Art and Its Market
In the conversation "Art and Its Market," Dirk Boll, Bärbel Trautwein, and Fabian Schöneich will discuss the history and present of the art market, drawing from Dirk Boll's 2024 book of the same name. The conversation at CCA Berlin will shed light on the economic underbelly of the art world, examining how it both influences and is shaped by artists' practices. The aim is to offer the audience—particularly artists—a deeper understanding of the often little-discussed market world, along with practical tools to navigate it, while opening new perspectives on the complex relationship between art and economy.
Free entry. The conversation will be held in German.
Dirk Boll, photo by Michael Kindermann. Bärbel Trautwein, photo by Diana Pfammatter.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Boll is a jurist and cultural manager. He began his career at Christie's in London in 1998 and is currently Deputy Chairman 20th & 21st Century Art. Dirk Boll teaches cultural management in Hamburg and is an external examiner at Kingston University, London. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Zurich (UZH - Art Market Studies) and the Board of the Central Archive for German and International Art Market Research (ZADIK). He has been publishing observations and analyses of market systems for 20 years. His book “Die Kunst und ihr Markt” (Hatje Cantz) was published in 2024.
Bärbel Trautwein is a gallery owner and, together with Daniel Herleth, runs Galerie Trautwein Herleth in Berlin. The gallery is equally sensitive to artistic developments and political issues and is characterized by an ongoing interest in conceptually grounded and feminist positions. Bärbel Trautwein was co-founder of the project space Oracle, where exhibitions and performances were realized at various locations in Berlin between 2013-2017.