Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research
The sheer volume of data generated on the Internet has reached unprecedented numerical heights and has enabled new data-driven methodologies to study art and its markets. Yet, this type of data-driven research has also generated several unexpected methodological constraints for art markets researche...
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| author | Hans J. Van Miegroet Kaylee P. Alexander Fiene Leunissen |
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| description | The sheer volume of data generated on the Internet has reached unprecedented numerical heights and has enabled new data-driven methodologies to study art and its markets. Yet, this type of data-driven research has also generated several unexpected methodological constraints for art markets researchers, particularly due to informational asymmetry. This observation is related to how various players on the Internet make data available, as well as summarize, transmit, gather, and access those data globally. It is not our ambition to present another historiography of art markets research, past and present. Rather, and in keeping with the theme of this special issue, we would like to focus on a few key constraints related to data-driven, contemporary art markets research, the Internet, and the structural recurrence of imperfect data. This contribution focuses on four areas of Internet research and its methods that are particularly problematic for researchers today, namely (1) auctions and online auctions; (2) dealers and galleries; (3) art indices; and (4) art fairs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d9027b953a94d5094ecdb8e60ebc0852022-12-22T02:40:09ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522019-06-01837610.3390/arts8030076arts8030076Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet ResearchHans J. Van Miegroet0Kaylee P. Alexander1Fiene Leunissen2Duke Art, Law & Markets Initiative (DALMI), Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USADuke Art, Law & Markets Initiative (DALMI), Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USADuke Art, Law & Markets Initiative (DALMI), Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USAThe sheer volume of data generated on the Internet has reached unprecedented numerical heights and has enabled new data-driven methodologies to study art and its markets. Yet, this type of data-driven research has also generated several unexpected methodological constraints for art markets researchers, particularly due to informational asymmetry. This observation is related to how various players on the Internet make data available, as well as summarize, transmit, gather, and access those data globally. It is not our ambition to present another historiography of art markets research, past and present. Rather, and in keeping with the theme of this special issue, we would like to focus on a few key constraints related to data-driven, contemporary art markets research, the Internet, and the structural recurrence of imperfect data. This contribution focuses on four areas of Internet research and its methods that are particularly problematic for researchers today, namely (1) auctions and online auctions; (2) dealers and galleries; (3) art indices; and (4) art fairs.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/8/3/76art marketsinformational asymmetrydata constraintsonline auctionsart indicesInternet galleriesart fairs |
| spellingShingle | Hans J. Van Miegroet Kaylee P. Alexander Fiene Leunissen Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research Arts art markets informational asymmetry data constraints online auctions art indices Internet galleries art fairs |
| title | Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research |
| title_full | Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research |
| title_fullStr | Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research |
| title_short | Imperfect Data, Art Markets and Internet Research |
| title_sort | imperfect data art markets and internet research |
| topic | art markets informational asymmetry data constraints online auctions art indices Internet galleries art fairs |
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