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SUMMARY:Trust and Power in the Art Market: A Machiavellian World?&quot\; -
  Dr. Anna Dempster\, CRA Wolfson College\, Cambridge
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:One of the most controversial texts in Western literature\, Ni
 ccolo Machiavelli’s\, Il Principe published in 1513\, offers lessons for
  state-building\, leadership and rule. His writings have been translated b
 y contemporary theorists to inform ideas on management\, business and orga
 nisation and his recommendations continue to both repel and inspire today.
  Machiavelli is commonly associated with advocating a calculated mix of de
 ceit and force in the acquisition of power and a ‘Machiavellian’ appro
 ach has become synonymous with a manipulative ethic where the ‘ends just
 ify the means’. Yet on the eve of his 500 year anniversary revisionist i
 nterpretations have stressed the text’s positive attributes including a 
 core aim of enabling a stable\, sustainable and efficient political regime
  in the context of extreme uncertainty. In this presentation I highlight a
  number of possible commonalities shared by the art world and Machiavelli
 ’s princely state particularly regarding behavioural norms and instituti
 onal structures dependant on trust and interpersonal networks. Not unlike 
 Machiavelli’s court setting\, the often opaque art world provides ample 
 tales of mystery and intrigue\, loyalty and betrayal. I will consider how 
 Machiavelli’s text might inform established and emergent art world organ
 isations and practices and how Machiavelli is relevant to an industry whic
 h is\, arguably\, undergoing a period of radical and fundamental change.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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