The paper studies how local contexts contribute to the emergence of markets. In particular, it
explains how potential entrepreneurs are motivated to become active in establishing new …

This article studies the role of judgment devices in the emergence of markets for
singularities. In particular, it seeks to understand how specific judgment devices become …

The paper investigates the pricing strategies of newly-graduated artists and identifies
innovative strategies more suited to achieving sustainable practice. Our work is novel in …

Although art industry has developed significantly, the factors influencing artwork prices and
their specific effects are not fully known. With this research, to guide curators, gallery owners …

This paper examines early career strategies and understandings of success among artists in
the two emerging art scenes of Russia and India. It argues that differences in these …

This article develops an analytical framework to study the role of narratives in markets and
argues that there is a relationship between the structure and composition of narratives …

In the 1990s and 2000s, contemporary art in India changed radically in form, as an art world
once dominated by painting began to support installation, new media, and performance. In …

The concept of caste played a prominent role in the early American sociology of race and
race relations. The concept was developed largely through case studies of racially …

. Pierre Bourdieu, The Field of Cultural Production, trans. Richard Nice (New York: Columbia
University Press,),–. research on art produced after the market crash, another gallerist told …

As galleries are not indigenous to China, the development of galleries here amounts to a
diffusion process, in which Chinese dealers have adopted and adapted to Western practices …