Lee et al., "Social signals predict contemporary art prices better than visual features, particularly in emerging markets" (2024)

2024-05-21 → 2026-08-14

Kangsan Lee, Jaehyuk Park, Sam Goree, David Crandall, and Yong-Yeol Ahn, Scientific Reports 14, 11615 (2024)
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@article{lee2024social,
    author = {Kangsan Lee and Jaehyuk Park and Sam Goree and David Crandall and Yong-Yeol Ahn},
    title = {Social signals predict contemporary art prices better than visual features, particularly in emerging markets},
    journal = {Scientific Reports},
    volume = {14},
    pages = {11615},
    doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-60957-z},
    year = {2024},
}

Compares visual features with social information about artists and markets for predicting contemporary-art auction prices. Social signals predict prices much better, especially in emerging markets.

Art market, Social construction of value, Cultural market

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