Artists Incorporated

Corporate Collaborations with Artists and their Impact on Business
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-04271-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries

Taking an exhaustive look at the changing relationship between artists and business organisations, this book demonstrates how artists are no longer confined to the art market.

Recent developments in art, artistic work, and management have fostered an unprecedented convergence between artists and companies. Artistic interventions are increasingly integrated into organisational settings. This book examines this evolution and seeks to demonstrate beyond common misconceptions what these initiatives can concretely bring to companies: strengthening brand image, teaching creative work methods, and restoring a sense of pride through the rediscovery of aesthetics in everyday routines. Readers will first encounter a discussion of the sociology of art and management, providing a framework to explain the origins of artistic interventions in organisations. The text explores how practitioners and researchers have sought to understand these initiatives before delving into their real contributions, as well as the myths surrounding them. Grounded in the observation of nearly a dozen projects and approximately 80 interviews, this book offers a comprehensive perspective, enriched by multiple case studies that illustrate its arguments.

This book is designed for researchers, students, practitioners and those with an interest in the creative and cultural industries. It offers practical examples and field insights to cut through the myths and reveal the genuine value of collaborations between artists and companies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blonski, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstförderung, Mäzenatentum, Auktionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1. Art, artists, companies: Three converging trends 1. Art. Contemporary aesthetics: towards a decompartmentalization 2. Artists. Craftspeople, elite, revolutionaries, but above all workers. 3. Companies. From traditional patronage to co-creation projects Part 2. The diversity of collaborations between artists and companies 4. An elusive diversity? Insights from practitioners 5. Artistic interventions in organisations: a research journey Part 3. Critique of the usefulness of collaborations between artists and companies 6. Learning creativity through art in companies: fact and fiction 7. The aesthetics of work and the delicate question of sensemaking 8. Field resistance and theoretical opposition Part 4. Art, critique, organisation. Towards a permanent recreation of value 9. Managing criticism triggered by artistic practice. False debates and real possibilities 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Blonski is an Assistant Professor at ICN Business School, Université de Lorraine, CEREFIGE. His research on cultural and creative industries focuses on the careers of artists and creative profiles, especially through artistic interventions in organisations. Drawing on both art history and sociology of art, he challenges the prevailing biases in narratives about art and artists, shifting the focus toward a Beckerian framework: art is less about divine inspiration and more about a deliberate, rule-bound work process, whose specificities he meticulously explores.