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How Artists Imagine New Worlds
We develop a social theory of innovation which is contrasted with the model of the artist as a lone genius. The chapter demonstrates that most art is...
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Women artists: gender, ethnicity, origin and contemporary prices
Women account for slightly more than half of persons who identify some version of visual artist as their occupation in the USA, and account for...
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From the Artist’s Contract to the blockchain ledger: new forms of artists’ funding using equity and resale royalties
Although the Artist’s Contract, first developed in 1971, was not broadly adopted in its early decades, renewed interest in it fifty years later has...
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Authentic Art and Artists
In the arts, both nominal and expressive authenticity are considered important. Artists and art lovers believe in the ideal of expressive...
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Who is an artist? Heterogeneity and professionalism among visual artists
The purpose of this article was twofold. Firstly, to investigate the heterogeneity among artists as an occupational category and secondly, to define...
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An empirical analysis of price differences for male and female artists in the global art market
We study prices paid at auction for artworks created by male and female artists, based on birth-identified sex, and how these prices have evolved...
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Economies of scope in artists’ incubator projects
Although economies of scale are relatively well studied in the arts, economies of scope have received less attention. Yet recent trends toward...
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The labor market returns of being an artist: evidence from the United States, 2006–2021
Using individual-level data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) between 2006 and 2021, I study the labor market experiences of...
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Reluctantly independent: motivations for self-employed artistic work
Self-employment is much more frequent among artists and creative workers than other occupations. This has led to the emergence of the notion of the...
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Presale Estimates and Auction Prices in Indian Art Market: Accuracy, Determinants and Motivations
This study examines the accuracy of presale estimates in the auction market for paintings by Indian artists. Based on 3,141 paintings that are...
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Why the Impressionists did not create Impressionism
The Impressionist painters are often believed to have formed the first coherent avant-garde group to break with the establishment both stylistically...
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The rise and fall and rise again of the contemporary art market
This essay demonstrates how market prices for contemporary art flourished in the late nineteenth century, fell after 1900, and rose again in the...
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Why would artists favor free streaming?
While streaming services are becoming the dominant way to consume recorded music, professional musicians remain divided in their opinion toward...
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Student loan debt and the career choices of college graduates with majors in the arts
This study looks to test the impact of student loan debt on the career choices of college graduates with majors in the arts in the USA. As earnings...
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Harmony in Complexity: Unveiling the Symbiotic Dance of Mathematics and Visual Art Through the Lens of Order
This research paper delves into the profound interplay between mathematics and visual art, revealing a fundamental correlation rooted in the concept...
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The economics of art history
The study of art history has been traditionally focused on the description of artistic innovations, the role of the artists and the meaning of the...
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Uncovering potential barriers of using initial coin offerings to finance artistic projects
Artists make vital contributions to our society and lay the foundations for billion-dollar industries. However, these artists consistently struggle...
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Residual variance and asset pricing in the art market
In this paper, we compute residual variance of art prices to examine asset pricing in contemporary art market. Our empirical work shows a few...
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The valuation of copies for Chinese artworks
Are copies always inferior to originals in value? In this paper, we first detail the differences existing between copies in the Western and the...
