Placing Arts Districts within Markets

A Case Study of 798 Arts District in Beijing

Bibliographic Data

ID4381650
AuthorsAnna Y Zhang (0000-0002-7098-5197, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Amy Y Zhang
Year2019
Volume43
Issue6
Pages1028-1045
Publication date2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.12748
OpenAlexW2914110589
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited54

This article examines the dual role of arts districts as places situated simultaneously in the urban land and art markets. It highlights the need for research into arts districts to take this dual role into account, as well as the impact that the two markets can have on these places. While the impact of the art market on land values in arts districts has been studied in some cases of art-led gentrification, there has been limited consideration of how the changing organization and structure of the art world and art market have affected these places, especially during the last decade. Through a case study of 798 Arts District in Beijing, China, this article demonstrates that both land value and the art market situation need to be taken into account when explaining changes to and/or the spatial stickiness of an art scene, and that an artist community's investment in the value of an arts district as a generator of symbolic capital in the art market could be one driver of land value. The article concludes by advocating for greater attention to the dual market role of arts districts, as well as a stronger engagement with the knowledge produced by art scholars in geographical and urban studies of arts districts

Archaeology · Art · Beijing · China · Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Sociology · The arts · Value (mathematics) · Visual arts · Art History and Market Analysis · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Urban Planning and Governance

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