Understanding Art Markets

Download or read book Understanding Art Markets written by Iain Alexander Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epigraph -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Technical and structural mechanisms -- The structure of art commodity markets -- Art, religion, history and money -- Legal and ethical issues -- The markets for art -- The modern and impressionist market : the politics of success -- International contemporary art : an art world explanation of its value -- Chinese taste for chinese art -- Old masters : a gradual change in values -- External factors -- Art valuation and investment -- The public cultural domain : the state, museums and the built environment -- The evolution of craft into art