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Contemporary art and enterprise in the suburbs of Milan. The emergence of artistic geographies?

How do artistic geographies emerge in certain territories? How does the entanglement of art and enterprise reflect the artistic geography of a territory? These are some of the research questions that this article aims to address by focusing on the…

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How the art market should look like?

COVID-19 affected numerous dimensions of our lives, and, among them, it affected the cultural and art market too. In every place of our planet brilliant minds are considering the proper reactions to the pandemic-crisis under every aspect of our economic…

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The Market. Documents of Contemporary Art

Edited by Natasha Degen, “The Market. Documents of Contemporary Art” is an interesting anthology, which offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the evolution of the contemporary art market, its relation to value and its effect on artistic practice, taking into account…

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Art of the Deal. Contemporary art in a global financial market

The book offers a complete picture of the art market and the growing connection between art and money, becoming an indispensable reading for all students, academics, professional players and passionate who want to know how the art market works.

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Contemporary art fairs as new forms of cultural consumption and urban experience

Contemporary art fairs are commercial exhibitions where art dealers meet up over the course of several days at a specific event. Nowadays they are held around the world, offering attendees the opportunity to experience in just a few days what…

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Art as an investment?

Pointing out similarities and differences that exist between art and other kinds of assets, Melanie Gerlis – the Art Market editor of The Art Newspaper – try to figure out an answer to the question whether art is a good…

Cities, Urbanism, Architecture and Citizenship

Contemporary Art and Urban Regeneration in the City of Milan

In an enclosed space, such as a district, a city, or an area within the city, creative potential is intimately linked to the degree of knowledge and innovation, let alone the kind of cultural opportunities that space provides. On a…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

The importance of being evaluated. Guidelines and tools to plan a worthy evaluation of cultural projects

Talking about culture production, we need to shift The importance of being Earnest in The importance of being evaluated. The longing of evaluation it is in fact, by now, intrinsic to any cultural project: sponsors, stakeholders, project managers are all…