unaware collectors or investors. By actively selecting works of art and distributing information, they define art trends and have an impact on the whole art industry, thus galleries with big reputations gain ever-increasing reputational advantages.
A dynamic model: innovation, information and competition
In order to further explain the dynamics of the art market the researchers identified three crucial factors: ‘innovation’ is a characteristic of gallery behavior; ‘information’ is what the
Intrinsic impacts of arts and culture (Research category)
The intrinsic impacts of arts and culture relate to the ways in which people are affected by these phenomena. The sort of intrinsic impacts found in this section include the feeling of escape from daily life, being made to think afresh about the world, or perhaps enjoying a moment of self-reflection.
The summaries in this category are:
The summaries in this category are:
Models of community engagement in arts and culture (Research category)
This section showcases research that looks at how cultural organisations can effectively reach out to the public. More information about this subject can be found at the Consultation Institute and Involve.
The summaries in this category are:
The summaries in this category are:
Developing new audiences in arts and culture (Research category)
This section houses research relating specifically to audience development. The two main issues covered by this section relate to attracting new audiences, and diversifying an existing audience base.The research in this section should be seen as a complement to CultureHive and AudienceFinder: two relatively new resources that are rich with best practice guidance and insight.The summaries in this category are:
The persuasiveness of theatre reviews and adverts in old and new media
This research was conducted by Russell Thomas Warne and Malisa M. Drake-Brooks at Utah Valley University, USASummaryWhen reading
a review of a play, would you trust a blog post more than a newspaper article?
How effective are advertisements and how do they influence how much you are
willing to pay for a theatre ticket? This study answered those questions using
318 survey responses in which participants were asked to share their reactions
to theatre reviews and advertisements. The study found
a review of a play, would you trust a blog post more than a newspaper article?
How effective are advertisements and how do they influence how much you are
willing to pay for a theatre ticket? This study answered those questions using
318 survey responses in which participants were asked to share their reactions
to theatre reviews and advertisements. The study found
Thinking about cultural engagement in terms of capabilities and ecologies
website, nested within BBC Arts, in which people could share examples of their creative activities and outputs. [And] several hundred Get Creative Champions – organisations or individuals who put on Get Creative events’). The paper proposes that policymakers and researchers begin to approach the business of cultural policy by asking how human flourishing can be supported by giving people the means and opportunities to make art or music, to express themselves and learn for themselves (rather than
International impacts of arts and culture (Research category)
Our stakeholders identified this area of research as being of interest, and we are actively looking for papers from peer-reviewed journals to put this section together. If you know of any suitable research then please get in touch.
Consumer behaviour in arts and culture (Research category)
This section looks at how people engaging in arts and culture tend to behave as consumers: how they make decisions about ticket purchases, how they may be encouraged to spend more, how they interact with one another, and how they use cultural spaces.
The summaries in this category are:
The summaries in this category are:
Using theatre to engage people in neuroscience and criminal justice
This research was conducted by Robert Blakey at the
University of Oxford
Summary
This paper looked at whether people’s attitude to youth justice
can be changed by watching a play about neuroscience. After watching the play, people
recommended a slightly higher age of criminal responsibility than is currently
the case in the UK and attributed less moral responsibility to a hypothetical
young offender. Their attitudes changed after watching a play, Brainstorm, at
the National Theatre in 2016
University of Oxford
Summary
This paper looked at whether people’s attitude to youth justice
can be changed by watching a play about neuroscience. After watching the play, people
recommended a slightly higher age of criminal responsibility than is currently
the case in the UK and attributed less moral responsibility to a hypothetical
young offender. Their attitudes changed after watching a play, Brainstorm, at
the National Theatre in 2016
Music preferences map onto economic and political divides in America
nation's 95 largest urban areas.There seems to be a divide between two musical cultures in urban America‘Broadly speaking, two musical types—sophisticated and contemporary [music deemed to be ‘inspiring, intelligent, complex, and dynamic’ and ‘percussive and electric’]—are associated with more affluent, more educated, more knowledge-based places that are also denser, more diverse, and politically liberal. Two other musical types— unpretentious and intense [music deemed to be ‘relaxing