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Arts fundingnews
UK artists earning an average of just £12,500 per year, says new report
The document warns that visual arts is now a 'privileged profession', where 'only those with certain economic advantages can afford to pursue and sustain a career'
Restitutionanalysis
Digital shadows: what happens to an artefact's data after it is restituted?
Museums are stepping up efforts to return physical objects to their original owners—but repatriation policies often do not consider the digital information associated with them
Datacomment
A crisis of faith: is Big Data the art world’s new religion?
The rise of Big Data means that connoisseurship is being replaced by "intel", which has far-reaching implications for the art world
Art marketarchive
Chinese auction data lacks credibility
Leading British university research questions saleroom reporting
Art marketarchive
The auction houses are distorting our understanding of Chinese art
Chinese auction house data deemed unreliable and misleading as not all artists have made it to the salesroom yet