Week 9 - 9.00 am tutorial by Georgina Walker https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial Sold: The Art of Auction en-us 2019-07-16 05:07:54 UTC 2019-09-24 22:27:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Q4: A STUFFED SHARK IS NOT ART? “85 percent of new contemporary art is bad.” (Jerry Saltz of the Village Voice in Thompson, p.6) Do you agree? Why/Why not? walker_g https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272898
REFER TO case study example: 2005 sale Damian Hirst’s 2 ton 15 foot stuffed tiger shark

'Art of making money: How does a dead fish sell for £12m and who's writing all the cheques?'
Independent, Friday 11 January 2008]]> 2019-07-16 05:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272898 Q1: What is meant by the terms 'primary' and 'secondary' markets? What is the art market and how does the art market operate? walker_g https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272899 2019-07-16 05:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272899 Q3: What makes a particular work of art valuable? walker_g https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272900 2019-07-16 05:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272900 Q2: Auction vs commercial galleries. What are the key differences for you as a buyer? E.g. transparency, security etc. Is one avenue better than the other? Why? walker_g https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272901 https://ammdaily.substack.com/p/why-art-fairs-arent-sports-leagues

]]> 2019-07-16 05:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/371272901 Do the charges of collusion brought against Sotheby’s and Christie’s some years ago indicate a major ethical lapse on the part of the world’s two largest auctioneers? Or has the story been blown out of proportion by media commentators? walker_g https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/389154883 2019-09-24 22:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk9_930am_tutorial/wish/389154883