Download PDFOpen PDF in browserThe Scale of the Legal and Illegal Trade of Cultural ObjectsEasyChair Preprint 156865 pages•Date: January 8, 2025AbstractThe aim of today’s discussion is to present the scale of the legal and illegal trade of cultural objects in the UK. ‘The correlation between arts, financial markets and economies is demonstrated by the scale of the circulation of art as a commodity (its commercialization). This scale is illustrated by figures in the trade of reproducible and performing arts rather than in unique artefacts. The question that should be addressed is whether art has the same characteristics as other commodities’ (Chatzidi, 2024:72). Keyphrases: Art trade, Illegal trade, legal trade
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