We extend Becker's conception of art worlds to articulate the boundaries which enable and
constrain innovation in art. Synthesizing network and institutional approaches to art …

In an age where business literature is turning to artists for inspiration, we pause to remember
the Romantic ideal of alienated artists resisting commerciality. Through interviewing …

While our traditional view of creative work might lead us to think of artists as solitary
visionaries, the creative process is in fact deeply social. From those trying to land their first …

A critic takes issue with the art world's romanticizing of networks and participatory projects,
linking them to the values of a globalized, neoliberal economy. Over the past twenty years …

This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative
network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who—along with the artist …

This article builds on Mulligan and Smith's notion of The Turn to Community in the Arts.
Recognizing the lack of official histories for these forms of relational, social and collaborative …

Contemporary art biennials are sites of prestige, innovation and experimentation, where the
category of art is meant to be in perpetual motion, rearranged and redefined, opening itself …

This article examines shifting definitions of creativity in urban spaces in the contemporary
USA, and analyzes how different definitions of creativity inform an understanding of …

During the late 1980s, the near-worship of artistic genius produced auction sales of works by
Vmcent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso for tens of millions of dollars, over $15 million for a …

Creative industries are among the fastest-growing and most important sectors of European
and North American economies. Their growth depends on continuous innovation, which is …