Contemporary Art Collectors: The Unsung Influences ont the Art Scenes

• Main Author: Marion Vidal (auth)
• Other Authors: Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux (auth), Nathalie Moureau (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques
• Subjects: The arts; economics of culture and Communication; contemporary art; collector
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

What is a collector? Although the French term collectionneur was first officially recorded in the dictionary in 1789*, its definition covers a range of different practices: for some, the main emphasis is on an item's subjective value, whilst others focus more closely on the accumulation and sel...