Which city in the world currently has the highest density of contemporary art collectors? Which country? Why does Germany have nearly as many private art museums as the United States? What are the future trends for the global art market? Exploring the answers to these questions through data collected on the most significant art collectors in the world, …
The Artist’s Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions
Public art commissions–how to find them, how to get them.* First-hand advice from experienced public artists* Written by an artist for artists* Includes expert information on public art lawLearn how to find, apply for, compete for, and win a public art commission. First-hand interviews with experienced public artists and arts administrators provide in-the-trenches advice and insight, and a …
Reinventing the Museum: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift
This reader brings together 35 seminal articles that reflect the museum world’s ongoing conversation with itself and the public about what it means to be a museum―one that is relevant and responsive to its constituents and always examining and reexamining its operations, policies, collections, and programs. In conjunction with the editor’s introductory material and recommended additional readings these …
Scrum is a project management tool enabling people with different skill sets to strategize together. This manual is aimed at everyone who works on interactive products in a design and development environment. It contains all of the basic information required for getting started with the project management method Scrum, but also offers a number of in-depth chapters looking …
This guide to the ins and outs of today’s dynamic illustration business tells budding illustrators everything that their teacher didn’t know or their art director didn’t tell them. Using an entertaining, running narrative format to look at key concerns every illustrator must face today, this book covers finding one’s unique style and establishing a balance between art and …
Wouldn’t it be great if art sold itself? If you have tried to sell art , you know it doesn’t. Selling art takes effort and skill. Jason Horejs has been in the gallery business for over 18 years and has owned Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ since 2001. In How to Sell Art, Horejs shares the entire selling …
Transnational markets hold sway over all aspects of contemporary culture, and that has transformed the environment of recent art, blurring the previously discrete realms of price …
Make Art Make Money: Lessons from Jim Henson on Fueling Your Creative Career
In our culture, artistic genius and poverty seem inevitably linked, but does it have to be that way? Jim Henson didn’t think so. An iconic creator and savvy businessman, Henson is a model for artists everywhere: without sacrificing his creative vision, Henson built an empire of lovable Muppets that continues to educate and inspire—and a business that was …
How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and Amsterdam, Olav Velthuis shows how contemporary art galleries juggle …
Managing Interactive Media Projects (Graphic Design/Interactive Media)
From the birth of a media project idea to the implementation and maintenance of that project, this book provides the skills and know-how to master the process of managing interactive media projects. Managing Interactive Media Projects offers important insights and techniques for various approaches to the process of creating interactive media. It covers the ever-important steps of planning, …