Category: Publications

New Book: The Shift, by Marta Gnyp

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New Book: The Shift: Art and the Rise of Power of Contemporary Collectors by Marta Gnyp, Art and Theory Publishing, Stockholm. 2018.

This discussion of the art market and the role of the collector today provides an excellent overview of the different aspects of the contemporary art market. Based on Gnyp’s PhD thesis and combined with her professional experience as a consultant in Berlin, this book  connects the collector with his world: the art fairs, auctions, art advisors and dealers. It also considers the sometimes vexed and hotly debated topic of the growing importance of financial investment in the art market. In this as in other areas, although information is taken directly from the players, through interviews and case studies, it is difficult to go below the surface. It is difficult to break certain myths, for example that the collector buys for love and with his/her heart, that he/she doesn’t sell except for very good reasons. Gnyp tries and some of her interviews honestly assess the market- one collector describes the art fair as not selling art but selling a commodity or an artist describes the dilemma when his collectors sell his works, in spite of promises to keep them forever, because they have become too valuable. The study of the Columbian artist, Oscar Murillo and his rapid rise to international stardom is interesting, particularly when Gnyp  discusses the comments by collectors on his work.  The book is an excellent coverage of the main aspects of the contemporary art market; the introduction is a model summary of what someone entering the study of the art market should consider. As the book proceeds, it gives a detached  and measured account of the art market today and the increasingly important role the collector is playing in determining the success of an artist.

Review by Adriana Turpin, IESA and Society for the History of Collecting

ANN: NCSA Emerging Scholars Award and Article Prize

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Call for Submissions for Emerging Scholars and Article Prize

 

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Emerging Scholars Award. The work of emerging scholars represents the promise and long-term future of interdisciplinary scholarship in nineteenth century studies. In recognition of the excellent publications of this constituency of emerging scholars, this award recognizes an outstanding article or essay published within six years of the author’s doctorate or other terminal professional degree. Entrants must have less than seven years of experience either in an academic career, or as a post-terminal-degree independent scholar or practicing professional. The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines. The winner will receive $500 to be presented at the annual NCSA Conference in 2019. Applicants are encouraged to attend the conference at which the prize will be awarded.

Entries can be from any discipline and may focus on any aspect of the long nineteenth century (the French Revolution to World War I), must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and must be by a single author. Submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged. Articles that appeared in print in a journal or edited collection between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018 are eligible for the 2019 Emerging Scholar Award; if the date of publication does not fall within that span but the work appeared between those dates, then it is eligible. Essays published in online, peer-reviewed journals are considered to be “in print” and are thus eligible.

Deadline for submission is July 1, 2018.

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The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Article Prize, which recognizes excellence in scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long nineteenth century (French Revolution to World War I). The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines. The winner will receive a cash award of $500 to be presented at the Annual NCSA Conference in 2019. Applicants are encouraged to attend the conference at which the prize will be awarded.

Entries can be from any discipline, must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged. Articles that appeared in print in a journal or edited collection between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018 are eligible for the 2019 Article Prize; if the date of publication does not fall within that span but the work appeared between those dates, then it is eligible. Essays published in online, peer-reviewed journals are considered to be “in print” and are thus eligible. Articles may be submitted by the author or the publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume containing independent essays.

Deadline for submission is July 1, 2018.   

Send a PDF file electronically of published articles/essays, including the publication’s name/volume/date etc., to the chair of the committee at the following email address: ecb0023@auburn.edu. All submissions via email will be acknowledged; queries should be addresses to Professor Emily Burns at the same email address. Articles submitted to the NCSA Emerging Scholars Award competition are ineligible for the Article Prize; one entry per scholar or publisher is allowed annually.

Conference presenters may only apply for one conference travel award in a given year.

Reference: ANN: NCSA Emerging Scholars Award and Article Prize. In: ArtHist.net, Jun 7, 2018. <https://arthist.net/archive/18354>.

CFP: The Exhibition: Histories, Practices and Politics (Revista de História da Arte 2019)

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THE EXHIBITION: HISTORIES, PRACTICES AND POLITICS

will be the next issue of Revista de História da Arte (IHA-FCSH-NOVA)

Deadline: Jul 31, 2018

Exhibitions have become, at least since the 1990s, particularly attractive case studies to museologists, cultural researchers and art historians. The growing interest in the history and theory of exhibitions has promoted a relevant national and international discussion, fruitfully crossing academic, artistic and museological contexts. Within the frame of museum studies, the specific field of exhibitions histories is still expanding, also challenging and reshaping important art historical frontiers and methodologies. At the same time, museums are critically re-evaluating their exhibitionary heritage in an unprecedented way: projects like multimedia archives, catalogues raisonés of exhibitions, virtual and physical restaging of exhibitions, etc., promote particular forms of disseminating, documenting and recovering the histories and memories of meaningful exhibition events.

