Contemporary Street Art and the Art Market

Guiding principles of street art

How do these principles compare to those of other kinds of artists?

The impact of street art

On communities

On politics

On the level and nature of public interaction with art and how the public views art

Notable contemporary street artists

Basquiat

Banksy

Keith Haring

Street art and the art market

Street artists and symbolic capital

Where market interests collide with artistic principles

Street art and dealers, galleries, and museums

            How do museum exhibitions affect the value for works included?

Art and accessibility

Does street art uniquely broaden access to the arts, doing more than other forms of art do to render art a public asset and remove it from the sole propriety of the wealthy/elite? How might this process affect its value in the art market?

Working List of References

http://basquiat.com/

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

http://www.haring.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mat-gleason/street-art-market-collaps_b_856756.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXGV2H8i2To

http://blogs.forbes.com/tamarawarren/2011/04/29/art-in-the-streets-autos-at-moca/

http://blog.vandalog.com/2010/10/the-art-market-makes-no-sense/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576317260315412944.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071304576160544164062176.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576313861591809884.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576317260315412944.html#printMode

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576313861591809884.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/graffiti-street-art-ndash-or-crime-868736.html

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/travel/09weekend.html

http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-best-cities-for-street-art

http://www.artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2570

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071304576160544164062176.html

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