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California Faces Culture Crisis as Studies Show Art Workers Could Leave the State
Last year, 175,000 jobs were lost in the California creative economy, with almost 110,000 of those in LA County.
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Artists Support Themselves Through Freelance Work and Don't Find Galleries Especially Helpful, New Study Says
A study based on a survey of more than 1,000 practicing visual artists sheds light on the economics of making art.
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Art by Women Sells for 47.6% Less Than Works by Men, Study Finds
In a study that included analysis of auction data and experiments with thousands of respondents, researchers found that perception of artists' gender consistently affects how their work is valued.
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Study Finds Museum Salaries Are Rising Across the Board, Despite Huge Disparities
While salaries rose by 3% in 2016, museum directors are making about nine times what security guards do, according to the Association of Art Museum Directors.
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Meteorologists: Munch Was Mad for Mother-of-Pearl Clouds When He Made "The Scream"
In a new study, three scientists claim that Edvard Munch's iconic image was inspired by nacreous clouds, a rare meteorological phenomenon.
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Looking for a Job in the Arts? Try North Dakota, New Study Suggests
A new report by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce tracks the economic impact of the arts nationally and state by state.
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Cultural Organizations Improve Quality of Life in NYC’s Low-Income Neighborhoods, Report Finds
Among the report's surprising findings is that the city's cultural sector is phenomenally informal and extensive, with more than 4,700 nonprofit cultural providers and more than 17,000 for-profit cultural entities.
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Study of 500 Years of Still Lifes Confirms We've Long Had an Appetite for Exotic Foods
The Dutch loved painting lemons; Italians, oranges and pears. Meanwhile, artists from the US and France were the most likely to incorporate the humble cracker into their canvases.
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Study Suggests Creative People Are Kinda Psycho
If you can't get enough of the myth of the mad genius, you'll love the results of this new study: In the journal Personality and Individual Differences, researchers suggest that creative individuals share more personality traits with psychopaths than their less creative peers do.
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The Art of Narcissists Earns More at Auction, Researchers Claim
A new study confirms your suspicions that in the art world, delusional self-regard pays off: researchers found that work by narcissistic artists is likely to sell for more money at auction than work by their humbler counterparts.
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Can a Computer Program Discern the Value of an MFA?
To MFA or not to MFA? The debate about the value of an Master of Fine Arts degree rages on in the art and literary worlds.
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Education, Not Wealth or Class, Matters Most When It Comes to Making Art
According to findings at the University of Oxford, wealth has absolutely nothing to do with whether people pick up a paintbrush or attend a dance class.