Firehorseart Lives!Dec 30, 2022

@Barros_heritage @histodons @academicchatter

Very true.

I often get the feeling that discussing the influence of clients, patronage and grants is deliberately overlooked in the Fine Arts. It's an open secret in the art market but artists seem uncomfortable about discussing the mechanisms of funding themselves.

Art history hints at how artists are funded but could we say more?

#ArtHistory #ArtsFunding #FineArt #grants #ContemporaryArt

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Show threadJosé Manuel Barros
@srfirehorseart @histodons @academicchatter Although there is already a lot of research showing the different tricks that the art market uses to hide its economic dynamics (sometimes very ingenious strategies as shown, among others, by Olav Velthuis or Don Thompson), it is a topic yet to be explored. Moreover, for many people, Art still has an almost sacred dimension and they do not accept this economic dimension.
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Show threadFirehorseart Lives!Dec 30, 2022

@Barros_heritage @histodons @academicchatter

Indeed, yes.

Commercial art is very honest about the need to get clients, work with agencies and make a profit to cover costs.

Contemporary fine art, on the other hand, tends to be discussed in hushed tones, deterring all but the brave or the wealthy from asking for the price tag. No labels or wordy gallery labels and 'expert' opinions abound but no-one says 'How much?' out loud without being shushed.

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Show threadJosé Manuel BarrosDec 30, 2022

@srfirehorseart @histodons @academicchatter

Totally agree. The example I most like to remember is how the art galleries in New York refused to display the prices of works despite the City Council's request in the 1980s. The City Council lost the battle.

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/10/arts/art-galleries-told-to-post-prices.html

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Art Galleries Told to Post Prices