Such wide and complex movement of “remembering exhibitions,” to use Reesa Greenberg’s words, demonstrates how the exhibition is defining a rich and manifold field of inquiry and research. Thus, a comprehensive investigation of exhibitions and their impacts proves necessary, given that the analysis of exhibitions’ histories, images, critiques, voices and circulations can importantly contribute to broadening the grounds of museum studies, art history, visual theory, cultural studies, photographic history, intermedial and digital cultures. Continue reading “CFP: The Exhibition: Histories, Practices and Politics (Revista de História da Arte 2019)” →

TOC: Journal for Art Market Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2018)

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The new issue of the Journal for Art Market Studies explores the multi-faceted
historical role of the art market in the displacement of cultural assets.

Based on a detail from George Cruickshank, The Elgin Marbles! or John Bull buying stones at the time his numerous family want bread!! (engraving, 1816). Cover design: Amichai Green Grafik.

ISSN: 2511-7602

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ANN: Felix Billeter, in: Kunstchronik Heft 5 / Mai 2018

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KUNSTCHRONIK

Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Herausgegeben vom Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in München
Mitteilungsblatt des Verbandes Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V.
71. Jahrgang / Heft 5 / Mai 2018

Section Art Market

Felix Billeter, Kunsthändler, Sammler, Stifter. Günther Franke als Vermittler moderner Kunst in München 1923-1976; Uwe Fleckner/Christian Huemer/Thomas W. Gaehtgens (Hg.), Markt und Macht. Der Kunsthandel im „Dritten Reich“
Theresa Sepp
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TOC: Visual Resources, “Art in the Age of Financial Crisis”

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Visual Resources: an International Journal on Images
and their Uses

A print and online journal published by Routledge/Taylor and Francis, founded 1980
Editor: BARBARA PEZZINI

Special Issue: Art in the Age of Financial Crisis
Guest Editors: MARISA LERER & CONOR MCGARRIGLE

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gvir20/current

LigoranoReese, Main Street Meltdown: Economy (2008). Ice, 6m x 1.5m (20 x 5 ft).New York. Photograph by Nora Ligorano, 2008. Image: Courtesy of the artists.

OFFER: Routledge / Taylor and Francis offer TIAMSA Members a Special offer of subscription of £37 per calendar year. Please head to the Members’ Only area and find the post ‘Routledge / T&F Offer’ for T&C’s.

Introduction

Art in the Age of Financial Crisis, by MARISA LERER & CONOR MCGARRIGLE
DOI: 10.1080/01973762.2018.1455355

Articles

The Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project Reconsidered, by JILLIAN RUSSO
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Book out now: Thomas Steinruck, Business Artists. Strategische Vermarkter im Kunstbetrieb (arthistoricum.net)

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Thomas Steinruck
Business Artists. Strategische Vermarkter im Kunstbetrieb:
Andy Warhol – Damien Hirst – Jeff Koons – Takashi Murakami

“Since not many decades a new type of artist has evolved, whose sole existence can be understood as another symptom of a total economisation of all areas of life: the business artist. He is an entrepreneur and manager, art director and designer. He organizes his production highly economic and delegates all work to his numerous assistants. He has become a global brand and strategically controls all marketing efforts. As an Art Star he stages his image and merges with global luxury brands.

In this tradition of Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami are the three most successful business artists of our time are chosen, who represent this type of artist at best within the actual discourse.”

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Thomas Steinruck (*1977) is a Graduate of the University of Heidelberg with a degree in History of Art, Musicology and Public Law. After practical experiences in the Marketing Department of an internationally well-known museum and a Gallery for Contemporary Art, he has been working in the Fine Art Insurance sector since 2009. He works and lives in Zurich.
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Citation:

Steinruck, Thomas: Business Artists. Strategische Vermarkter im Kunstbetrieb: Andy Warhol – Damien Hirst – Jeff Koons – Takashi Murakami, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2018. DOI:10.11588/arthistoricum.230.303

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License 4.0
(CC BY-SA 4.0) .

ISBN

978-3-946653-54-7 (PDF)
978-3-946653-55-4 (Softcover)
Published 03/20/2018.