Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology

The Emergence and Divisions of a Cultural World Economy

Larissa Buchholz

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9780691239866
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art & Business

A trailblazing look at the historical emergence of a global field in contemporary art and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwide Prior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of "international" contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists from North America and Western Europe, while cultural agents from other parts of the world often found themselves on the margins. The Global Rules of Art examines how this discriminatory situation has changed in recent decades. Drawing from abundant sources—including objective indicators from more than one hundred countries, multiple institutional histories and discourses, extensive fieldwork, and interviews with artists, critics, curators, gallerists, and auction house agents—Larissa Buchholz examines the emergence of a world-spanning art field whose logics have increasingly become defined in global terms.Deftly blending comprehensive historical analyses with illuminating case studies, The Global Rules of Art breaks new ground in its exploration of valuation and how cultural hierarchies take shape in a global context. The book's innovative global field approach will appeal to scholars in the sociology of art, cultural and economic sociology, interdisciplinary global studies, and anyone interested in the dynamics of global art and culture.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Preface: An Unsettling Success
• 1. A Global Field Approach to Art and Culture
• Part I. The Emergence of a Global Field in the Contemporary Visual Arts
• Part II. Dynamics of Artistic Recognition in the Globalizing Field
• Part III. Creative Lives: From the “Periphery” to Global Recognition
• Epilogue: COVID-19, Geopolitical Shifts, and Deglobalization?
• Acknowledgments
• Appendices
• Notes
• References
• Index