Research on contemporary art and culture.
Data and analysis on contemporary cultural production and its wider contexts.
- FIELD
- Art and culture
- METHODS
- Quantitative and qualitative
- SCOPE
- International
- OUTPUT
- Reports and data
Arts Lab Research conducts research on contemporary art, culture and adjacent creative domains, with attention to the conditions under which they are produced, circulated and received.
The institute's work addresses cultural developments across a range of contexts, scales and disciplines, drawing on quantitative and qualitative approaches as the respective line of inquiry requires.
Findings are published in the form of reports, datasets and briefings, and are intended to serve as a point of reference in professional, academic and general settings.
Areas of inquiry
The institute's research is organised along a number of broadly defined areas, which are reviewed periodically as the field develops.
Explore our researchEconomic dimensions of cultural production, including valuation, demand and circulation.
The emergence and diffusion of cultural developments across contexts.
Relations between cultural production and its wider social and spatial environment.
Approaches to the collection and interpretation of cultural data.
We see the world as it is.
The institute approaches its subject matter from several vantage points. Research designs are determined by the question at hand and may combine quantitative data, documentary sources and contextual interpretation.
- Contextual perspective
- Attention to the regional, disciplinary and institutional context of each subject.
- Quantitative evidence
- Measured data, market figures and documented developments.
- Qualitative interpretation
- Assessment that situates data within its cultural context.
A systematic and documented body of research on contemporary art and culture, maintained as a point of reference.
Research designed around the question at hand.
Findings situated in their cultural and temporal setting.
Comparable approaches across studies and over time.
Sources and procedures recorded as part of the work.
Conclusions limited to what the evidence supports.
Press office
Requests for data, background information and comment on matters within the institute's field may be directed to the press office.
Visit the press officeWritten comment on developments within the field.
Figures and findings from published research.
Contextual information on subjects within the field.