Focuses on different regions (including China, Russia, India, and Japan) as well as different institutions and organizations to examine barriers to and effects of globalization on the art market's organizational dynamics and people within the art industry

"In recent years the art market has grown in both size and importance. It is currently estimated that ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) maintain 6% of their holdings in art-related assets; thus, at least US$ 1.75 trillion are invested in art worldwide. This figure does not take into...

Economic Disruption and the Monetisation of French Collections -- Samuel Courtauld as Private Collector and Public Donor -- Albert Barnes as Currency Opportunist and 'Visionary Art Educator' -- Kojiro Matsukata and the Economics of Rodin in Japan -- Institutional Inertia and the National Gallery...