La certification de la valeur de l'art. Experts et expertises - article ; n°6 ; vol.48, pg 1421-1445

Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1993 - Volume 48 - Numéro 6 - Pages 1421-1445
The Certification of Art Value Experts and Expertises.
Art being now specialised activity appeal to experts is generalised and dominates cultural institutions and the art market. The analysis of the two major categories of experts in the French use of the term, museum curators and independant experts, is undertaken on the basis of the concepts of the sociology of professions distinction between the specialists of art classé and of contemporary art is drawn within these two large categories of actors. In the case of art classé, art value certification is constructed on the basis of attribution In the case of contemporary art the validation of the work as art is the basis of this certification. Certification of art value minimizes the uncertainty risk which is characteristic of art markets and especially the contempor ary art market.
25 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.