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165 gap statements mined from Art History and Market Analysis papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 2,683 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The study highlights the need for critical examination of the relation between artistic labour and class and gender positions.

    ARTISTIC LABOUR, CLASS AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SERBIA: A CASE STUDY · 2026 · DOI

  • The author highlights the need to analyze the role of art in postmodern society.

    Devastation of the Inner State as a Consequence of the End of Culture – A Sociological Discussion on Art · 2026 · DOI

  • A forthcoming quantitative survey will build on the findings of this study. Further research could explore the impact of art education on interest in art photography. Studies could investigate the generalizability of the findings to other art markets.

    The Role of Visual Education and Social Perception in Shaping the Art Photography Market: A Qualitative Analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • The consumer's side of the Romanian art photography market is under-studied. Prior research has focused on photographers and macroeconomic factors, neglecting the consumer's perspective.

    The Role of Visual Education and Social Perception in Shaping the Art Photography Market: A Qualitative Analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • The need to address multicollinearity in the regression model.

    Digitalization reporting in US art museums in time of crisis: a two stage least squares TSLS regression · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the current approach to addressing moral injury, which often focuses on resilience workshops rather than confronting the emotional weight of the work. The author argues that this approach is insufficient and that a new perspective is needed.

    Grasping the nettle: notes from a roving artist at Congress – Reflections · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need to analyse the historical dimension of reviewing. The article argues that modern historiography tends to gloss over the specific institutional dynamics of review practices.

    Post-publication Reviews, Peer Comments, and Discipline Formation in Art History · 2025 · DOI

  • The gap is related to the difference in attitude towards art between America and European culture.

    The Transformation of Art and Culture in America During the Communication Revolution · 1987 · DOI

  • Future research can explore the application of the concept of medium and form to different art forms. The paper's ideas can be used to investigate the role of art in shaping cultural norms.

    The Medium of Art · 1987 · DOI

  • The authors mention that the distinction between entropy and negentropy is limited in its ability to encompass processes of transformation.

    The Medium of Art · 1987 · DOI

  • The traditional approach to teaching Art History has been ineffective. Art historians have struggled to establish their subject as a legitimate academic discipline. There is a need to overcome the divide between art historians and studio practitioners.

    Before the Vanishing Point: some perspectives on teaching Art History to Studio Practitioners · 1987 · DOI

  • The traditional approach to teaching Art History has been ineffective. There is a need for a more collaborative and relevant approach to teaching Art History. The paper identifies a gap in the current teaching of Art History, which can be addressed by a reorientation towards a material-structural analysis.

    Before the Vanishing Point: some perspectives on teaching Art History to Studio Practitioners · 1987 · DOI

  • The law relating to forgery-based offences was unsatisfactory prior to 1981. The Forgery Act 1913 did not provide a clear definition of 'false' or 'document'. The 1981 Act addresses these gaps by providing a clear definition of 'false' and extending the scope of forgery to include art fakes and commercial passing-off.

    Forgery Reforged: Art‐Faking and Commercial Passing‐Off Since 1981 · 1986 · DOI

  • It highlights the need to explore the importance of these fairs as a social control mechanism for art/crafts.

    The art and craft fair: A new institution in an old art world · 1986 · DOI

  • The lack of a simple formula for increasing emphasis on the arts.

    Formula Elusive for Legislative Approval of the Arts · 1986 · DOI

  • The lack of a simple formula for increasing emphasis on the arts in public education. The need for arts advocates to understand the people and agencies involved.

    Formula Elusive for Legislative Approval of the Arts · 1986 · DOI

  • In such high-involvement consumption domains, consumers are typically willing to invest significant time and cognitive resources to master the requisite tools and platforms, because the anticipated hedonic and utilitarian value of successful participation outweighs the learning costs.

    Determinants of crypto art adoption among Chinese consumers: an extended UTAUT2 approach · 2026 · DOI

  • It is now accepted that the development of Haitian art began before the creation of the Centre d'art, a training and exhibition space developed by the United States artist Dewitt Peters in 1944, and is not limited to the art naïf that came to epitomize the country's artistic production in the minds of art historians, art dealers, and artists themselves.

    Producing, Collecting, and Exhibiting Bizango Sculptures from Haiti: Transatlantic Vodou on the International Art Scene · 2018 · DOI

  • Forty paintings of Leopold Levy, who assumed an important duty in a certain the period of Turkish art and art teaching, whose visual works are scarcely seen in the national literature, belonging to Ünal-Ceyda Göğüş collection painted between 1920 and 1966, were exhibited in the TUYAP 2014 24th international art fair artist.

    LEOPOLD LEVY AS AN ARTIST AND ART TEACHER AND HIS EFFECT ON TURKISH PAINTING · 2015 · DOI

  • The study argues that the arts can provide insights into the nature and impact of quality in the economy.

    The Arts: Consumption Skills in An the Post‐Modern Economy · 1987 · DOI

  • Balancing the needs of gifted students with those of the broader student population. Avoiding the potential negative consequences of elitism in education.

    If “Excellence” Doesn't Kill the Arts, Elitism Will · 1986 · DOI

  • Further research can explore the impact of digitalization on other types of museums, - The study can be extended to other countries or regions, - More variables can be included in the regression…

    Digitalization reporting in US art museums in time of crisis: a two stage least squares TSLS regression · 2026 · DOI

  • Beyond the bizarre obsession of the aging son, who lived with and for his artworks hidden from public view, the case raises fundamental questions about the role of art dealers during and after the Third Reich, the mechanics of a largely secretive and insufficiently documented market in looted art, the complicity of art historians and business associations, the shortcomings of postwar denazification, the failure…

    Nazi-Looted Art and Its Legacies: Introduction · 2017 · DOI

  • Out of the few studies on the economic condition of an artist/performer, my paper quotes the one endorsed by ZASP (Association of Polish Stage Artists) entitled “Artysto scen polskich, powiedz nam, za co żyjesz?” (“Polish Stage Artists, Tell Us How You Make a Living”), which involved 599 respondents.

    Zarządzanie i teatr. O statusie artysty w Polsce · 2017 · DOI

  • Filling an important gap in the literature relating to Canadian artists and their financial situation on the labour market, this article estimates the effect of human capital features and other socio-demographic variables on self-employment income of 9 categories of artists using data drawn from the Canadian census of 2006.

    Human Capital and Earning Differentials for Canadian Artists · 2016

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Further research could explore the impact of art education on interest in art photography (“The Role of Visual Education and Social Perception in Shaping the Art…”, 2026); (2) Future research can explore the application of the concept of medium and form to different art forms (“The Medium of Art”, 1987); (3) There is a need to overcome the divide between art historians and studio practitioners (“Before the Vanishing Point: some perspectives on teaching Art History to Studio…”, 1987); (4) The lack of a simple formula for increasing emphasis on the arts (“Formula Elusive for Legislative Approval of the Arts”, 1986). 165 gap statements have been mined from Art History and Market Analysis papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 2,683 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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