Talking Prices by Olav Velthuis
Examines the question of pricing contemporary art from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers, this book shows how art galleries juggle the contradictory logics of art and economics. In doing so, they rely on a highly ritualized business repertoire.-
Privilege
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Billionaire Wilderness
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Interaction Ritual Chains
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On Justification
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Impossible Engineering
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Revolution of Things
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Offside
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The Death and Life of Gentrification
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Marketing Radicalism
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Data-Driven Hollywood
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The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical
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The Minds of Marginalized Black Men
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How Civic Action Works
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Disrupting Science
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Partisan Publics
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There Goes the Gayborhood?
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Reds, Whites, and Blues
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Seeing the World
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Reinventing Justice
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The Battle for Yellowstone
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Gifted Tongues
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Community
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Inside the Critics' Circle
Winner of the 2006 Viviana Zelizer Distinguished Scholarship Award, Section on Economic Sociology of the American Sociological Association "The book is an excellent, readable and thorough analysis of how prices are set in the contemporary art market"--The Art Newspaper "[Talking Prices] provides an excellent analysis of the tension between art and commerce that characterizes the art world."--Stuart Plattner, American Anthropologist "Velthuis' essay is absorbing because it challenges our understanding of economics, culture, and society. Its narrative is stylish and refined; at times the discourse shows craftsmanship and attention to details, like a still-life of Pieter Claesz; at other times it is bold and sophisticated, like a painting of Karel Appel, or Kees Van Dongen. It is an essay definitely worth reading."--Calin Valsan, Journal of Cultural Economics
Olav Velthuis has worked as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Konstanz and has been a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University and Columbia University. Currently he writes about economic affairs for the Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant".
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780691134031 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691134030 |
| Title | Talking Prices |
| Author | Olav Velthuis |
| Series | Princeton Studies In Cultural Sociology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2007-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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