and historical study of the classical past. Trade Review‘Nalezyty’s analyses and many illustrations conjure a private museum which […] greatly enhances our understanding of Renaissance taste and collecting practice.’ — Sarah Blake McHam, Art Newspaper "Godere delle opere d’arte, discuterne con gli amici, trarne spunto per la scrittura, interagire con gli artisti: è un mondo che questo libro ci aiuta a ricostruire."— Lina Bolzoni, Il Sole 24 Ore"An accessible and beautifully-illustrated celebration of Renaissance material culture" – Martin T. Dinter, Journal of Roman Studies"[This book] provides a much needed, comprehensive study of an important Renaissance collection of antique and modern art and artifacts" – Joyce de Vries, Renaissance Quarterly “Susan Nalezyty has provided an accessible and beautifully-illustrated celebration of Renaissance material culture” —Martin T. Dinter, Journal of Roman StudiesWinner of the Outstanding Academic Title for 2018 award sponsored by Choice
£999.99
Yale University Press The Thannhauser Gallery
Book SynopsisWhile legend has it that Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) sold only one work during his lifetime, it was not long after his death that sales of his paintings began to shatter auction house records. In this carefully researched book, leading Van Gogh scholars provide us with a glimpse into classified client files and illuminate the critical role that the Thannhauser Gallery occupied in cultivating and shaping an early clientele for the artist's works. Founded in Munich in 1909, the Thannhauser Gallery was Germany's preeminent promoter of the avant-garde in the decades before World War II. In other European cities and in New York, the business thrived, selling an impressive number of Van Gogh's oeuvre: roughly 110 works, including many masterpieces, now part of museum collections all over the world.Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£33.25
University of California Press Art and the Global Economy
Book SynopsisAnalyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shifts in the global art market; the proliferation of international art fairs, biennials and blockbuster exhibitions; and the internationalization of the scope of contemporary art.Trade Review"Anyone who cares about art or their community will gain insights for riding the tides of economic globalization from anywhere in the world." * YaleGlobal Online *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Measuring the Economy of the Arts Emerging Art Center: Delhi Chhoti Rao PART ONE: MUSEUMS IN FLUX 1 * Museum Funding: Who Shapes Institutions? Emerging Art Center: Hong Kong Michelle Wong 2 * Museum Exhibitions in the Era of Globalization Emerging Art Center: Moscow Valentin Diaconov PART TWO: THE EXHIBITIONARY COMPLEX 3 * Biennials, or the New Terrains of Contemporary Art Emerging Art Center: Istanbul Emma Rogers 4 * The Art Fair: Cultural Tourism in a Pop-up Free-Trade Zone Emerging Art Center: Doha, Qatar Grace Murray PART THREE: ART AND THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 5 * The Global Gallerist: Eruptions in the Primary Market Emerging Art Center: Mexico City Mariana David 6 * Expansion and Diversification of Auction Houses Emerging Art City: Johannesburg Kai Lossgott 7 * The Art Market in the Margins Emerging Art Center The Contemporary Carioca Art Scene Lucia Cantero Conclusion: Collectivization and the New Geography of the Art World Works Cited Index
£22.50
Princeton University Press Art of the Deal
Book SynopsisArt today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists think ever more strategically about how to advance their careers. Art is no longer simply made, but packaged, sold, and branded. In Art of the Deal, Noah HorowiTrade Review"Art of the Deal is a crucial book on art and finance."--Blake Gopnik, Daily Beast "[T]he precision and lucidity with which Mr. Horowitz describes the commercialization of art should garner appeal for his book across a broad swath of market participants. For the rest of us, it is an enjoyable glimpse into the opaque corners of the art community."--Benjamin R. Mandel, Journal of Cultural Economics "Horowitz has provided readers with a very thorough and wide-ranging analysis of the contemporary art market that brings an unprecedented complexity to this discussion. His synthesis of the literature on the topic is sophisticated yet lucid and the book is exceptionally well researched, supported by countless citations."