FGV Launches First Academic Seminar on Art Market Economics
On September 21, the I Seminário Acadêmico de Economia do Mercado da Arte will take place at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), building on a study group established in 2016 by Professor Paulo Tenani. This group, which has grown to over 60 members, transitioned to a virtual format during the pandemic. Katya Hochleitner, an economist who became part of the group in 2018, emphasizes the seminar's goal of promoting dialogue between scholars and art market experts. She points out that the market's lack of transparency hinders growth in Brazil, attributing high prices and forgeries to informational asymmetry. Tenani likens the Brazilian art market to the financial landscape of the 1980s. Paper proposals are due by June 30.
Key facts
- The I Seminário Acadêmico de Economia do Mercado da Arte is scheduled for September 21.
- The event is organized by a study group founded in 2016 by professor Paulo Tenani at FGV Invest.
- The study group has grown to over 60 members and expanded virtually during the pandemic.
- Economist Katya Hochleitner, with advanced degrees from USP, joined the group in 2018.
- The seminar aims to promote research and reduce informational asymmetry in the art market.
- Hochleitner cites the lack of transparency as a major barrier to the Brazilian art market's growth.
- Paulo Tenani compares the market's current state to Brazil's financial sector in the 1980s.
- The call for papers for the seminar is open until June 30.
Entities
Institutions
- Fundação Getulio Vargas
- FGV Invest
- Escola de Economia de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas
- Universidade de São Paulo
- Art Basel
- UBS
- Associação Brasileira de Arte Contemporânea
- White Cube
- Gagosian
- The Economist
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Grande do Sul
- United States
- China
- Africa
- Russia
- Latin America