Welcome to the temporary repository for this semester's research seminar on Art Prices. On this site, we'll keep track of data, reflect on readings and primary analyses, and do some sociologizing.
An article on the 'oops' of fixing torn paintings
A woman at an adult education class tripped into a valuable Picasso ($100M or so), tearing it. This article looks at this and other related incidents, assessing what happens next.
An open letter from OK Go
How do you make money from music when people don’t buy music? Ok Go reflects on the state of embedded video.
Does art need to be 'permanent' to be commodified?
“Sehgal makes art that does not require the transformation of any materials. He refuses to add objects to a society that he says is overly encumbered with them.”
Olav Velthuis talk coming up
Olav will be giving a talk entitled “The Return of the 90s. The Art Market in Times of Crisis”, which might be of interest to you.
Culture, Art, Sociology & Related Spaces
Arts Admin
Michael Rushton’s blog – he is the director of the Art Administration program at IU
