Brown Kathryn - Art Auctions Spectacle And Value In The 21st Century - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: This accessible new book offers a fresh view of art auctions exploring their multifaceted role in today's international art market and their transformation into spectacular theatres of the contemporary art world. From glittering black - tie events to the anonymity of the digital realm auctions stage the creation of value and can make or break artists careers. They are a strange phenomenon: relics from the 18th century which remain at the heart of the art market. And yet art auctions have undergone huge change in the past decades adapting to online formats encroaching on territory which was once the preserve of galleries and expanding ruthlessly into new regions and categories. Kathryn Brown's incisive new survey assesses the ongoing relevance of auctions to contemporary art markets and discusses the opportunities controversies and conflicts of value to which they give rise.
Title: Art Auctions Spectacle And Value In The 21st Century
Author(s): Brown Kathryn
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781848226388
Pages: 104 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2024
Series: Hot Topics in the Art World
Category: Art: Financial Aspects