Books for art gallery professionals
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The Art Dealers
The powers behind the scene tell how the art world works (*)
Author: Laura de Coppet, Alan Jones
Publisher: New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1985
ISBN: 0-517-55302-3
Summary:
A compilation of interviews with New York art dealers active from the 1940s on. From Betty Parsons to Tony Shafrazi.
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Talking Prices
Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art
Author: Olav Velthuis
Publisher: Woodstock, Princeton University Press, 2005
ISBN: 0-691-12166-4
Summary:
'Talking Prices' presents an elaborate, well-structured insight in the complexity of the art market. This study is not aimed to judge art gallery practices, but wants to offer a better understanding of the price challenges any gallery owner or art dealer faces.
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Don't make me think
Author: Steve Krug
Publisher: Berkeley (CA), New Riders Publishers, 2006 (Second edition)
ISBN: 0-321-34475-8
Summary:
If you never conducted a survey or a usability test of your site you can't possibly know what your visitors think about your gallery's site or interact with it.
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The Necessity of Artspeak:
the language of arts in the Western tradition
Author: Roy Harris
Publisher: London, Continuum, 2003
ISBN: 0-8264-6079-8
Summary:
A linguistic approach of the language art theorists and critics use, presented in a historic context.
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Feel welcome to comment on any of the books above, ask or suggest any additional information.
P.S. Don't need summaries or critiques and eager to decide on books such as "Art of the Deal" yourself?
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Luuk Christiaens