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Books for art gallery professionals

 

 

 

Laura de Coppet, Alan Jones - The art dealers. A review by the Art Gallery Hub

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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Olav Velthuis - Talking Prices. A review by the Art Gallery Hub

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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S. Krug_Don't make me think

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

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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