%0 Journal Article
%T Ut oeconomia Pictura: How the Global Art Market is Changing the Dominant Canons
%J International Journal of Arts
%@ 2168-5002
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.arts.20120206.02
%X This study explores the pressure that the new configuration of the art market is exerting on the alleged universalism of Western artistic conventions, in particular as a result of the dramatic increase in the quotation of Chinese artists and the growth of China¡¯s market share globally. In fact, over the last decade, there has been a great cultural and economic valuation of artistic expressions that hardly correspond to Western conventions at all, especially in Asian and Islamic countries. These changes call for a thorough revision of the ethnocentrism that marks the West¡¯s artistic narratives and canons, as the need to create more inclusive narratives becomes increasingly more evident.
%K Art Market
%K Canons
%K Art History
%K Globalization
%K China
%U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.arts.20120206.02.html