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Art flippers - Brytpunkten mellan de gamla och de nya spelreglerna på konstmarknaden

Norberg, Stina LU (2015) KULK10 20151
Division of Cultural Management
Abstract
A change is happening on today’s art market. Technological and digital developments have led to new concepts and social structures. These have changed the way the art market works and how it is constructed. The digital era has opened up many possibilites for the artists, the art dealers and for persons with interest in investing in unestablished artists and contemporary art.

The theory in this bachelor thesis is about the regulations on the art market and where the change from the old regulations to the new ones emerge. In this paper I am referring to these regulations as ”game rules” of the art market. I have also studied how commercial interests on the international art market affects the artist and the art.

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A change is happening on today’s art market. Technological and digital developments have led to new concepts and social structures. These have changed the way the art market works and how it is constructed. The digital era has opened up many possibilites for the artists, the art dealers and for persons with interest in investing in unestablished artists and contemporary art.

The theory in this bachelor thesis is about the regulations on the art market and where the change from the old regulations to the new ones emerge. In this paper I am referring to these regulations as ”game rules” of the art market. I have also studied how commercial interests on the international art market affects the artist and the art.

New concepts has arisen from the development such as art flipper, a concept that I am going to study close up in this essay. Art flippers is a new type of art dealer that buy new, unestablished art from young artists and then sells it with profit. My method will consist of a content analysis
based on articles and printed literature.

The result of this study is that the digitization of society enables and reveals a shift in the art market as well as a distinction between the old and the new game rules. (Less)
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author
Norberg, Stina LU
supervisor
organization
course
KULK10 20151
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
värde, ekonomi, art flipper, konstmarknad, spelregler, rykte, konstvärld, economy, art worlds, art markets art game rules
language
Swedish
id
7370002
date added to LUP
2015-06-18 10:41:31
date last changed
2015-06-18 10:41:31
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  abstract     = {{A change is happening on today’s art market. Technological and digital developments have led to new concepts and social structures. These have changed the way the art market works and how it is constructed. The digital era has opened up many possibilites for the artists, the art dealers and for persons with interest in investing in unestablished artists and contemporary art. 

The theory in this bachelor thesis is about the regulations on the art market and where the change from the old regulations to the new ones emerge. In this paper I am referring to these regulations as ”game rules” of the art market. I have also studied how commercial interests on the international art market affects the artist and the art.

New concepts has arisen from the development such as art flipper, a concept that I am going to study close up in this essay. Art flippers is a new type of art dealer that buy new, unestablished art from young artists and then sells it with profit. My method will consist of a content analysis
based on articles and printed literature.

The result of this study is that the digitization of society enables and reveals a shift in the art market as well as a distinction between the old and the new game rules.}},
  author       = {{Norberg, Stina}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Art flippers - Brytpunkten mellan de gamla och de nya spelreglerna på konstmarknaden}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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