In:
Revue d’Allemagne et des pays de langue allemande, PERSEE Program, Vol. 42, No. 3 ( 2010), p. 319-351
Abstract:
The artistic scene in Germany cannot be understood distinct from the deep fault lines in its history. While the art market had acquired its autonomy from Paris around 1900, a very active class of merchants, often of Jewish origin, accompanied Berlin on its way to becoming the unquestioned capital of the arts. After a difficult start in the early 1950’s, the German art market found its way back to the international scene at the end of the 1960’s, mainly in Cologne and Düsseldorf. In recent decades, the art market has to faced several crises, which led to an economic refocusing around a small number of galleries with international recognition and to a stronger presence of the duopoly Sotheby’s/Christie’s, which is threatening to snatch the “good pieces”, much to the frustration of national galleries and auction houses, in order to sell them off in London or New York.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0035-0974
DOI:
10.3406/reval.2010.6126
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2010
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208602-5
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25
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7,20
SSG:
8,1
SSG:
3,6
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