Art: Financial aspects

One of the most influential scholars of the Renaissance, Pietro Bembo (14701547) gained fame not only for his literary theory and poetry, but for h...

Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Itali...

This book scrutinizes the excesses and extravagances that the 21st-century explosion of the contemporary art market brought in its wake. The buying...

The European Digital Art and Science Network was initiated in 2015 with the aim of connecting the microcosm and macrocosm of science with the digit...

This is the first sourcebook to trace the emergence and evolution of art markets in the Western European economy, framing them within the larger na...

Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo, is a wealth of information for Japanese art collectors, Asian doll collectors and doll enthusiasts...

The Artangel Trust has been credited with providing artists with all the money and logistics they need to create one-off dream projects. An indepen...

'The very best book on the subject ever published' Bernard Ewell, Personal Property Journal (the trade publication of the American Society of Appra...

This book presents the first in-depth analysis of the staggering growth of the Chinese contemporary art market, from an emerging bit-part player in...

This is the fascinating autobiography of a society heiress who became the bohemian doyenne of the art world. Written in her own words it is the fra...

In looking at the history of collecting, one may be excused for regarding it as an activity in which, traditionally, women have shown little intere...

Acclaimed on first publication, Harriet Vyner s Groovy Bob is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation...

Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson ...

An essential guide for every kind of artist that teaches them how to skip the gallery system, find their niche, and connect directly with collector...