All sessions take place at the ULB - see 'Directions' for more details. Thursday 28 April 2011 17:00 - Welcome notes Victor Ginsburgh (Université Libre de Bruxelles) 17:15 - Opening sessions Darius Spieth (Louisiana State University / California Institute of Technology) Pricing Traditional African Art: The Genesis of a Marketplace and What It Reveals about the Valuation of Art James Goodwin (Christie's Education) Demography and the Art Market 18:15 - Reception Friday 29 April 2011 8:30 - Coffee 9:00 - Art markets in history Hans van Miegroet (Duke University) The Flemish Textiles Trade and New Imagery in Colonial Mexico, 1524-1646 (with Neil De Marchi) Darius Spieth (Louisiana State University / California Institute of Technology) Art, Auctions, and Public Spectacle in Nineteenth-Century Paris Kim Oosterlinck (Université Libre de Bruxelles) The Price of Degenerate Art 11:00 - Coffee 11:20 - Artist reputation Filip Vermeylen (Erasmus University Rotterdam) The Test of Time. Art Encyclopedia and the Formation of the Canon of Seventeenth-Century Painters in the Low Countries (with Veerle De Laet and Maarten van Dijck) Luc Renneboog (Tilburg University) The Value of Originality (with Christophe Spaenjers) 12:40 - Lunch 13:40 - Art markets today Christiane Hellmanzik (University of Hamburg) Democracy and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the Superstars of Modern Art Brunella Bruno (Bocconi University) Investing in Art: The Informational Content of Italian Painting Pre-Sale Estimates (with Giacomo Nocera) Leonard Wolk (Maastricht University) Myopic Bidders in Internet Auctions (with Rachel Pownall) Benjamin Mandel (Federal Reserve) Investment in Visual Arts: Evidence from International Transactions 16:20 - Coffee 16:40 - Methodological issues in art markets research Fabian Bocart (Université Catholique de Louvain) Estimating Log-Periodic Power Law Parameters by Exploiting Cointegration between Assets: An Application to the 1980s Bubble in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art (with Ken Bastiaensen and Peter Cauwels) Roberto Zanola (Università del Piemonte Orientale) The Return from Collectibles: An Unbiased Index 18:00 - Closing notes Gary Schwartz The Non-Market for Art |