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 the contradictory logics of art and economics. In doing so, they rely on a highly ritualized business repertoire. For instance, a sharp distinction between a gallery's museumlike front space and its businesslike back space safeguards the separation of art from commerce.

Velthuis shows that prices, far from being abstract numbers, convey rich meanings to trading partners that extend well beyond the works of art. A high price may indicate not only the quality of a work but also the identity of collectors who bought it before the artist's reputation was established. Such meanings are far from unequivocal. For some, a high price may be a symbol of status; for others, it is a symbol of fraud.

Whereas sociological thought has long viewed prices as reducing qualities to quantities, this pathbreaking and engagingly written book reveals the rich world behind these numerical values. Art dealers distinguish different types of prices and attach moral significance to them. Thus the price mechanism constitutes a symbolic system akin to language.

Hardcover: 288 pages

Publisher: Princeton University Press (July 5, 2005)

Maxim Gershunoff is a natural storyteller, so it makes sense that he would want to tell the story of his very full life in show business. Throughout this easy-to-read memoir, the author writes about his personal life interwoven with the lives of music legends, including Benny Goodman, Leonard Bernstein, and Igor Stravinsky, and ballet stars, such as Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, George Balanchine, and prima ballerina for the Bolshoi Ballet, Maya Plisetskaya. His close personal and working relationship with Sol Hurok brought Mr. Gershunoff into the company of such diverse personalities as Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood, Howard Hughes, and the Kennedys.


His involvement with the Soviet/American Cultural Exchange Program brought Gershunoff into the everyday lives of Soviet performers during a tension-filled time between the US and USSR.



Both a personal memoir and history, this compelling story of a renowned manager of the stars gives a unique and candid view into the world of creative arts and its personalities. Gershunoffs story is generous, frank, and honest.



Title: It's Not All Song and Dance. A Life Behind the Scenes in the Performing Arts


Hardcover 240 pages (April 27, 2005)
Publisher: Limelight Editions,U.S.

Présentation de l'éditeur


Longtemps considérés comme n'étant pas soumis aux "forces du marché" les musées, bien que reconnus comme relevant du secteur non lucratif, connaissent à présent dans leur fonctionnement l'influence grandissante de la communication, de la commercialisation de la culture, de la globalisation et de la financiarisation de l'économie. En outre, les nouvelles exigences des visiteurs, des impératifs budgétaires croissants, l'essor des activités commerciales et l'intensification de la concurrence contribuent à transformer les musées en organisations hybrides évoluant entre le service du public et l'insertion dans le marché. Le scientifique devrait alors se muer en "manager", l'érudit en stratège et le lettré en visionnaire. Dans cet ouvrage remarquablement bien informé, l'auteur étudie et commente ce phénomène à travers de nombreux exemples, en France et à l'étranger. Il analyse à cet égard un grand nombre de questions cruciales telles que l'organisation des grandes expositions et l'exploitation des collections, la philanthropie privée et le mécénat d'entreprise, le tourisme et le développement local, la privatisation et l'internationalisation, ou encore la question de la communication culturelle, du loisir, du divertissement et de l'architecture. Il s'agit donc d'une somme de réflexions utiles aussi bien aux professionnels des musées et de la culture qu'à tous ceux qui se préoccupent des mutations fondamentales du secteur culturel dans le monde contemporain.



Biographie de l'auteur: Jean-Michel Tobelem, docteur en gestion, diplômé de l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris et d'études supérieures de droit public, dirige l'Institut d'étude et de recherche Option Culture.

Libraries enter into strategic planning by a variety of routes, from dynamic technology and rising costs to budget cuts and pressure for change. In this book, Joe Matthews guides library managers towards a greater understanding of the role and attendant responsibilities of strategic planning. Academic, public, and special librarians alike will benefit from Matthews' cogent explanations, real-life examples, and time-tested recommendations. In the process, Matthews addresses such intrinsic questions as: Why is it important that I add strategic thinking to my managerial arsenal? How will strategic planning benefit my library, and is there more than one way to go about it? What is the best way of monitoring and updating our strategic plan for maximum effect? In each case, he debunks false impressions, attends to the goal of providing good service, and identifies at least one new way to communicate the library's strategic importance in the lives of its customers. Academic, public, and special librarians alike will benefit from Matthews' cogent explanations, real-life examples, and time-tested recommendations.



