Lund Humphries: 12 books

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Dark Side of the Boom

The Excesses Of The Art Market In The 21st Century

by Georgina Adam
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017

This book scrutinizes the excesses and extravagances that the 21st-century explosion of the contemporary art market brought in its wake. The buying of art as an investment, temptations to forgery and fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and pressure to produce more and more art all form part of this...
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Big Bucks

The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century

by Georgina Adam
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

This highly readable and timely book explores the transformation of the modern and contemporary art market in the 21st century from a niche trade to a globalised operation worth an estimated $50 billion a year. Drawing on her personal experience, the author describes in fascinating detail the contributions...
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Art Business Today

20 Key Topics

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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016

Art Business Today: 20 Key Topics is an accessible and comprehensive companion to the business of art written by leading experts in the field, many of them based at Sotheby's Institute of Art. It is an essential reference book for students in the areas of art business, arts management, the creative...
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Visual Arts and the Law

A Handbook for Professionals

by Judith B. Prowda
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

This essential handbook offers art professionals and collectors an accessible legal analysis of important principles in art law, as well as a practical guide to legal rights when creating, buying, selling and collecting art in a global market. Although the book is international in scope, there is...
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by Riah Pryor
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016

Interest in art crime is at an all-time high. Academia is committing greater resources to it, lawyers are increasingly specializing in the field, and the public is enthralled. Belief that the art market's opaque and unregulated practices are indirectly to blame for these crimes, is also gaining ground....
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The Art Collector's Handbook

A Guide to Collection Management and Care

by Mary Rozell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

With the rapid and unprecedented global expansion of the art market, new collectors are emerging every day. When buying art, whether for pure enjoyment, for investment or some other motive, few art collectors consider the practical and financial implications of owning and maintaining art, and many...
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Art Crime and its Prevention

A Handbook for Collectors and Art Professionals

by Arthur Tompkins, Noah Charney
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016

Art Crime and Its Prevention is the definitive handbook on art crime for art-world professionals of all kinds – from the museum, auction house or art-insurance employee to the contemporary gallerist, dealer, art-market student or collector.  Written by a range of international experts, the book's...
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Chinese Antiquities

An Introduction to the Art Market

by Audrey Wang
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

Chinese Antiquities: An Introduction to the Art Market provides an essential guide to the growing market for Chinese antiquities, encompassing all sectors of the market, from Classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy to ceramics, jade, bronze and ritual sculpture. Aimed at current and aspiring collectors,...
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by Gavin Parker, Kat Salter, Matthew Wargent
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019

Neighbourhood Planning (NP), introduced by the Localism Act of 2011, is the right for communities to decide the future of the places where they live and work. This book examines the experience of neighborhood planners, analyzing what communities have achieved, how they have done so, and what went...
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by Iain Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018

Originally published in 2011, Iain Robertson's A New Art from Emerging Markets introduced and examined three types of emerging markets for contemporary art: the very recently established, the maturing and the mature. This fully revised second edition not only updates the reader on this rapidly evolving...
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Art as an Investment?

A Survey of Comparative Assets

by Melanie Gerlis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

Aimed at collectors and investors, this user-friendly guide explains art's value as an asset through comparisons with more familiar investments, including property, shares and gold. It draws on extensive research and interviews with key players in these other markets, as well as the author's own experience,...
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Green Infrastructure Planning

Reintegrating Landscape in Urban Planning

by Ian Mell
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019

What is green infrastructure? Why should we develop it? Who uses it? And what socioeconomic and ecological value does it provide? This useful guide provides an essential introduction to green infrastructure for planners, landscape architects, engineers, and environmentalists keen to understand how...
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