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Gatekeepers in the Art Market Workshop
April 14 - April 16
“The Disputed Toll” by Heywood Hardy. Image courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery.
TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE – RESEARCHING ART MARKET PRACTICES FROM PAST TO PRESENT
International Workshop #8
GATEKEEPERS IN THE ART MARKET
LSU School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
April 14-16, 2023
The LSU School of Art will host the next Gatekeepers in the Art Market workshop, which will be held in Baton Rouge April 14-16, 2023.
DAY ONE – Friday, April 14 – Sternberg Salon, French House/Honors College, LSU Campus
DAY TWO – Saturday, April 15 – LSU Museum of Art, 3rd floor of Shaw Center, downtown Baton Rouge
The workshop Gatekeepers in the Art Market is part of the International Workshops Series “Tools for the Future: Researching Art Market Practices from Past to Present,” jointly founded by Elisabetta Lazzaro (Business School for the Creative Industries – University for the Creative Arts, UK), Nathalie Moureau (University Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3) and Adriana Turpin (IESA Art & Culture, Paris and the Society for the History of Collecting, London). This 8th edition of the “Tools for the Future: Researching Art Market Practices from Past to Present” workshop series – the first one to be held in America – will be organized in collaboration with LSU art history professor Darius A. Spieth.
The First Day of the Workshop will be accompanied by an exhibition of artworks by Venezuelan artist Christian Rios, The Seeds of Envy, in the LSU French House/Honors College.
Support for this Workshop was kindly provided by the LSU Provost’s Fund for innovation in Research – Conference Support Fund, the LSU School of Art, and CCK, the Center for Collaborative Knowledge at LSU.
To register:
The workshop will take place in person. It will be open online to attendees who cannot attend in person. Please email toolsforthefuture.artmarkets@gmail.com to register and receive the link to the workshop.
PROGRAMME
DAY ONE – Fr., April 14 – Sternberg Salon, French House/Honors College, LSU Campus
9.00 Welcome & Introductory Remarks – Prof. Darius A. Spieth (Louisiana State University)
9.30 – 10.30 Keynote Prof. William Goetzmann (Yale Center for International Finance, Yale University, USA)
10.30-12.15 Session 1 – Defining Art Market Gatekeepers
Chair: Prof. Nathalie Moureau (University Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3, France)
Prof. Hung-Hsing Chen (Institute of Arts Management & Entrepreneurship, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan): When is a ‘Gatekeeper’? Activators in the Structure of Art Markets
Prof. Elisabetta Lazzaro and Giuliano Picchi (University for the Creative Arts, UK): A Taxonomy of Gatekeepers in the Art Market
Mikaella Milikouri (Royal Holloway College, London, UK): Attention Shifting in the Art Market: How Art Collectors Construct Value and Taste
Lunch 12.15-13.30
13.30-14.45 Session 2 – Geographies
Chair: Adriana Turpin (IESA Arts&Culture, Paris, France)
Maryam Mehrabadi (Louisiana State University): Interpreting the Marketing Studies of the Websites of Tehran’s Art Galleries
Feliks Tuszko (University of Warsaw, Poland): Studying Artistic Failures: How Gatekeepers Decide Which Artists Have Higher Potential
14.45-16.15 Session 3 – Types of Gatekeepers
Chair: Prof. Darius Spieth (LSU)
Dr. Nikki Kane (University of Glasgow, UK): Festivals as Gatekeepers: The Role of Festivals and Biennials in Contemporary Art Careers
Nubia Khan (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA): The Fall of the American Art Union (1839-1851): The Mainstream Press as a Gatekeeper in the Art Market
Prof. Alycen Mitchell (Queen Mary College, University of London, UK): Alfred Taubman: The Pivotal Architect of the Auction Boom of the 1980s
Break 16.15-16.45
16.45- 18.00 Round table (Moderators: Nedra Hains, Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art, and Joseph Givens, Director McNair Program, Louisiana State University)
DAY TWO – Sat., April 15 – LSU Museum of Art, 3rd floor of Shaw Center, downtown Baton Rouge
9.30 Welcome & Introduction – Prof. Darius A. Spieth (LSU)
9.45–10.45 Keynote Prof. Hans Van Miegroet (DALMI – Duke Art, Law & Markets Initiative, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)
11.00-11.30 Break
11.30-13.00 Session 4 – Measuring Gatekeepers
Chair: Prof. Elisabetta Lazzaro (University for the Creative Arts, UK)
Prof. Nikola Dedić and Irena Javorski Dedić (University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia): Works of Art as Commodities with a Monopoly Price and the Speculative Character of Art Markets
Prof. Nathalie Moureau (University Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3, France) and Stephanie Dieckvoss (Kingston University, London): Are the Physical Layouts of Contemporary Art Fairs Benefitting Gatekeepers in the Art Market?
Dr. Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker (Free University, Brussels, Belgium): Connoisseurship 2.0 – Informal Expertise in the Digital Age
Lunch 13.15-14.30
14:30-15.45 Session 5 – Third Parties as Gatekeepers
Chair: Prof. Darius Spieth (LSU)
Dr. Laura Johanna Noll (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland): Auction Houses as Gatekeepers: Gender Effects on the Secondary Art Market
Erika Witt (Southern University, New Orleans, USA and LSU): Gatekeepers, Collectors, and Provenance of Art in HBCU Collections
15.45-16.15 Break
16.15-17.30 Round table and close of conference (Moderators: Nedra Hains, Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art, and Joseph Givens, Director McNair Program, Louisiana State University)
17.45 Dinner at the LSU Museum of Art