AI and the Art Market

by Jo Lawson-Tancred

AI and the Art Market is the first book to offer an approachable introduction to AI for art-market professionals, considering AI' s impact on and possible applications within the art world, whether as a business tool or as an artistic medium. The two primary topics of how AI is affecting the art market and the market for AI art are united under the broad theme of how art-market professionals can be better equipped to work with AI in an art-world context, as relative novices.The book discusses questions such Can AI benefit your business? If you are open to working with the growing number of artists who use AI, how can you best support their practices and approach selling their work? What risks should you be aware of, and how can you distinguish between truly cutting-edge innovation and outlandish, unsubstantiated claims about AI? More broadly, how/is AI reshaping practices within the art market and what cultural changes should we be prepared for in the long term?AI and the Art Market puts forward a balanced overview of this increasingly Hot Topic, considering the benefits of AI while never shying away from its ethical complications and practical limitations.

104 pages, Hardcover

Published February 13, 2025

Reviews

[Oliwia Wcislo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well articulated book, it makes great points about AI's use in various art market areas (from providing objective data based valuations - limiting risk of human valuator bias/corrupt practise, to ideas of AI expanding the art market to a new generation of online focused buyers.)

Lawson-Tancred splits her evaluation into different segments, clearly referring to pros and cons of all propositions (e.g. AI still having limitations depending on the quality, quantity and bias input behind data inputted into its model) and provides sufficient examples of AI centred companies in the art market.

[Urban Andersson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trevlig bok om AI och vad den kan innebära för konsten, konstnärerna och konstmarknaden