--John Zarobell, Tabula Quarterly "I thoroughly enjoyed this critical account of the global contemporary art economy; Noah Horowitz has a real understanding of the inner workings of the market. The fact that he chose to focus on video and experiential art renders his account unique and gives even the seasoned reader interesting insights."--Thaddaeus Ropac, Art Newspaper "One welcome aspect of the book is that its avoids to a degree but not entirely the usual cast and plot lines because of its focus on the relative undermined areas on 'immaterial' art genres in the first two essays. The book's discussion of video and experiential art is interesting. The discussion of the minutiae of this world of performances, installations, action and social interaction and their ancillary elements, content ownership and the rise of the collector's box will add greatly to the reader's ability to appear learned on a suitable social occasion."--Satyajit Das, naked capitalismTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix Notes on Sources xxi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Video Art 26 Chapter 2: Experiential Art 87 Chapter 3: Art Investment Funds 143 Conclusion 188 Postscript to the Paperback Edition 215 Appendix A: Record Prices for Video Art at Auction, December 2009 229 Appendix B: The Film and Video Collections of Tate and the Whitney Museum of American Art 232 Appendix C: Art Investment Fund Universe 271 Notes 295 Selected Bibliography 347 Index 365
£22.50
Princeton University Press The Global Rules of Art
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Larissa Buchholz has written a magnificent account of the Global art market over the last half century. The book combines extensive, and highly nuanced, discussion of a wide range of relevant cultural theories, with an enormous amount of wonderfully researched data and studies of the Global art market and the relevant personnel including artists, curators, gallerists, art critics, art purchasers, and museum personnel. As a result, the book is an empirical and theoretical treasure."---David Halle, Social Forces"An amazingly rich study, with a high level of density, complexity, and nuance, a reference book for now and future generations."---Kitty Zijlmans, 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
£27.00
Princeton University Press The Rare Art Traditions The History of Art
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a genuine and quirky book: It provokes ideas; it raises objections."---James R. Mellow, New York Times Book Review
£54.40
Pluto Press darkmatterartandpoliticsintheageofenterprisecultur
Book SynopsisShows that the elite of the art world are sustained by new forms and styles created by artists outside the mainstream.Trade Review'With great verve and urgency, Gregory Sholette explores the economics of contemporary art production in an era of neoliberalism, and outlines the promises and pitfalls of various tactics of resistance. Dark Matter is a salient call-to-arms to all cultural labourers.' -- Julia Bryan-Wilson, author of Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era'The ultimate companion to contemporary activist art. In his exquisite and theoretically informed style Gregory Sholette investigates the problematic functions of art practices in the processes of neoliberal appropriation, but above all the wild, explosive and deterritorialising lines that are drawn in the dark matter between art and politics' -- Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist who lives in Vienna, Austria. He is the author of Art and Revolution'Masterfully illuminates the configurations, ideas, and behaviours of collectives dedicated to cultural resistance. Dark Matter is essential reading for anyone concerned with the fate of the avant-garde and the emergence of new possibilities in cultural production that suggest and create alternatives to global capitalism' -- Critical Art Ensemble'As both active participant and witness Greg Sholette sheds a welcome and overdue light on the dark matter of the so-called art world' -- Hans Haacke, artist'Focusing primarily on the anti-institutional, collective and politically critical artists that often willingly reject the light of the mainstream galleries and academies, Sholette both highlights a vast array of important contributors to art of the last decade and also challenges the ahistorical assumptions that ground the capitalist art market.' -- Paul B. Jaskot, Professor of Art History at DePaul University'An important and necessary intervention. Dark Matter is well placed to shift the debate on art's utility back within the domain of labour and value, where it has long been missing' -- Professor John Roberts, University of WolverhamptonTable of ContentsExordium: An Accidental Remainder Introduction: The Missing Mass 1. Art, Politics, Dark Matter: Nine Prologues 2. The Grin of the Archive 3. History That Disturbs the Present 4. Temporary Services 6. The Unnamable 7. Mockstitutions 8. Conclusions: Nights of Amateurs Notes Bibliography Appendix: Artists’ Groups Survey 2008 Index
