The Social World of Galleries - Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization

Explores how the activity of art galleries and gallerists plays a key role in the creation of art value and exposes the hierarchized structure of the sector, focusing on the most international structures

About the author

Alain Quemin is Professor of Sociology of Art at Paris 8 University, France, a researcher at GEMASS Sorbonne université, and is a senior member of the Academic Institute of France. He is a past president of the sociology of art research committee of the International Sociological Association.

Product details

• Authors: Alain Quemin
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 14.05.2026
• EAN: 9781350370968
• ISBN: 978-1-350-37096-8
• No. of pages: 472
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Contextualizing Art Markets
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections