A Data Visualization of Art & Money
Looking for a well-worth-it distraction? Check out Art & Money, an animated art auction infographic by Jean Abbiateci. It visualizes metrics for the top 270 most expensive artworks sold in auction between 2008 and 2011.
Methodology: the radius of the bubbles is calculated on the amount of sales. Theses prices do not include the buyer’s commission.
Data visualized includes the size of the artwork, the artist’s nationality, date created, selling price, etc. The data is then sorted in different categories so viewers can explore the relationship between male and female buyers, a comparison between top-selling work of dead artists and living artists, a look at how the top auction houses compare, etc.
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About the Author
Elizabeth Quaglieri Elizabeth Quaglieri is currently pursuing her dual-Master's in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University and in Cultural Economics from the University of Bologna. Elizabeth has been involved with various arts communities and organizations in the for-profit, not for profit, and federal sectors. Her interest in urban revitalization through the arts is a product of her undergraduate training in Art History, specifically in architecture and landscape studies; her graduate studies in creative economies; and her involvement with the vibrant arts community in her home city of Portland, Maine. Elizabeth currently lives in Italy.
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