Category: ART MARKET
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How compatible is the Western mega-gallery model with Japan’s contemporary art ecosystem? (Extract)
Mega-galleries have become the dominant infrastructure of the global art market, reshaping how artists, collectors, and institutions operate. With branches across continents, ever-expanding artist rosters, and financial power few can rival, mega-galleries function through an almost hegemonic model, and their presence in a city often defines a “successful” contemporary art ecosystem, one driven by wealth,…
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The Role of Ukiyo-e Publishers in the Formation of the Japanese Art Market (c.1700-1850) (Extract)
For decades, and in many cases still today, Western collectors and curators have focused almost exclusively on what they consider “authentic” Japanese art—works that appear traditionally Japanese in medium or style, such as nihonga, ceramics, lacquerware, or mokuhanga. A quick survey of Western “Japanese art” galleries or Asian art departments in auction houses shows…