About the Author

JOSEPH R. MATTHEWS is an internationally renowned expert on library automation and information systems, and president of Matthews & Associates in Carlsbad, California. Titles currently in print include Library Information Systems (with Thomas R Kochtanek, 2002), The Bottom Line (2002), Measuring for Results (2003), and Technology Planning (2004), all with Libraries Unlimited.



Paperback: 168 pages

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (May 30, 2005)

Public Art by the Book is a nuts and bolts guide for arts professionals and volunteers creating public art in their communities. Should a public art program depend on public funding, public-private partnerships, or both? What are the roles that citizens can play in their community's public art program? Can artists themselves ever initiate public artworks?
With a wealth of wisdom on practical issues, this book offers information on a variety of topics such as public art planning, funding, and governance; establishing legal agreements with artists; and commissioning single artworks or creating comprehensive art programs.



Since the earliest monuments and memorials were installed in the United States, definitions of public art have continued to evolve. Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency saw the creation of the Works Progress Administration and the beginning of comprehensive federally sponsored art programs, and 1950s Philadelphia became the first city to pass percent-for-art legislation. As artists have turned their attention toward creating in the public realm rather than simply placing their art in public spaces, public art has assumed a much broader role in community life than ever before. Since the 1990s, the public art resources available to artists and their communities have greatly expanded.Today there are more than three hundred government-funded public art programs in the United States, in addition to scores of public-private partnerships and private agencies creating art in public spaces.



Public Art by the Book is the definitive resource for information on public art for local government, arts agencies, arts professionals, and artists themselves. Examples included are cited from cities such as Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, and Seattle.

Barbara Goldstein is public art program director for San Jose's Office of Cultural Affairs.



Publisher: University of Washington Press (July, 2005)

ISBN-13: 978-0295985213

A British artist who destroys all of his belongings, a Dutch artist's initiative that charts organization cultures, a Swiss artist who sells his right to participate in an exhibition via an online auction, an American artist who prints his own money and then succeeds in spending it . . . . This book examines the ways in which contemporary artists represent economic processes--no longer merely express their ideas about the market or subsidy systems through the media, but analyze and offer parodies of economic mechanisms in their work.

Paperback: 128 pages

Publisher: NAI Publishers (May 2005)

Introducing a historical perspective in the music, radio, television, and motion picture industries, this book contains interrelated chapters that clearly and concisely expose readers to various legal issues among the segments of the entertainment industry. It shows that an appreciation of the extremely creative individuals that comprise the industry will be helpful if you choose entertainment law as a career. After a short overview of the American legal system, this book covers agents and managers, entertainment contracts, constitutional issues, administrative regulation, antitrust regulation, intellectual property issues, live performance issues, music and music publishing issues, and legal issues in television and motion pictures. An excellent reference and informational book for anyone involved in sports and/or entertainment law, including paralegals, legal assistants, and talent managers.


Table of Content

Introduction to the American Legal System.
Agents and Managers.
Entertainment Contracts.
Constitutional Issues in Entertainment Law.
Administrative Regulation in Broadcast Entertainment.
Antitrust Regulation in Entertainment Law.
Intellectual Property Issues in Entertainment Law.
Legal Issues in Live Performances.
Legal Issues in Music and Music Publishing.
Legal Issues in Television.
Legal Issues in Motion Pictures



Hardcover 320 pages (May 23, 2005)

Publisher: Prentice Hall

This ground-breaking text brings together experts in the field of visual art markets to answer some fundamental questions:


Is art a good investment?
Why is the art market dominated by America and Western Europe?
Where are the key emerging markets and what are the next good buys in art?


Providing readers with an understanding of the challenges facing art market 'makers' (dealers, auctioneers, collectors and artists) and the decision-making process experienced by market 'players' and investors, this exciting text merges the key theories with examples of practice in a highly accessible style.



Written by an international array of experts from the US, the UK and China, this book is essential reading for all those studying or interested in art markets and management.



Contents:

1. Introduction 2. A Hybrid Discipline: International arts management Eric Moody 3. Religion, History, Money Iain Robertson 4. The International Art Market Iain Robertson 5. Tax Matters Renee Pfsiter 6. Putting a Price to Art Iain Robertson 7. The American Art Market Joan Jeffri 8. Emerging Art Markets Iain Robertson 9. World Taste in Chinese Art James Spencer 10. International and National Control of the Illicit Trade in Works of Art and Antiquities Patrick Boylan 11. Current Concerns in the Art Market and Arts Management Iain Robertson 12. Business and Network Models Employed to Explain the Art Market Derrick Chong 13. Conclusion


Iain Roberston is a lecturer in arts policy and management at City University. He is a member of The National Art Collections Fund and Association Internationale des Critique d'Art. He is an adviser to the Asia Art Archive and responsible for information on Asian art developments in London.


