The Social World of Galleries
Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization
- 472 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Social World of Galleries
Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization
About this book
This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within the art markets of Europe and the United States. Based on the author's field research carried out for over a decade, and combining ethnographic material with quantitative data, the book reveals the major role galleries play in the creation of art value. Despite being pillars of the art market, there has been very little in-depth research on galleries, especially when compared with the analysis of artists, critics, and dealers. Written by a sociologist who has spent a decade as an art critic, the book builds on work conducted by art historian and sociologist Raymonde Moulin from the 1960s to the 1990s. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews with those working in the field today, it provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of what contemporary art galleries really are: the spaces they occupy both physically and online; their position within gallery 'districts'; their relation to art fairs and biennials; and how friendship with clients is built and trends within the business, in turn illuminating the hierarchized structure of the sector. The book concludes by addressing a significant gap in data on the art market by providing a sociological ranking of international contemporary art galleries. Offering a detailed analysis to a topic that has never been fully studied, The Social World of Galleries is essential reading for scholars and students of art sociology, art history and art business, as well as gallerists, collectors or art lovers, and artists themselves.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Dedication
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Series Editor Preface
- Introduction
- Foreword 1 A few methodological notesāresearching the art market and its social world
- Foreword 2 The invention of the gallerist profession and its development up to the contemporary period
- Part 1 A spatial approach to contemporary art galleries
- 1 The gallery as a physical space
- 2 The gallery in the urban space: geography and neighborhoods
- 3 Galleries and international art fairs: the success of a relatively deterritorialized system
- Part 2 The occupation of gallerist
- 4 Sales: a fundamental undertaking
- 5 Sociability and friendship: resources for the gallerist occupation
- 6 Beyond sales: the other activities of contemporary art galleries
- 7 Recent trends: evolution in the gallery sphere and in the gallerist occupation
- Part 3 Analyzing the hierarchy among galleries
- 8 Understanding the gallery hierarchy: how to construct a ranked list of the main contemporary art galleries in the world
- 9 The international ranked list of the ābestā contemporary art galleries
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright