Art and the Global Economy

John Zarobell is Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of San Francisco. He has held curatorial positions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A regular contributor to the web-based journal Art Practical, he has written for numerous exhibition catalogues and has curated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. He is the author of Empire of Landscape: Space and Ideology in French Colonial Algeria.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Measuring the Economy of the Arts Emerging Art Center: Delhi Chhoti Rao PART ONE: MUSEUMS IN FLUX 1 * Museum Funding: Who Shapes Institutions? Emerging Art Center: Hong Kong Michelle Wong 2 * Museum Exhibitions in the Era of Globalization Emerging Art Center: Moscow Valentin Diaconov PART TWO: THE EXHIBITIONARY COMPLEX 3 * Biennials, or the New Terrains of Contemporary Art Emerging Art Center: Istanbul Emma Rogers 4 * The Art Fair: Cultural Tourism in a Pop-up Free-Trade Zone Emerging Art Center: Doha, Qatar Grace Murray PART THREE: ART AND THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 5 * The Global Gallerist: Eruptions in the Primary Market Emerging Art Center: Mexico City Mariana David 6 * Expansion and Diversification of Auction Houses Emerging Art City: Johannesburg Kai Lossgott 7 * The Art Market in the Margins Emerging Art Center The Contemporary Carioca Art Scene Lucia Cantero Conclusion: Collectivization and the New Geography of the Art World Works Cited Index