Paperback: 280 pages

Publisher: Routledge (July 1, 2005)

For the first time ever, the United States is truly in danger of losing its most crucial economic advantage -- its status as the world's greatest talent magnet -- argues best-selling author and economist Richard Florida. Where America was once the first destination for foreign students and the last stop for scientists, engineers, musicians, and entrepreneurs wishing to engage in the most robust and creative economy on the planet, it has now become only one place among many where cutting-edge innovation occurs.



Burgeoning global technology hotspots. The outsourcing of ingenuity. Rising intolerance. A faltering education system. Cities torn by inequality. Disconnected political leadership. According to Florida, they all point to the looming creativity crisis that is causing the decline of American economic might.



In the groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, Florida introduced the United States to the rules of engagement in the creative age. Florida's 3 Ts of economic development -- Technology, Talent, and Tolerance -- took him around the world and back again, sparking an international debate over the causes and effects of long-term prosperity, development, and innovation.



The Flight of the Creative Class takes Florida's arguments to the next level, explaining how the same conditions that affect regional economic development, talent exchange, and the unleashing of human creativity play out on the world stage.



He sees cause for concern for the United States -- a country long accustomed to its comfortable position at the helm of the global economy -- and pockets of potential opening up from Sydney, Shanghai, and Amsterdam to Dublin, Bangalore, and Toronto.



But the United States still boasts one of the most diverse and creative citizenries in the world, and Florida points out that if it can discover solutions to address rising inequality, the global dissemination of talent, and the inherent tensions of the creative age, it will once again lead the pack. If only the rest of the world doesn't discover those solutions first ...
Richard Florida is the author of the best-selling The Rise of the Creative Class, which was awarded the Political Book Award for 2002 by the Washington Monthly and named by the Globe and Mail as one of the ten most influential books of that year. Florida is the Heinz Professor of Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon, and he has been a visiting professor at MIT and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He earned his bachelor's degree from Rutgers College and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He lives in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Hardcover: 320 pages

Collins, April 2005

You don't have to be a professional artist or world-class musician to facilitate the activities outlined in this book. You should be confident as you apply these concepts from the arts that you are creating business-training experiences that will help to develop new perspectives and insights into what makes a team effective. The book helps you to: inspire trainees to express themselves openly and creatively; create new perspectives for resolving business problems; understand how to use the arts to enhance training results; incorporate the content, form and structure of the arts to resolve business problems; and learn to unlock the hidden potential of employees.

An ancient sculpture decorating a secluded courtyard, a Renaissance masterpiece revered in the serenity of a church, a Modern painting exhibited in a crowded museum: each of these exemplifies the power of placement to confer meaning on an artwork. In this absorbing study, author Victoria Newhouse examines the charged zone where spectator and art object meet. Long neglected by art books and museum catalogs, the link between presentation and art is critical to the understanding of such objects.
Whether in a museum of a commercial gallery, a royal palace or a modest home, the place and manner of display can bestow a meaning that is religious, political, educational, or decorative, and can even affect aesthetic and commercial values. Newhouse tackles a collection of fascinating case studies, including the Winged Victorys tortuous route from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace to the Louvres monumental stairway, three interpretations of an assortment of Egyptian antiquities, and various installations of Jackson Pollocks mural-sized paintings. She concludes with an overview of how presentation has affected some of the great icons of art historyfrom Velázquezs Jester to Picassos Demoiselles dAvignonand a discussion of approaches to the exhibition of decorative art and architecture.

Past and present alike inform the authors investigation of the intricacies of presenting art. Famed historic displaysthe studiolo and cabinet of curiosities, the Paris Salons, and the attention-getting blockbustersprovide points of comparison with recent exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pulitzer Foundation in St. Louis, the Tate Modern and the Tate Britain in London, the Musée dOrsay in Paris, the Prado in Madrid, the Guggenheim Bilbao, and numerous other venues. A thorough and wide-ranging inquiry, Art and the Power of Placement elucidates an essential aspect of the art experience.


Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: Monacelli (May 9, 2005)

This comprehensive reference features in-depth discussions of every important music industry contract, all enlivened by personal anecdotes from the author's wide-ranging experiences. Updated to reflect the rapid pace of change in the music industry, this new edition includes a focus on group agreements, live performances, free music on the Internet, the effect of the Millennium Copyright Act, ancillary rights, and the independent record label. Other key issues covered include the artists' rebellion against record company contracts, litigation by superstars and songwriters against record labels, and the industry-wide downturn in record sales.


624 pages

Published in March 2005 (2nd edition)

(1st edition was from Feb 1999)

Playwrights, directors, heads and members of ensemble performance groups, producers, and students and budding thespians starting out in the business will find a comprehensive resource to more than 50 festivals throughout the world. Readers will find expert tips to selecting festivals that are best suited to their work, as this directory explains which festivals are performance-driven, fringe, or playwright-oriented; which festivals draw producers with the deepest pockets; and which draw the biggest crowds. Every step of festival participation is covered: contact information, application requirements, auditions and tryout performances, face-to-face meetings and more. Readers will find all the tips they need to travel with their shows, such as customizing a production for the road, packing, budgeting, and obtaining insurance. This book also serves as a full business primer, answering essential questions on negotiating and networking with producers.



Paperback 256 pages (March 2005)

Publisher: Allworth Press,U.S.

Every year the stage entertainment industry reaps tens of millions of dollars in revenue from volume ticket buyers. Surprisingly, however, the industry fails to capture millions more from overlooked and underdeveloped markets.
This book examines the prevailing myths that have been suppressing sales potential for decades. It describes untapped markets in detail and gives marketing and sales pros powerful tools for making group sales work. This is the definitive guide to volume ticket sales for theatre, performing arts, special events and popular entertainment.

Trevor ODonnell is one of North Americas foremost authorities on volume ticket sales for live arts and entertainment. He has promoted stage entertainment on Broadway, in London, in Las Vegas and in cities across the U.S. for industry leaders such as Disney Theatrical Productions, Cameron Mackintosh, Cirque du Soleil, Blue Man Productions, the Music Center of Los Angeles and many others.



Contributing editor Bob Hofmann is President of Broadway Inbound, a leader in business- to-business sales of volume tickets for North American stage entertainment.

Group Sales For Arts & Entertainment: The Myths, The Markets, The Methods
Paperback: 200 pages

Publisher: Entertainmentpro (March 15, 2005)

ISBN: 0896762548

As we enter the 21st century, museums find themselves facing many challenges, not least of which is the questioning of the very raison detre of these venerable institutions. Many museums are redefining themselves in an effort to ensure their survival this new environment.


Looking Reality in the Eye: Museums and Social Responsibility is a collection of essays that explores institutions which have determined that they have a duty to assume a proactive role in the betterment of society. These institutions have become venues in which people can learn about themselves and about others in an immediate and relevant context. The museums range in size from the very large (Liberty Science Center) to the very small (McMullen Art Gallery at the University of Alberta Hospital) and include art galleries, human and natural history museums, science centres, and a police interpretive centre.


The outstanding feature of each institution is the extraordinary dedication of the staff. They have a vision of how their institutions can contribute to society and they are determined to make their exhibits and programs meaningful.


Robert R. Janes has a PhD in archaeology from the University of Calgary and is the former President and CEO of the Glenbow Museum. He is also the Chief Editor of the Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship.
Gerald Conaty has a PhD in archaeology from Simon Fraser University. He is the Senior Curator of Ethnology at the Glenbow Museum and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary.


Published by University of Calgary Press and Museums Association of Saskatchewan

Renouant avec l 'ambition de synthèse qui avait fait son succès, cette nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue, présente de manière claire la somme des connaissances sur un secteur en mutation, traditionnellement si important dans l'imaginaire social, celui de la culture. Confié aux meilleurs spécialistes, cet ouvrage mènera le lecteur (étudiant, enseignant, professionnel de la culturel, élu local...) des origines de l'intervention publique dans le domaine culturel, sous les auspices de l'Etat, à un paysage contemporain beaucoup plus éclaté, sinon en état de crise. Si, depuis le ministère d'André Malraux et de Jack Lang, le secteur culturel a été touché par les grandes dynamiques contemporaines de la gouvernance (déconcentration, décentralisation, rationalisation des dépenses publiques, territorialisation...), les mutations qu'il a connues en font souvent un pionnier, ou champ d'expérimentation, propice à l'invention de réponses originales aux questions d'aujourd'hui. Entre exception et diversité culturelle, entre économie et service public, entre démocratisation et élitisme, le champ de la culture, que parcourt cet ouvrage du local au mondial, de l'artiste au citoyen, concerne tout autant l'Etat et les collectivités territoriales, que les acteurs privés ou le monde associatif, en ce qu'il engage le devenir de la société tout entière.


