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Talking prices : symbolic meanings of prices on the market for contemporary art /
How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and Amsterdam, Olav Velthuis shows how contemporary art galleries juggle the contradictory logics of art and economics. In doing so, they rely on a highly ritualized business repertoire. For instance, a sharp distinction between a gallery's museumlike front space and its businesslike back space. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400849406 1400849403 0691121664 9780691121666 |