£22.49
Pluto Press Dark Matter Art And Politics In The Age Of
Book SynopsisShows that the elite of the art world are sustained by new forms and styles created by artists outside the mainstream.Trade Review'With great verve and urgency, Gregory Sholette explores the economics of contemporary art production in an era of neoliberalism, and outlines the promises and pitfalls of various tactics of resistance. Dark Matter is a salient call-to-arms to all cultural labourers.' -- Julia Bryan-Wilson, author of Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era'The ultimate companion to contemporary activist art. In his exquisite and theoretically informed style Gregory Sholette investigates the problematic functions of art practices in the processes of neoliberal appropriation, but above all the wild, explosive and deterritorialising lines that are drawn in the dark matter between art and politics' -- Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist who lives in Vienna, Austria. He is the author of Art and Revolution'Masterfully illuminates the configurations, ideas, and behaviours of collectives dedicated to cultural resistance. Dark Matter is essential reading for anyone concerned with the fate of the avant-garde and the emergence of new possibilities in cultural production that suggest and create alternatives to global capitalism' -- Critical Art Ensemble'As both active participant and witness Greg Sholette sheds a welcome and overdue light on the dark matter of the so-called art world' -- Hans Haacke, artist'Focusing primarily on the anti-institutional, collective and politically critical artists that often willingly reject the light of the mainstream galleries and academies, Sholette both highlights a vast array of important contributors to art of the last decade and also challenges the ahistorical assumptions that ground the capitalist art market.' -- Paul B. Jaskot, Professor of Art History at DePaul University'An important and necessary intervention. Dark Matter is well placed to shift the debate on art's utility back within the domain of labour and value, where it has long been missing' -- Professor John Roberts, University of WolverhamptonTable of ContentsExordium: An Accidental Remainder Introduction: The Missing Mass 1. Art, Politics, Dark Matter: Nine Prologues 2. The Grin of the Archive 3. History That Disturbs the Present 4. Temporary Services 6. The Unnamable 7. Mockstitutions 8. Conclusions: Nights of Amateurs Notes Bibliography Appendix: Artists’ Groups Survey 2008 Index
£72.25
University of British Columbia Press Incorporating Culture
Book SynopsisIncorporating Culture examines what happens when Indigenous people assert control over the commercialization of their art by instilling the market with their communities’ values.Trade Review[Incorporating Culture] will resonate with those interested in the confluence of Indigenous artware and tourist souvenir markets throughout the world. [...] All readers will benefit from time spent with this well-told story of cultural adaptation and change, particularly because it refutes notions of Indigenous erasure and, instead, emphasises Indigenous resiliency. -- Thomas McIlwraith * Anthropologica *Incorporating Culture: How Indigenous People are Reshapingthe Northwest Coast Art Industry takes a fresh look at Northwest Coast art through the exploration of economic, legal, and social issues. -- Carolyn Butler-Palmer * RACAR *Table of ContentsIntroduction: (Giving) Back to “the way it should be”1 A Controversial Industry2 Expansion | Protection3 Globalization | Localization4 Property and Contracts | Stewardship and Relationality5 Accumulation | RedistributionConclusion: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Sustainability of Culturally Modified CapitalismNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
Getty Trust Publications The Index of Paintings Sold in the British Isles
Book SynopsisThis work, covering the years 1816-1820, makes the contents of some of the tens of thousands of sales catalogues published during the 19th century accessible to scholars. Information provided includes sales dates and lot numbers, prices and names of buyers and sellers, and locations of auctions.
