Dr. Carter provided a command performance for the students in
the AIM and Alternative Investments classes on March 9, 2016
Dr. Curtis Carter |
On Wednesday, March 9, the students in Dr. Krause’s
Alternative Investments and AIM classes were visited by Dr. Curtis Carter. According
to Krause, “Dr. Carter’s lecture on both the personal and the societal
importance of the visual and performing arts was greatly appreciated by the
students. His lecture included material on ‘art as an investment,' which
students found fascinating.”
Curtis Carter and David Krause |
His lecture in Dr. Krause’s classes included information about
the “smartest ways to invest in art.” Here are some of his major points about
investing in art:
- Buy Out of Style
“The
art market is cyclical”—artists go in and out of fashion, but so long as they
are/were talented enough, and were popular enough, there’s a good chance that
they will be back in style.
- Buy Obscure but Important
Some
collecting categories are improbably affordable because few people know about
them.
- Buy Outside the Narrative
The
worth of a work is often tied to its art-historical significance. Yet, pieces
that fall out of that historical narrative can be found for an outstanding
bargain.
Dr. Carter serves as an associate professor at Marquette
University's Les Aspin Center in Washington DC. At the Aspin Center, he teaches
a class titled "Arts in a Democratic Society", through which he
attempts to integrate the importance of the arts in a Democratic society. The
class consists of tours of art museums, historical landmarks and buildings in
the DC area, visits to performances at the Kennedy Center. He also teaches
several classes on the philosophy of art on Marquette’s campus.
Dr. Carter’s course in the Philosophy of Art again will be
taught on campus in the Fall 2016 semester – in addition to his Arts in a
Democratic Society course at the Les Aspin.
Dr. Krause said, “I encourage my
students to take his class in the Fall. This is an outstanding course and it
usually fills quickly – so sign up soon. Also I know that in the Spring
semester of 2017 he will be offering course on arts/aesthetics and city life –
which will include an April 2017 conference with national and international
speakers. We are thankful that he visited our classes this week.”