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Economic elites increasingly shape the art we see
Private art museums have experienced a boom over the past few years, with at least 446 now open around the world. These museums could just be seen as philanthropic gestures by their founders, making private collections accessible to the public. But there is more to the story. A research team at the University of Amsterdam has mapped data on the founders, size and worldwide distribution of today’s private museums of contemporary art. And their findings reveal how the emergence of these institutions holds up a mirror to ongoing inequalities in the art world.
© Olav Velthuis, Kristina Kolbe, Johannes Aengenheyster, Andrea Friedmann Rozenbaum, Márton Gera & Mingxue Zhang (2023). Beyond the global boom: private art museums in the 21st century. Private Museum Research.
Olav Velthuis, Kristina Kolbe, Johannes Aengenheyster, Andrea Friedmann Rozenbaum, Márton Gera & Mingxue Zhang (2023). Beyond the global boom: private art museums in the 21st century. Private Museum Research.
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