TY - BOOK AU - Whitaker,Amy TI - Economics of visual art: market practice and market resistance SN - 9781108649919 (ebook) AV - N8600 .W48 2021 U1 - 338.4/77 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Art KW - Economic aspects N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jul 2021); Markets -- Cost -- Price -- Structure -- Failure -- Power -- Labor -- Property -- Investment -- Systems N2 - How can arts managers, artists, and art market observers approach the study of economics? Accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations, wide-ranging case studies, and expansive discussion resources, this interdisciplinary microeconomics primer engages with complex - and, at turns, political - questions of value and resourcefulness with the artist or manager as the decision-maker and the gallery, museum or studio as 'the firm'. Whitaker arms the reader with analytic and creative tools that can be used in service to economic sustainability for artists and organizations. By exploring the complexities of economics in application to art, design and creative industries, this book offers ways to approach the larger world as an art project UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108649919 ER -