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The status of art has undergone a shift in the last 20 years. There was a time when the value of a work of art came from the social and aesthetic status it had within its culture, but this has been increasingly displaced by the role of art works as commodities in international markets. We live in a world where French-owned Van Goghs are sold in London to the Japanese for tens of millions of American dollars. In this book, art theorists and artists re-examine the nature of artistic value, bringing historical and critical perspectives to contemporary controversies surrounding national identity, political economy and government policy.

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Capital Culture is a very stimulating and valuable collection of essays that raises issues central to current debates affecting art and cultural politics in the modern world. The essays bring important new insights and perspectives on cultural policy, national identity, and the economics of art in general. It is particularly exciting to see a book dedicated to examining theoretical, institutional, and artistic practices in Canada - a focus which also foregrounds the important contributions of Canadian artists, scholars, and museum and gallery curators to the larger international debates affecting modernist and postmodernist studies. Maureen Ryan, Art History, University of British Columbia

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