This is Bourdieu's long-awaited study of Flaubert and the formation of the modern literary field, it is an important contribution to the study of the social and historical conditions of literary works.

Pierre Bourdieu is now recognized as one of the key contemporary critics of culture and the visual arts. Art Rules analyses Bourdieu's work on the visual arts to provide the first overview of his theory of culture and aesthetics. Bourdieu's engagement with both postmodernism and the problem of aesthetics provides a new way of analyzing the visual arts. His interest is in how artistic fields function and the implications their processes have for art and artistic practice. Art Rules applies Bourdieu's theory of practice to the three fields of museums, photography and painting. These practical examples are used as a springboard to address visual arts in the 21st Century and to establish Bourdieu's rules of art.

Fascinating insight into the life and work of this celebrated Spanish artist of the 20th century.

A consummate insider demystifies the nebulous cosmos of buying and selling art."While most who read this volume will have visited a museum, few will have gained entry into the inner sanctums of art appreciation. Guggenheim has lived her life in those occluded quarters--she has a doctorate in art history from Columbia and has worked at Christie's, Sotheby's, and the Whitney Museum of American Art--and so is ideally positioned to furnish a 'backstage pass into the art world.'Her first book is eclectically structured: it is one part instructional guide and one part work of history, all written in an almost confessional tone, exposing closely guarded secrets.ART WORLD covers a broad spectrum of subjects, including buying art at an auction, appraising a work as an investment, framing a piece owned, and deciding what to do with the treasure if the collector falls out of love with it or divorces. Sprinkled throughout the volume are historical vignettes--always insightful and expressed in breezy, unpretentious prose. The world of art turns out to be as bewilderingly complex as it is delightful: 'Making your way through the art world is like picking wild mushrooms: it's not always easy to differentiate what's okay from what's deadly.'Guggenheim is at the height of her powers explaining the basics of a prudent purchase; she adeptly explains the process that involves the messy intersection of art, commerce, and the navigation of a cliquey and closed universe. And while her notion of what a budget comprises is likely miles apart from the average reader's, she still delivers useful advice for the less affluent on how to think about art buying. The whole work, more than a how-to textbook, is really a passionate defense of the place of art in life--every page rings with Guggenheim's devotion to what is undoubtedly a calling.A charming passport to the unregulated art world."-Kirkus Review

Explores the world, art, and inspiration of the innovative artist who was born in Spain and lived most of his life in France

Learn from Paul Klein and an array of art world experts as they explain what museum curators are looking for in contemporary artists, how galleries select their artists, how to sell to corporate art consultants, how to promote your art, how to price your art appropriately, and many other subjects that will transform your career. The Art Rules is a practical, operational guide for visual artists that demystifies the art world and will enable you to find success on your own terms. Filling a major void, The Art Rules gives you the tools you need to realize your potential as a professional artist. Klein shows success is not particularly complicated, but it is rarely taught, shared, or demonstrated for the visual artist. This book does precisely that.