Literature: James Goodwin. The International Art Markets
ARTinvestment.RU   12 мая 2020

Guide to artists on career development using the Internet

International art-рынки: the essential guide for collectors and investors

Author: James Goodwin
year: 2010
448 pages
Publisher: Kogan Page, USA
ISBN: 9780749455927

"Informative and timely" — briefly but succinctly expressed about this book The Wall Street Journal in 2010. Five years after publication, it became obvious that "the community of local markets", divided the book into 43 separate chapters, closely entwined and merged in the global market and international collectors put on top of the matrix of their own flights and cross-border purchases. London used to the fact that the most significant may purchase made by buyers from the Middle East, November's new-Йорк began to focus on Chinese tycoons and business-терминалы airports in the cities hosting three fairs under the Art Basel brand, and even increase space for Parking private jets. International art-сообщество, considering this situation is given, relaxed and postponed The International Art Markets on the shelves of libraries.

With the coming quarantine and subsequent threats looming economic crisis, international markets are again returned to the position a decade ago and are localized within countries and continents. Who-то South-азиатские, Balkan and African art-рынки, managed to unite in economic unity, others that work only have. And collectors, constrained by the impossibility of physical movement, rely on a virtual journey in the first place by exploring local markets. And "International art-рынки: the essential guide for collectors and investors" got its second birth.

James Goodwin — art historian, regular contributor to The Economist, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and senior lecturer at Christie's Education — did not try to take all the writing credit to the detriment of publishing, writing all of the chapters themselves: he rightly gave the writing and reviewing of forty-three markets countries. The local professionals were given the freedom in the description of local markets: each Chapter is like the previous, and contains the most practical information. If in one country it is impossible to give a summary of auction sales — are interviews with key artists, defining its artistic image; if the local art-ярмарки attract international collectors more than the local, the emphasis is on them; the same applies to art-резиденций and contests, connecting international artists and local curators and art-критиков.

Why are we talking about the importance of this book since its release markets has changed substantially. The fact is that today, the choice in favor of art of a particular region or country, collectors are increasingly using information related to the marketing and exhibition of the history of the authors. This contributes to the emergence of resources such as Artfacts, White Columns and Foundwork, structuring a portfolio of artists depending on their past and current activity. And for the understanding of the importance of a creative achievement — whether art award, participation in a local fair orthe exhibition at the national Museum — need to go to the source. The best reference book which evaluates the creative career of international authors in the national context, and is The International Art Markets.

Denys Belkevych, AI