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- 03 Feb 2021
- News
A Collector Ahead of the Curve, Remembered
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
Bridging the Worlds of Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art
- 08 Mar 2019
- News
A Passionate Patron and Collector
The New York Times recently profiled art collector Reginald Van Lee (MBA 1984), discussing some of his collection with him in his Manhattan apartment. Van Lee, who retired from Booz Allen Hamilton in 2016,... View Details
- Fall 2020
- Article
Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa
Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa." Negotiation Journal 36, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 471–487.
- 07 Apr 2023
- News
Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art
- 06 Apr 2023
- Video
Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art
- 16 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
I am what you may consider an atypical candidate at HBS; I am an art history major in pursuit of an MBA, dedicated to a career path in the arts. My fascination with art stems from an experience I had in... View Details
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
I am what you may consider an atypical candidate at HBS; I am an art history major in pursuit of an MBA, dedicated to a career path in the arts. My fascination with art stems from an experience I had in... View Details
- October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market
By: Mukti Khaire
The Paddle8 case is a short case that presents the idea for a new business in the global art market and asks students to evaluate whether it will work, given the structure and unique workings of the art market. Paddle8 is a New York-based startup that partners with... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Business Plan; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Trade; Fine Arts Industry; New York (city, NY)
Khaire, Mukti. "Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market." Harvard Business School Case 812-047, October 2011. (Revised September 2014.)
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism
informed, to track art transactions and auction results,” Weidner says. Where’s a collector to start, though? We asked him to share a few pieces of advice for burgeoning aesthetes. READ MORE Is the Auction... View Details
- December 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Barbara Krakow Gallery
By: Jose Alvarez and Nyssa Liebermann
The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary art gallery located in Boston. It utilizes a very rare "no haggle pricing" strategy and extended sales cycle when selling pieces to collectors. Though it remains profitable and very respected, the size and scope... View Details
Keywords: Barbara Krakow Gallery; Art Gallery; Art Market; Art World; Artist; Auction House; Primary Art Market; Secondary Art Market; Exhibition; Contemporary Art; Art Collector; Art Dealer; Art Fair; No Haggle Pricing; Extended Sales Cycle; Christie's; Sotheby's; Online Art Seller; Barbara Krakow; Andrew Witkin; Catalogue Raisonne; Arts; Small Business; Business Model; Transition; Customer Relationship Management; Fine Arts Industry; Boston
Alvarez, Jose, and Nyssa Liebermann. "Barbara Krakow Gallery." Harvard Business School Case 514-033, December 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
advantage of opportunities to pursue a lifelong passion for collecting modern and contemporary art—and not just paintings, drawings, and photographs. Among the several thousand pieces of art van Caldenborgh has collected over the years... View Details
- January 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand
By: Jill Avery
A 16th century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by many to have been destroyed and then rediscovered less than a decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo da... View Details
Keywords: Brands; Brand Valuation; Art Collector; Arts Marketing; Auction House; Auctions; Luxury Brand; Luxury Consumers; Luxury Goods; Marketing; Valuation; Marketing Strategy; Arts; Luxury; Value; Brands and Branding; Fine Arts Industry; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe; United States; United Arab Emirates
Avery, Jill. "Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand." Harvard Business School Case 518-066, January 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
primary market for collectors is to discover a diamond in the rough," Khaire said. "But as a collector, you have to be much more confident about your ability to judge art if you want to do it as an... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
“If You’re Not There… You’re Not There”: How Art Market Platforms Induce Status Anxiety to Coerce Participation
By: James Riley and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
This paper, an 18-month ethnographic investigation of international art fairs (IAFs), shows how market platforms can have a coercive effect, inducing sellers (i.e., art galleries) to participate despite ambivalence over their value and anxiety over the process by which... View Details
- Web
Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising
scrapbooks—whether for stamps, coins, or newspaper clippings—had developed into a favorite nineteenth-century pastime and spawned its own industry. Collectors could refer to how-to books on the art of... View Details
- 10 May 2019
- News
Bringing Art to the People It Depicts
government agencies and Life magazine, taking intimate photos of regular people, such as families in the segregated South, and celebrities such as boxing great Muhammad Ali alike. “Art is not meant to be in your personal space,” Dean told the Gazette. “I feel like it’s... View Details
- Web
Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art Featuring artists Thaddeus Mosley, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and Carrie Mae Weems in conversation with Professor Henry McGee,... View Details
- August 2022
- Case
SuperRare: Turning an NFT Marketplace into a DAO
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Scott Duke Kominers and Amy Klopfenstein
In June 2021, John Crain and Jonathan Perkins, the founders of SuperRare, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), contemplate whether to transform their company into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Crain and Perkins founded SuperRare in 2018 to... View Details
Keywords: NFTs; Crypto Economy; Alternative Assets; DAOs; Arts; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Finance; Currency; Investment; Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Network Effects; Market Design; Market Transactions; Market Timing; Web Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Scott Duke Kominers, and Amy Klopfenstein. "SuperRare: Turning an NFT Marketplace into a DAO." Harvard Business School Case 823-027, August 2022.
- Web
Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
for his father, Philip Lehman, who had worked with the influential art connoisseur and collector Bernard Berenson. Robert became a renowned collector as well, and in 1954, the... View Details