Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery Hilary Pecis This book was published on

This book was published on the occasion of Alex Israel × Snapchat at the Bass Museum of Art

he explores the concept of personal and cultural archaeology

Executed on a wood panel in a basement studio in Annina Nosei’s SoHo gallery

infusing the Pop and Conceptual sensibilities of the time with vernacular wit and melancholy

Prince visited the area to seek out quintessential viewpoints established by preceding photographers

Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery Hilary Pecis This book was published onTrading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery is an illustrated survey by Valentina Castellani that traces the evolution of the Western art market from the medieval era to the present day. In thirteen chapters, Castellani shows that art and commerce have been linked throughout history since the Middle Ages, analyzing how the social, cultural, religious, and economic circumstances of different periods have defined models of art