Art as Enterprise

Grace McQuilten is an Honorary Fellow at The University of Melbourne and CEO of The Social Studio Inc. Her expertise in the intersection of art, consumer culture, economics and social enterprise has been called upon in a number of contexts including public speaking, media interviews, academic research projects, and professional consultancies. Anthony White is Senior Lecturer in Art History at The University of Melbourne. He holds graduate degrees in Art History from Harvard University and The University of Melbourne and a Business degree from Swinburne University. Alongside his research and teaching activities, he has been employed as an exhibition curator - at Harvard University's Fogg Museum in Cambridge and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

• Table of ContentsPage No.List of IllustrationsiiiAcknowledgementsivIntroduction1Chapter 1: Why Art as Social Enterprise? 6Chapter 2: Art, Money and Society28Chapter 3: ‘Bad’ Art and its Benefits Part I: ‘Good’ Art54Part II: ‘Bad’ Art67Chapter 4: Art as EnterprisePart I: Art’s Exploitation of Labour89Part II: Work as Art120Chapter 5: Art as Social Enterprise? 145Conclusion181Bibliography185