£121.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cases on Arts Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Cases on Arts Entrepreneurship represents a significant and successful step in this emerging field’s curricular options. In addition to representing a variety of arts disciplines, Tonelli and Heise’s editorial efforts are first rate – as are the cases themselves. This is a book all arts entrepreneurship educators should use in the classroom. I certainly will.’ -- — Gary Beckman, North Carolina State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xii Acknowledgements xv Introduction to Cases on Arts Entrepreneurship xvi Mark Tonelli and Andrew Heise 1 Belltower Coffeehouse & Studio: negotiating hybrid value creation in a dual-mission arts venture 1 Josef Hanson 2 Fayetteville Roots 15 Adrienne Callander, Kristie Moergen, Rachel Sullivant, and Stacie Burley 3 Astrid von Ussar: a profile in dance innovation and evolution 28 Stacey Tirro 4 The Metropolitan Players: the search for a unique value proposition 44 Drew X. Coles 5 Margo Jones: bridging divides to craft a hybrid logic for theater in the US 56 Diane Ragsdale 6 Joe Von Battle and Joe’s Record Shop 80 Jeremy J. Peters 7 A normal southern boy: anything but … 100 Roger Bennett Riggle Jr 8 Beau Bledsoe: shifting revenue streams in a guitarist’s portfolio career 120 Diane R. Scott 9 A student-run media firm: learning from failures 133 Jessa Wilcoxen 10 Shelter Music Boston: a sustainable business model for community engagement work 147 Jeffrey Nytch 11 Beth Morrison Projects: ambitious vision urges opera forward 157 Hannah Grannemann 12 Jason Harrod, singer-songwriter: minding the motivational mix 179 Kathryn L. Brown 13 Michael Devine: acting like the police 194 Antoinette Doherty 14 Conclusion: a bird’s eye view of arts entrepreneurship cases 206 Mark Tonelli and Andrew Heise Index
£29.95
Duke University Press Wages Against Artwork
Book SynopsisLeigh Claire La Berge shows how socially engaged art responds to and critiques what she calls decommodified laborthe slow diminishment of wages alongside an increase of demands of workas a way to work toward social justice and economic equality.Trade Review“This highly original work of Marxist aesthetic theory is a must-read for anyone interested in art and capitalism. Leigh Claire La Berge's thought experiment on how labor might go unpaid and still in a nontrivial way remain labor intersects in fascinating ways with arguments about reproductive labor made by feminists and brilliantly cleaves through mainstream academic culture's increasingly entrenched alternatives of using either ‘biopolitics’ and ‘real subsumption’ to understand our contemporary economy. I learned so much from this book and it still keeps me thinking.” -- Sianne Ngai, author of * Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting *“In elaborating a concept of ‘decommodified labor,’ Leigh Claire La Berge offers a fresh and provocative frame that changes how we understand the dynamics of art, labor, and social change. Marshalling a range of case studies on both established and emerging artists, Wages against Artwork is a fantastic contribution to an ongoing dialogue on the arts, on economics, and on how we define the social in socially engaged art.” -- Shannon Jackson, author of * Social Works: Performing Art, Supporting Publics *“The biggest contribution of this book is to put economic and aesthetic theory together, to see what happens when the aesthetic is subjected to a Marxist analysis.... La Berge’s well-reasoned, engaging, and thorough book is a wonderful addition to the fields of Marxism, aesthetics, and performance.” -- Joseph Richards * Houston Review of Books *Table of ContentsPreface: The Argument ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Socially Engaged Art and Decommodified Labor 1 1. Art Student, Art Worker: The Decommodified Labor of Studentdom 34 2. Institutions as Art: The Collective Forms of Decommodified Labor 75 3. Art Worker Animal: Animals as Socially Engaged Artists in a Post-Labor Era 118 4. The Artwork of Children's Labor: Socially Engaged Art and the Future of Work 157 Epilogue: Liberal Arts 198 Notes 205 Bibliography 239 Index 249
£72.25
Duke University Press The Creative Underclass
Book SynopsisAs an undergraduate at Brown University, Tyler Denmead founded New Urban Arts, a nationally recognized arts and humanities program primarily for young people of color in Providence, Rhode Island. Along with its positive impact, New Urban Arts, under his leadership, became entangled in Providence''s urban renewal efforts that harmed the very youth it served. As in many deindustrialized cities, Providence''s leaders viewed arts, culture, and creativity as a means to drive property development and attract young, educated, and affluent white people, such as Denmead, to economically and culturally kick-start the city. In The Creative Underclass, Denmead critically examines how New Urban Arts and similar organizations can become enmeshed in circumstances where young people, including himself, become visible once the city can leverage their creativity to benefit economic revitalization and gentrification. He points to the creative cultural practices that young people of color from low-Trade Review“Tyler Denmead offers a far-reaching look into the complexities of creative communities, implicating factors involving labor, economics, race, the arts, education, urban planning, and politics, all while joyfully, lovingly, and thoughtfully describing stories from young people's lives. Denmead describes these multiple perspectives and what young people taught him and