Art bears a reasonable resemblance to the world of soccer. It is a world full of glamour and abysmal inequalities. The stars who shine with their own light fill their paychecks with astronomical figures while the team players, the bulk of the creators, struggle to make ends meet and even have to combine their creative work with other jobs.
Is creative work seen as a real job? Or is it simply seen as a hobby? Is this disregard for art the same for all artists or is it clearly sexist? The art market is not only made up of creators, other agents no less important make it up.
It is difficult to make a living from art without public or private commissions, sales, exhibitions. The protagonists in this case must be the public commissioners, the gallery owners or collectors who decide to buy and sell and make some of the artists visible. Is it the market that sets the trend or risk-taking gallerists and collectors? Is there a trend towards male art? Is there a trend? Does the price of the work vary if it is the work of a female artist? Do female gallerists and collectors bet more on female artists or, as Louise Bourgeois used to say, do these female gallerists reject outright the art of their female counterparts?
In technical work, do we see an abrupt difference between men and women? Since the restoration of works of art is mostly done by women, is this a key factor?
MIA ART Collection in the framework of the international fair ARCO proposes to develop a conversation between the different agents of the world of artistic creation to achieve answers, ideas, notions, strategies, currents about the price or value of art with a clear vision of gender. Thinking about how artists are valued when exhibiting, participating in fairs and / or private exhibitions for this conversation.
MIA ART COLLECTION
‘El Precio del Arte’ Conversation
FRIDAY 25th, February 2022
ARCO Madrid
R.S.V.P. at virtus@miaartcollection.org