# Broché: 172 pages

# Editeur : La Documentation Française; 2e édition revue et augmentée (25 janvier 2005)

Contrary to the standard joke about how to get to Carnegie Hall, "making it" in music is not simply about practice, practice, practice. Today, over 200,000 people in the United States work as musicians. With competition for traditional employment opportunities for musicians becoming ever more heated, today's musicians must know how the music industry works and how they can tailor their skills accordingly. How can musicians create their own professional paths?

In Beyond Talent, veteran music career counselor Angela Myles Beeching offers up a comprehensive guide for musicians in search of work, demystifying the steps to success. Drawing on a wealth of real-life examples, the book untangles artist management and the recording industry and explains how to find and create performance opportunities. Guidance is also provided on grant writing and fundraising, day jobs, freelancing, and how to manage money, time, and stress. Straightforward and reader-friendly, Beyond Talent is filled with practical tips, examples, checklists, sample budgets, goal-setting exercises, and extensive resource listings.


This essential handbook goes beyond the usual "how-to"; Beyond Talent helps musicians tackle the core questions about career goals, defining success, and imagining and then creating a meaningful life as a professional musician.


ISBN: 0195169131, hardback, 360 pages, Published Dec 2004 by Oxford University Press

The best practices that consistently lead to successful theater operation are now revealed in this comprehensive resource. Culled from surveys and interviews with theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas, this guide provides important tips for all people who work or want to work in regional, campus and community-based theaters. Proven strategies from managers, staff, and volunteer leaders cover virtually every aspect of running a theater - from audience development and fundraising to facility development and community involvement.


Paperback 256 pages (January 2005)

Publisher: Allworth Press USA

Faced with intense competition for audiences and financial support, as well as adverse political fallout from the culture wars of the early 1990s, arts advocates have increasingly sought to make a case for the arts in terms of their instrumental benefits to individuals and communities. In this report documenting the most comprehensive study of its kind, the authors evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these instrumental arguments and make the case that a new approach to understanding the benefits of the arts is needed. Critical of what they view as an overemphasis on instrumental benefits, the authors call for a greater recognition of the intrinsic benefits of the arts experience, provide a more comprehensive framework for assessing the private and public value of both intrinsic and instrumental benefits, and link the realization of those benefits to the nature of arts involvement. In particular, they underscore the importance of sustained involvement in the arts to the achievement of both instrumental and intrinsic benefits. This study has important policy implications for access to the arts, childhood exposure to the arts, arts advocacy, and future research on the arts.

Format: Kindle Edition

Print Length: 124 pages

Publisher: RAND Corporation (February 25, 2005)

Professor Jacek Purchla's book is devoted to the very delicate topic that is historical heritage confronted with the contsant flux of the contemporary world. The author's thoughts centre mainly around issues of heritage protection in the context of the transormation that Central Europe has seen since 1989. Professor Purchla is rightly aware of the differences in the way that Central Europe and Western Europe understand many geopolitical and historical concepts. This has a crucial influence on both the theory and practice of heritage protection, and hence also on the legislative and financial solutions employed in this field. The author also draws attention to the fact that since 1989 little attempt has been made in Poland to modify the system of financing and managing culture that was created for a socialist state and a command and control economy. Over the years it has become clear how toleration of the previous system has compounded our dilemmas, generating a sense of lack of stability and omnipresent frustration. The lack of a clear defined cultural policy on the part of the state has been the source of many mis-conceptions in terms of establishing the tasks of cultural and heritage protection institutions. The greatest loss to the national economy, however, is that the potential of culture as a factor in economic development and a source a new jobs is being ignored, which is in turn blocking its use as a major social policy tool. (from the foreword by Andrzej Rottermund)

International Cultural Centre, Krakow 2005, 68 pages

Order: http://mck.krakow.pl