The Art Market as Medium of Cultural Transfers
Friday, February 16, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM
Madison Suite, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Michael North, University of Greifswald; Christian Huemer
How New York Stole the Art Market: The American Art Association, the French Picture Craze, and Bourgeois Identity in Gilded Age America
John Ott, James Madison University
On the Cusp of Global Prominence: The New Vanguard of Indian Contemporary Art
Arshiya Mansoor Lokhandwala
The Merchant Made Maecenas: Joseph Duveen and the Translation of the Art Dealer into Museum Philanthropist
Christopher R. Marshall
Examining the Economics of Art: The Rise of Leo Castelli Gallery and Its Global Effect
Midori Yamamura
How Folk Artists Become Great Masters: Museum Exhibition and/as Global Marketing
Mary K. Coffey, Dartmouth College
Discussant: Hans Van Miegroet