https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Art-for-money-s-sake https://booksandideas.net/Art-for-money-s-sake 2026-09-29T06:42:10Z text/html en Jean-Louis Fabiani Economy Arts market painting fine arts Cairn.info <p>How does art acquire commercial value? In this book, two historians concentrate on the “first market” for art, which exists prior to the resale market and speculative strategies. It examines the decisive moment when an artwork leaves the studio, the artist sets their price, and the artwork reaches the public.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Anne-Lafont-art-race-Africain-oeil-Lumieres https://booksandideas.net/Anne-Lafont-art-race-Africain-oeil-Lumieres 2020-09-28T07:00:00Z text/html en Guillaume Mazeau Arts Enlightenment History Colonialism racism Institut français fine arts <p>In a wide-ranging essay on the construction of race in Enlightenment art, Anne Lafont tracks down the responsibility of images in the naturalization of racial difference and the justification of colonialism.</p>