ANALYSIS FOR COLLECTORS
With All Due Respect: Money Mad
The idea of art as investment is not new, but is it time for the artworld to reckon with its continuing illusions of virtue?
Cultural Capital: Portrait of a Perfect Collector
From the very first purchase through to the formation of a contemporary art collection, five leading dealers tell Elizabeth Fortescue the things they believe make up the mindset of the perfect collector.
Cultural Capital: How Curators Make Prestige
New York artworld sociologist Hannah Wohl examines the role of curators in the contemporary art ecosystem, and decides that they are the highest status gatekeepers.
Behind the Scenes: The I in Collective
The first question still asked about an artwork is “Who made it?”. This needs reconsideration.
Agenda: Fare is Fair
When an artwork is sold what’s the revenue split between the gallery and the artist, and is it fair?
Lifecycle: Nature and Nurture
Artist-Run-Initiatives serve as incubators for artists as well as young curators and collectors, but however long you’ve been collecting, it’s important to include a few among your regular gallery visits.
Money Sullies Art: Hungry Art Student Eats Banana Artwork
When a public encounter with art results in damage to the work, intended or not, it’s almost always a source of amusement. And the resulting media reports invariably include the price of the work, to emphasise art’s ridiculous precarious preciousness.
Art Fairs: With Covid shackles almost a distant memory…
The art fairs you should pay attention to in the upcoming quarter.
Art World Problems: Go West Young Man
Amidst factors contributing to the contemporary art scene revival happening in Perth right now, its advantage of proximity to thriving Asian art capitals will in one stroke solve the problem of its isolation from other Australian capital cities.
Money Sullies Art: A Dealer’s Domain
What collectors should know about how economic disinterestedness is performed by contemporary art galleries.
Sign Me Up: The Unexpected Pleasures of an Art Buying Collective
Sometimes, we don’t just see the art on our walls, but also the story within it.
Zeitgeist: Serious Gaming
The art world issues influencing our times.
Zeitgeist: A Shift Away From Bricks and Mortar
The art world issues influencing our times.
Cultural Capital: On Liking it Before it was Cool
In this third of an ongoing series on her highly intriguing ethnographic study of the New York art world, Hannah Wohl explains her concept of creative vision as it applies to the endeavours of art collectors.
Lifecycle: Pound of flesh
So, finally you've earned the status of established collector and you're invited to an artist's studio. But the studio visit can be fraught.
Cultural Capital: Why Originality Matters
In this first of a three-part series on her highly intriguing ethnographic study of the New York art world, Hannah Wohl explains her concept of creative vision as it applies to the endeavours of artists, dealers and collectors.