his change of perception with humility. His book's credibility and power are even more compelling because of his capacity to comprehend and critique an institution he himself constructed. I'm in awe of all the intricacies and implications that Denmead has revealed.” -- Rebekah Modrak, author of * Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice *"Since the early 2000s we have regarded the creative class as those with the greatest access to capital, technology, and robust economic environments. Tyler Denmead reveals a portion of the creative class that is dynamic and generative and forgotten—low-income youth in underserved communities. This is a must-read for reimagining the creative talents of today's urban youth." -- Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin–Madison"[This] book is written in a personal, engaging style and peppered with conversations between Denmead and the youth who offer a sense of hope through their clever, observant and deeply cognizant understandings of structural injustice. . . . It is important reading for those working with youth, in urban centers and within the context of the 'creative industry.'" -- Darlene E. Clover * International Review of Education *“For those who are interested in cultural policy and youth programmes, this book is an important awakening for those who uncritically accept the discourse of creativity as a force for good. This study destabilizes the taken-for-granted assumption about arts activities as ‘positive activities’ through which young people can ‘better themselves’. This book is a timely reminder that youth development programmes do not solve economic problems.” -- Frances Howard * Cultural Sociology *“The Creative Underclass is a compelling example of how we can write about recent educational history without a detachment from the struggles of an author’s conscience…. For historians of education this book reminds us of the tensions and contradictions of philanthropic work across the past two centuries.” -- Lottie Hoare * History of Education *"The relationship between gentrification and culture is a fraught and complicated one, and there is no easy path. But through engaging with the creative strategies of the youth that Denmead profiles in The Creative Underclass, we might begin to envision a future city that enables the creativity of all, not ‘creativity’ as a luxury consumer product. This volume highlights the lived experiences of youth living through the challenges of gentrification. Planners and policymakers may find it to be an important corollary to more revenue-oriented visions of the ‘creative city’, exposing a deep rift between the experiences of Florida’s ‘creative class’ and Denmead’s ‘creative underclass’. Those in the education sector, too, will find its exploration of inequality valuable, especially in considering the ways that even well-meaning arts programmes can replicate systems of race- and class-based inequalities in the face of gentrification." -- Kevin Ritter * LSE Review of Books *“The Creative Underclass is appropriate reading for undergraduate courses in Sociology, Geography, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, and Political Science.... The book is well organized and easy to follow.” -- Evelyn Ravuri * Journal of Urban Affairs *“Within the literature on urban renewal and gentrification, Denmead’s contribution is important for the personal dimension of his analysis as well as for its consideration of how creativity, a perceived innately human ability, can be channeled and managed by economic elites to serve the end goal of gentrification.” -- Arthur Ivan Bravo * Exertions *Table of ContentsAcknowledgment ix Introduction 1 1. Troublemaking 30 2. The Hot Mess 45 3. Chillaxing 76 4. Why the Creative Underclass Doesn't Get Creative-Class Jobs 96 5. Autoethnography of a "Gentrifying Force" 118 6. "Is This Really What White People Do" in the Creative Capital? 133 Conclusion 155 Notes 173 Biography 185 Index 197
£86.70
Duke University Press Latinx Art
Book SynopsisArlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore how and why the contemporary international art market continues to overlook, devalue, and marginalize Latinx art and artists.Trade Review“In this current moment of national rupture surrounding the Latino immigrant it is ironic that the new focus on Latinx artists and communities should come to the forefront as a powerful cultural movement. Arlene Dávila’s new work on Latinx art is a timely examination of the complex issues of cultural definition, art markets, race and representation, and geopolitical reference points. In the embattled world of diverse art and artists Dávila's book provides a map of clarity.” -- Amalia Mesa-Bains, MacArthur fellow and coauthor of * Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism *“Kudos to Arlene Dávila, founding director of the Latinx Project at New York University, and the only person who could have written this groundbreaking new book! First, identifying Latinx, perhaps most importantly, as a political constituency and as a market for art historical appreciation and consumption, Dávila makes the case for a singular recognition and consideration of a massive (and rapidly growing) part of American culture. While highlighting intersectionality in her exploration of Latinx identity, she is an astute documentarian of shared experiences in the American landscape. Yet, this book is a must-have primer for those concerned with trends in international contemporary art.” -- Franklin Sirmans, Director, Pérez Art Museum Miami"An indispensable text that considers the plights of Latinx artists through the lens of race