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Why Are Artists Poor?

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dc.creator Abbing, Hans
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-25T15:37:07Z
dc.date.available 2020-02-25T15:37:07Z
dc.identifier http://www.oapen.org/download/?type=document&docid=340245
dc.identifier https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:12928
dc.identifier ISBN: 9789053565650
dc.identifier DOI: 10.5117/9789053565650
dc.identifier.uri https://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/32397
dc.description Most artists earn very little. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of aspiring young artists. Do they give to the arts willingly or unknowingly? Governments and other institutions also give to the arts, to raise the low incomes. But their support is ineffective: subsidies only increase the artists' poverty. The economy of the arts is exceptional. Although the arts operate successfully in the marketplace, their natural affinity is with gift-giving, rather than with commercial exchange. People believe that artists are selflessly dedicated to art, that price does not reflect quality, and that the arts are free. But is it true? This unconventional multidisciplinary analysis explains the exceptional economy of the arts. Insightful illustrations from the practice of a visual artist support the analysis.
dc.language Undetermined
dc.publisher Amsterdam University Press
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
dc.subject culture and instituten
dc.subject economics
dc.subject kunst en kunstgeschiedenis
dc.subject economie
dc.subject culture and institutions
dc.subject historical treatment of fine and decorative arts
dc.title Why Are Artists Poor?
dc.type book


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