Arts & Economics Analysis & Cultural Policy

To put the ARTS & ECONOMICS next to each other, as in the title to this book, may be shocking to some readers. Must not creative art be free of economic constraints, must it not lead a life of its own? And is economics not the realm of mean commercial dealings? This book argues that it is not so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frey, Bruno S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2003, 2003
Edition:2nd ed. 2003
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Combining Art and Economics
  • 1 — Economics of Art: A Personal Survey
  • 2 — Art: The Economic Point of View
  • II Museums and Performing Arts
  • 3 — For Art’s Sake — Open Up the Vaults
  • 4 — Superstar Museums
  • 5 — Special Exhibitions and Festivals: Culture’s Booming Path to Glory
  • 6 — Private Faces in Public Places: A Case Study of the New Beyeler Art Museum
  • III Supporting the Arts
  • 7 — How Can the Arts Be Publicly Promoted?
  • 8 — Public Support for the Arts in a Direct Democracy
  • 9 — Creativity, Government and the Arts
  • IV Art Investment and Evaluation
  • 10 — Art Investment Returns
  • 11 — Evaluating Cultural Property
  • 12 — Art Fakes — What Fakes?
  • References
  • Index of Names & Authors