and class disparities in both North and South America. . . . Dávila’s text is a vital resource on Latinx art, complete with a supplemented 'non-comprehensive list of artists everyone should know' and recommendations of Latinx Instagram accounts to follow." -- Valentina Di Liscia * Hyperallergic *"The marketing of modern and contemporary art from Latin America is one of the success stories of the globalist decades, giving a once-niche interest a presence in big North American museums. Exactly the opposite is true of Latinx art, loosely defined as work made by artists of Latin American birth or descent who live primarily in the United States. That lack of institutional support is dictated by the politics of class, economics and race, the cultural anthropologist Arlene Dávila argues in this important broadside of a book." -- Holland Cotter * New York Times *"An outstanding contribution to the field of Latinx art, this book addresses the defining traits of the art category and its place in the contemporary art world. . . . The wide range of Latinx art experts she interviews, from artists, curators, writers, critics and gallerists, draw the contours of a remarkably vibrant cultural field that is still undervalued. Her analysis not only dissects the conditions of Latinx artistic invisibility; it also proposes a path of action to overcome them and to create a more equitable art system." -- Taína Caragol * Smithsonian Magazine *"With deep research and details about the ways in which the market continues to overlook and undervalue the work of Latinx artists, Arlene Dávila’s Latinx Art is one of this year’s most important contributions to the art world as a whole. . . . That this book exists is itself an important milestone in the struggle for equity in the art world." -- Maximilíano Durón * ARTnews *"Arlene Dávila advances a groundbreaking analysis of Latinx art in the way she centers on matters of race, class, and nationality as primordial to understanding this category. . . . As a scholar independent of the art world’s social circuit, Dávila describes in great detail the ingrained power dynamics that deny institutional access to Latinx artists. In doing so, she delivers an unprecedented service to the field, considering the silencing force exerted by hierarchical structures that traverse the art world, and the artists’ reliance on good relations with gatekeepers in order to have any shot at exhibition and market spaces." -- Taína Caragol * Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture *“Latinx Art is appropriate for new and nonacademic audiences, because Dávila is one of the most accessible scholarly authors. . . . A must-read for Latinx studies students and scholars and beyond.” -- Karen Mary Davalos * Latino Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments & Reader Instructions vii Introduction. Making Latinx Art 1 1. What Is Latinx Art? Lessons from Chicanx and Diasporican Artists 23 2. Exhibiting Latinx Art: On Critics, Curators, and Going "Beyond the Formula" 48 3. Nationalism and the Currency of Categories 79 4. On Markets and the Need for Cheerleaders 104 5. Whitewashing at Work, and Some Ways Out 138 Conclusion: At the Vanguard of Arts and Museum Activism in the Twenty-First Century 168 Appendix A: Noncomprehensive List of Artists Everyone Should Know 177 Appendix B: Additional Resources 185 Notes 189 References 203 Index 223
£72.25
University of Minnesota Press Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism
Book SynopsisReconsiders exceptionalism between aesthetics and politics Here, Arne De Boever proposes the notion of aesthetic exceptionalism to describe the widespread belief that art and artists are exceptional. Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism challenges that belief by focusing on the sovereign artist as genius, as well as the original artwork as the foundation of the art market. Engaging with sculpture, conceptual artwork, and painting by emerging and established artists, De Boever proposes a worldly, democratic notion of unexceptional art as an antidote to the problems of aesthetic exceptionalism.Forerunners: Ideas First Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the leadTrade Review"De Boever’s work offers an ongoing intellectual and critical project."—Collateral
£9.00
Getty Trust Publications London and the Emergence of a European Art
Book SynopsisIn the late 1700s, as the events of the French Revolution roiled France, London displaced Paris as the primary hub of international art sales. Within a few decades, a robust and sophisticated art market flourished in London. 'London and the Emergence of a European Art Market, 1780-1820' explores the commercial milieu of art sales and collecting at this turning point. In this collection of essays, twenty-one scholars employ methods ranging from traditional art historical and provenance studies to statistical and economic analysis; they provide overviews, case studies and empirical reevaluations of artists, collectors, patrons, agents and dealers, institutions, sales and practices. Drawing from pioneering digital resources-notably the Getty Provenance Index-as well as archival materials, such as trade directories, correspondence, stock books and inventories, auction catalogs and exhibition reviews, these scholars identify broad trends, reevaluate previous misunderstandings and consider overlooked commercial contexts to illuminate artistic taste. From individual case studies to econometric overviews, this volume is groundbreaking for its diverse methodological range that illuminates artistic taste and flourishing art commerce at the turn of the nineteenth century.
