When Art Meets Money: Encounters at the Art Basel

By Thomas Mazzurana, Stephan Egger, Erwin Single, et al.

Art Basel is more than just a fair in the commercial sense of the word, more than a concentrated gathering of dealers offering their goods for sale to interested buyers. It is the site of display of holy goods in the presence of thousands and thousands of believers, a mecca for the ritualized adoration of modern and contemporary art. It is also the decisive witness of the upheaval marking a radical change in the relationship between art and money, with all of the consequences--not least, the evaluation of what is to be regarded as "genuine" art. When Art Meets Money offers a sociological study in the vein of Pierre Bourdieu, the result of several years of field work, attempting to draw a picture of this change as perceived by the participants, fair organizers, gallerists, collectors, curators, art consultants and artists as a central problem of the contemporary art scene.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3863357442
• ISBN13: 9783863357443
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.7"