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All too often, museums throughout the world label their Roman sculpture and wall paintings as "Roman copy after a Greek original." In this book, Elaine K. Gazda and the contributors question the often too simplistic, deeply ingrained thinking that...

A sophisticated examination of today's contemporary art market from an art dealer's point of view, this new book focuses on recent changes in the quickly evolving market. With an emphasis on how the market responded to the global recession that began in...

Discover Jasper Johns as a passionate collector of drawings! From Paul Cezanne to Pablo Picasso to Willem de Kooning - the collection of Jasper Johns offers surprising juxtapositions. The drawings' consistently high quality is the result of his keen...

We are just completing a thirty- year arc of digitization. Now we are beginning a thirty-year arc of tokenization. ---Kevin McCoy, artist and Erst person to make an NFT Since the NFT craze began in the art world, the information one can find for the...

The first guide to selling art independently. This comprehensive resource shows artists how to make a living from their art without relying on galleries. Through interviews with a range of successful artists, readers will learn how to write about their...

A well-known advocate and proponent of art in Chicago, Paul Klein is a long-time gallerist whose friendships with artists, dealers, collectors and curators have afforded him a rare vantage point on the vagaries and victories of the art world. Since...

"Turn creating anime characters and stories from a passion into your profession with this guide to drawing and painting, promoting, and selling your work. Specially commissioned step-by-step tutorials by respected professionals help you fine-tune...

You've got the artistic talent; now learn how to make a career out of it!Fine artists are taught many things about the history, theory, and craft of art in art schools and university art programs, but rarely do they learn much, if anything, about how to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798794Author William DeresiewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...

The first NFT book that tells of the beginning of Crypto Art with 50 of the best artists in the movement. In the last year, crypto art has overwhelmed the world of digital art and beyond, involving collectors, museums, and auction houses, creating a...

The ABC of the projectariat contributes new thinking on and practical responses to the widespread problem of precarious labour in the field of contemporary art. It works as both a critical analysis and a practical handbook, speaking to and about the vast...

Not-for-profit arts organizations struggled to survive the recent economic recession. In this increasingly hardscrabble environment, it is absolutely imperative that the boards of these organizations function as energetically, creatively, and efficiently...

We - the users turned creators and distributors of content - are TIME's Person of the Year 2006, and AdAge's Advertising Agency of the Year 2007. We form a new Generation C. We have MySpace, YouTube, and OurMedia; we run social software, and drive the...

Art is one of the best parts of your life... are you ready to make it your living? Whether you are an art student, an aspiring artist or a longtime hobbyist, Margaret Peot offers experienced advice and empowerment for taking that next step. Chapter by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990442103Author Dave ConreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Tiger Hero MediaPublisher Tiger Hero MediaWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

The Contemporary Artists' Guide to Art Galleries provides the information that every artist needs to be able to market their artwork in today's fast-changing world. With detailed contact information for hundreds of art galleries around the world, this is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949066104Author Corrina ThurstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Onion River PressPublisher Onion River PressWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Learn how to navigate the often turbulent seas of the art world from prestigious artist Brainard Carey. In this succinct volume, Author Brainard Carey, an artist himself with prestigious exhibitions like the Whitney Biennial under his belt, draws on more...

Who Runs the Artworld: Money, Power and Ethics examines the economics and mythologies of today's global artworld. It unmasks the complex web of relationships that now exist among high-profile curators, collectors, museum trustees and corporate...

This comprehensive manual is the complete guide to how to compile and prepare your portfolio for jobs, commissions, presentations or art college and is aimed at all areas of the Visual Arts. Whether you are just starting out, a student or you are an...

This groundbreaking text brings together experts in the field of visual art markets to answer some fundamental questions:Is art a good investment?Why is the art market dominated by America and Western Europe?Where are the key emerging markets and what...

Artists, musicians, actors, singers, designers and other creative individuals need to understand basic business concepts if they are to successfully pursue their chosen artistic profession. These skills have historically not been taught to creative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936932290Author Beth PickensFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733834520Author Alexandra BregmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Alexandra BregmanPublisher Alexandra BregmanWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Following a period of strategic and ideological change in museums, this book outlines new attitudes in curating and display, education and learning, text and interpretation, access, inclusion, participation, space, and the issues around the...

This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. What happens to art in time of war? Who should own art, and what is its appropriate context? Should the victorious ever allow the defeated to keep their art? These questions...

The oldest commercial art gallery in the world, print sellers to the Prince Regent and pioneers of photographic publishing, Colnaghi have sold some of the most important Old Master works to private collections and museums across the world. In celebration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993125935Author Tinsel EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Dunlin PressPublisher Dunlin Press

This book explores social networking sites as the digital field of cultural production by loosely drawing from Pierre Bourdieu's notion of field and capital. The book examines four case studies on MySpace, YouTube, Second Life, and Indaba Music, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788793737198Author Palle SchmidtFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint AvantiPublisher AvantiWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 14mm

"Michels explodes the romantic notion of the starving artist." -The New York TimesWritten for fine artists ready to launch their careers as well as experienced artists who wish to relaunch their careers, How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, Seventh...

Media Ecology: An Approach to Understanding the Human Condition provides a long-awaited and much anticipated introduction to media ecology, a field of inquiry defined as the study of media as environments. Lance Strate presents a clear and concise...

This book is an edited collection of case studies of contemporary issues in culture and communication around the world. Framed around a dialectical approach to intercultural communication, this collection offers a useful framework for thinking about...

A sophisticated examination of today's contemporary art market from an art dealer's point of view, this new book focuses on recent changes in the quickly evolving market. With an emphasis on how the market responded to the global recession that began in...

Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field opens a conversation that is much needed for anyone identifying arts management or cultural management as primary areas of research, teaching, or practice. In the evolution...

What is Cli-Fi? Climate change fiction is a new literary phenomenon that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century in response to what may be society's greatest challenge. Climate change is already part responsible for extreme weather events,...

"Not simply a how-to book, Selling Art without Galleries is a hands-on guidebook to daily life in the complex and sometimes murky world of the art market." -Sculpture Magazine The days in which artists must get their work into galleries in order to gain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994064806Author Patricia BaranyaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Patricia BaranyaiPublisher Patricia BaranyaiWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990507710Author Tom BaxaFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Body Ritual GraphicsPublisher Body Ritual GraphicsWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Whether it's the Roosevelt administration's impact on the formation of the NCAA, the protest of the Vietnam War by Muhammad Ali, or the rise of rap and hip-hop in the 90s and its penetration of the NBA's image, American culture and politics have...