Auctioning Art: The Contemporary Role of Auctions in the Art World
The rise of artwork as a tradable commodity in the modern era has fueled the expansion of the art economy, leading to a proliferation of auctions. However, what impacts has this growth brought to the art world? Somayeh Ramezanmahi addresses this inquiry by elucidating the notion of 'artwork value'.
14 April 2024
Auctioning Art: The Contemporary Role of Auctions in the Art World 14 April 2024
The rise of artwork as a tradable commodity in the modern era has fueled the expansion of the art economy, leading to a proliferation of auctions. However, what impacts has this growth brought to the art world? Somayeh Ramezanmahi addresses this inquiry by elucidating the notion of 'artwork value'.
11 university courses where you can learn about art economics 30 July 2023
Art economics as a discipline deal with different issues and topics, with the most important one being art and the market relations. This relationship is the basis for the creation of university courses that partly deal with the economic or material analysis of artistic activities, or study culture and art by applying the economical method. In this short essay, an attempt has been m...
Auction Terms You Need to Know Before Entering an Auction 15 July 2023
Auction houses are where wealthy collectors and art dealers gather and compete for the best of the art world. These actors tend to change the atmosphere of this world with their performance; Auctioneers are also interested in seeing the boom of the market with successful sales. Although, watching these events, the most important of which are the evening auctions, creates a certain e...
Book preview; Art Marketing Strategy by Mehdi Khademi & Shahin Parikhani 30 June 2023
Iran's publishing market is facing a shortage of authored books in the field of art economics, but you can still find titles written for the audience of this field. The book "Art Marketing Strategy" written by Dr. Mehdi Khademi and Shahin Parikhani is one of these works. This book seeks to provide a suitable framework for managers of art organizations and art collections to formulat...
Book Preview; Bruno S. Frey's Arts & Economics, Analysis & Cultural Policy 4 June 2023
The Arts & Economics, Analysis & Cultural Policy is an outstanding work of Bruno S. Frey, a famous Swiss economist and professor who has a long history in the field of political economy, culture and art. Using the economic perspective, this exciting book offers an alternative view to sociological or art historic approaches to art. The issues discussed include: institutions f...
Introducing the art economy podcast 28 May 2023
With the growth of technology and the speeding up of almost all processes, very few people have the time and patience to read; Therefore, they prefer to listen to a book or article instead of reading it. This preference has led to the emergence and acceptance of podcasts. In this essay, Azadeh Bagheri introduced Persian and English art economy podcasts.
Art Community, Social Movements: A series of conversations: Mohammadreza Moridi 5 April 2023
Mohammadreza Moridi is a professor at Tehran University of Art and works in the field of visual arts. He has focused much of his research on the economics of art. Moidi has been able to look at the Iranian art market from new angles and define his relationship with the regional art market. His research on the visual arts of other countries in the Middle East and MENA region, such as...
Not all artworks reach the art market: Which artists have captured the market? 30 January 2023
Due to the limitation applied to the supply in the art market, this market has an exceptional nature that many economists have avoided explaining it in the form of conventional interpretations; In this article, Mehrnoosh Ali Madadi has investigated the nature of this market in relation to its main players and how to enter it.
Iran's art market outlook: A circle that became smaller over the years 25 January 2023
The life of the official and serious activity of Iran's art market in global dimensions is nearly 20 years; This short life has been accompanied by many ups and downs. In this article, Sahar Azad has discussed these ups and downs in detail and by comparing the Iranian art market with foreign countries, she has presented her analysis about the future of this market.