Survive in the art world: market the brand, sell the product

In the modern world artists are pushed to market themselves and sell their artistic output.
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Damien Hirst at the Tate (UK). Image: Getty Images

Artists such as Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali and, more recently, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons are regularly held up as masters of self-marketing and as global artist brands. Koons, for example, is feted on the pages of Vanity Fair and a retrospective of his work is on display at the Whitney Museum.

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Kim Lehman & Ian Fillis
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Kim Lehman is Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics at University of Tasmania. Ian Fillis is Senior Lecturer, Retail and Marketing, Stirling Management School at University of Stirling, UK.