The Art Market and the Museum
Institutional Collecting, Display and Patronage since the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Frances Fowle editor MaryKate Cleary editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:1st May '25
£90.00
This title is due to be published on 1st May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Considers the historic and contemporary intersections of key players in the western art market, including art dealers, collectors and agents, with art museums.
This book considers how art market stakeholders, including art dealers, collectors and agents, have shaped museum collections and affected exhibition practices since the mid-nineteenth century. Based on new archival research and data analysis, it explores the role of dealers not only in selling directly to museums, but in influencing museum collecting priorities, as well as potential donors. It also examines the important but hitherto overlooked contribution of the female curator-agent.
The book is divided into three sections, which address the relationship between art dealers and museums, women as art agents and influencers, and the strategies of entrepreneurial collectors. Featuring contributions from a wide range of international specialists in the market for decorative arts and antiquities, as well as European modernism, The Art Market and the Museum explores the origins and development of the modern Western art market and the global art networks that operated not only in Paris, London and New York, but in cities such as Glasgow, Vienna, Melbourne and Kansas City. It is perfect reading for scholars and researchers on the history of the art market, museum studies and art history more broadly.
A wide-ranging and thought-provoking study of the complex intersections between the art market and the museum, this volume highlights the significant role that the art market has played, and continues to play, in the development of the public art museum. * Mark Westgarth, Professor of the History of the Art Market, University of Leeds, UK *
A supreme example of international, historical scholarship in art market studies at its best. An essential and fascinating read for anyone interested in the intricate and complex set of relationships between the commercial world of art, museums’ collecting practices, philanthropy and gender. * Marta Herrero, Head of Creative Industries Management and Reader in Creative Industries, University of York, UK *
This important volume demonstrates the many roles of dealers in the life of public institutions. With an impressive mix of global and chronological perspectives, it uncovers a realm of collaborations and transactions in which the boundaries of museum and market appear as strikingly porous. * Tom Stammers, Reader in Cultural and Art History, the Courtauld Institute of Art, UK *
An accomplished and scholarly volume, noted for its geographical range and focus on the role of women in building museum collections. It will be a valuable resource, particularly for art market and museum studies. * Simon Kelly, Curator and Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Saint Louis Art Museum, USA *
ISBN: 9781350385351
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328 pages