Collecting activity and creation of cultural institutions in Athens: basic hypotheses and a case study
Abstract
This paper aims at restituting the social and economic conditions of creation of non-profit foundations in Athens by members of the business elite. The hypothesis of the article is that the creation of non-profit foundations is a practice of cultural distinction, which offers symbolic profit as it generates a public image of economic disinterest vis-à-vis culture. In the first part of the paper, we investigate the general conditions of creation of the foundations, indicating the role of the enlargement of the upper classes in the social structure of Athens, and the restructuring of the Greek business world. In the second part, we present a case study, that of the DESTE foundation, which verifies our general hypothesis. The
examination of the activity of the foundation and its president illustrate, also, the importance of the international art market as well as the way that networks of art people emerge around non-profit foundations.
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Σουλιώτης Ν. (2016). Collecting activity and creation of cultural institutions in Athens: basic hypotheses and a case study. The Greek Review of Social Research, 127, 103–140. https://doi.org/10.12681/grsr.9879
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