£45.00
Getty Trust Publications Inside the Getty, Second Edition
Book SynopsisInside the Getty takes readers on a tour from the Getty Villa to the Getty Center, from the Museum's original home in J. Paul Getty's house to the many labs, libraries, and galleries that fill the Center in Brentwood today. Readers will discover more about the history and daily operations of this institution. The second edition refreshes the illustration program with more recent photography and brings the text up to date with new information about some of the Museum's most prominent new acquisitions, the Getty Research Institute's holdings, the work done by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Getty Foundation, and changes to Getty operations site-wide.
£14.99
Collective Ink Scene Change: Why Today’s Nonprofit Arts
Book SynopsisNonprofit arts organizations have to place nonprofit ahead of arts in order to thrive in these pre-post-pandemic days. Most currently don’t. Scene change is a phrase tied to the arts when discussing a literal change from one scene in a play to another, eliciting a new time, place, and situation. Here, however, it refers to actions made at this pivotal moment within the entire sector, where the rules that went into play over half a century ago can no longer apply for the arts to serve their nonprofit purpose. That charitable purpose -- to help those who need the help -- cannot exist in an environment of privilege, exclusivity, and the subjective concept of excellence. Excellence does not put food on a hungry person’s table, if they even have a table. In his brilliantly unpretentious, snarky, and hilarious style, Alan Harrison pulls no punches. He identifies and addresses elitism, defines and defuses toxicity, and provides outlines for success, including a hopeful prediction for the future. This book also provides context for the pinball journeys of a 30-year adventure, leading nonprofit arts organizations in America -- warts and all.
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Liverpool University Press Pablo Picasso: The Interaction between
Book SynopsisThis book explores the interaction between collectors, dealers and exhibitions in Pablo Picassos entire career. The former two often played a determining role in which artworks were included in expositions as well as their availability and value in the art market. The term collector/dealer must often be used in combination since the distinction between both is often unclear; Heinz Berggruen, for instance, identified himself primarily as a collector, although he also sold quite a few Picassos through his Paris gallery. On the whole, however, dealers bought more often than collectors; and they bought works by artists they were already involved with. While some dealers were above all professional gallery owners; most were mainly collectors who sporadically sold items from their collection. Picassos first known dealer was Pere Manyach, whom he met as he travelled to Paris in 1900 when he was only 19 years old. As his representative, Manyach went about setting up exhibitions of his works at galleries in the French capital, such as Bethe Weills and Ambroise Vollards. Picassos first major exhibition took place in 1901 at Vollards. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Leonce Rosenberg came in after Vollard lost interest during the Cubist period, as they had a manifest preference for the new style. Like Vollard, later dealers often preferred the more conventional Neoclassical phase in Picasso. This was the case with Leonces brother, Paul Rosenberg. The book is organized chronologically and discusses the interaction between Picassos collectors, dealers and exhibitions as they take place. Once collectors acquired an artwork, their willingness to lend them to exhibitions or their necessity to submit them to auction had a direct impact on Picassos prominence in the art world.
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University of Westminster Press Cultural Crowdfunding: Platform Capitalism,
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Arts Patronage in India: Methods, Motives and
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Taylor & Francis The Appeal of the Philippines Spain Cultural Representation and Politics Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Delicious Decadence The Rediscovery of French EighteenthCentury Painting in the Nineteenth Century
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A New Economic Theory of Public Support for the Arts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Reader on Audience Development and Cultural Policy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Researching Art Markets
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Emergence of the Korean Art Collector and the Korean Art Market
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Taylor & Francis Changing the Performance A Companion Guide to Arts Business and Civic Engagement
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Changing The Performance A Companion Guide to Arts Business and Civic Engagement
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Art Markets
The global art market has recently been valued at close to $50bn a rise of over 60 per cent since the global financial crisis. These figures are driven by demand from China and other emerging markets, as well as the growing phenomenon of the artist bypassing dealers as a market force in his/her own right. This new textbook integrates, updates and enhances the popular aspects of two well-regarded texts Understanding International Arts Markets and The Art Business. Topics covered include: Emerging markets in China East Asian, South East Asian, Brazilian, Russian, Islamic and Indian art Art valuation and investment Museums and the cultural sectorThis revitalized new textbook will continue to be essential reading for students on courses such as arts management, arts marketing, arts business, cultural economics, the sociology of arts, and cultural policy.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Portrait of a Patron The Patronage and Collecting of James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos 16741744
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Delicious Decadence The Rediscovery of French
Book SynopsisThe history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such, scholars will welcome this collection of essays by internationally recognised experts that gathers together for the first time varied and stimulating perspectives on the nineteenth-century collector and art market for French eighteenth-century art, and ultimately the formation of collections that form part of such august institutions as the Louvre and the National Gallery in London. The book is the culmination of a successful conference organised jointly between the Wallace Collection and the Louvre, on the occasion of the acclaimed exhibition Masterpieces from the Louvre: The Collection of Louis La Caze. Exploring themes relating to collectors, critics, markets and museums from France, England and Germany, the volume will appeal to academics and students alike, and become essential reading on any course that deals with the history of collectingTrade Review'Ten tightly focused essays ... Above all, the new volume indicates the wealth of primary material available to demonstrate the depth of interest in eighteenth-century French painting before the collection and publications by the Goncourt brothers in the 1860s.' Burlington Magazine '... surprising and important.' Art NewspaperTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Guillaume Faroult, Monica Preti and Christoph Martin Vogtherr; The ’rediscovery’ of 18th-century French painting before La Caze: introductory notes, Monica Preti; The taste for 18th-century painting and the art market between 1830 and 1860 as regards the La Caze collection, Marie-Martine Dubreuil; Watteau and Chardin, ’the two most truly painters of the entire French School’: the rediscovery of Watteau and Chardin in France, between 1820 and 1860, Guillaume Faroult; Collectors of 18th-century French art in London: 1800-1850, Jon Whiteley; ’Elegant depravity and irresponsible gaiety’: the Murray of Henderland Collection and the Scottish taste for French 18th-century art, Frances Fowle; ’Ah! que c’est français!’: Thoré-Bürger and 18th-century French art, Frances Suzman Jowell; Aesthetic, economic and political issues of the exhibition Paintings of the French School from Private Collections of 1860, Pauline Prévost-Marcilhacy; Early exhibitions of French 18th-century art in Berlin and the birth of Watteau research, Christoph Martin Vogtherr; The National Gallery in the 19th century and French 18th-century painting, Humphrey Wine; French 18th-century painting in England and the opening of the Wallace Collection, Stephen Duffy; Exhibitions listing; Bibliography; Index of names.
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Cambridge University Press The Dynamics of Auction
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Cambridge University Press The Dynamics of Auction Social Interaction and the Sale of Fine Art and Antiques Learning in Doing Social Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
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Cambridge University Press The Value of Arts for Business
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University of Chicago Press Democratic Art The New Deals Influence on
Book SynopsisThroughout the Great Recession American artists and public art endowments have had to fight for government support to keep themselves afloat. This book outlines the successes, shortcomings, and lessons of the golden age of government funding for the arts.Trade Review"A compelling synthesis of federally funded cultural projects undertaken in the United States from 1933 to 1945, Musher's book is written for other historians but will certainly appeal to scholars in many fields-including American studies, cultural studies, public history, visual culture studies, and more. Eloquently written and historically balanced, the book uses anecdotal evidence and biography to animate the story of New Deal arts programming and notions of cultural capital in new and engaging ways." (Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame)
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The University of Chicago Press High Art Down Home An Economic Ethnography of a
Book SynopsisA comprehensive description of an avant-garde centre, this text seeks to explore the tensions and difficulties artists, collectors, dealers and curators experience in an atmosphere where aesthetic ambitions compete with economic exigencies.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1: Introduction 2: The Rise of the Modern Art Market 3: The St. Louis Metropolitan Area 4: Artists 5: Dealers 6: Collectors 7: Conclusion App. 1: Glossary of Art Speech App. 2: A Note on Art and Craft App. 3: Art as Investment App. 4: The Influence of the Japanese on Auction Prices App. 5: Statistical Comparisons among the Largest Metropolitan Areas App. 6: Art in America and Local Gallery Guide Listings App. 7: Secondary Skills Necessary for a Professional Artist App. 8: Gender and Teaching Positions Notes References Index
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Thames & Hudson The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist
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