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AMY WHITAKER New York University Steinhardt School Department of Art and Art Professions 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 [email protected] | +1 212.998.5174 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DEGREE INSTITUTION FIELD OF STUDY DATES OF STUDY Ph.D. Goldsmiths Political Economy 9/2019 - 1/2021 University of London (advisor: Will Davies) M.F.A. Slade School of Fine Art Painting 9/2002 – 6/2004 University College London M.B.A. Yale University Economics 9/1999 – 5/2001 B.A. Williams College Political Science, Art 9/1992 – 6/1996 magna cum laude ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016 – New York University, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Administration 2011 – 2015 Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Full-Time Faculty, M.A. in Art Business 2011 – 2016 School of Visual Arts, Founding Faculty, M.F.A. in Products of Design 2011 – 2013 California College of the Arts, Adjunct Faculty, M.B.A. in Design Strategy 2010 Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts 2009 Williams College, Adjunct Faculty, Economics and Art 2004 – 2005 Harvard Law School, Researcher and Editor, Internet Law (Jonathan Zittrain) 2001 – 2002 Yale University, Olin Fellow in Economics (Paul MacAvoy) 2000 – 2001 Yale University, Research Assistant in Economics (Sharon Oster) 2000 – 2001 Yale University, Teaching Assistant in Strategy (Ted Marmor) 1995 – 1996 Williams College, Teaching Assistant in Drawing (Mike Glier) 1995 – 1996 Williams College, Teaching Assistant in Color Theory (Ed Epping) OTHER APPOINTMENTS 2015 – 2016 New Museum Incubator, Entrepreneur-in-Residence 2013 – 2016 President, Professional Organization for Women in the Arts (POWarts) 2007– 2010 Locus Analytics, Senior Researcher and Consultant 2005 – 2007 D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., Associate, Investor Relations (Series 7 and 63) 2000 Tate, Associate, Business Strategy and Planning, Director’s Office 1998 – 1999 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Special Projects Coordinator, Education 1996 – 1998 Jenny Holzer Studio, Editor and Project Manager 1996 The Museum of Modern Art, Intern (then freelancer), Sales and Marketing PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Whitaker, A. (2021). Economics of Visual Art: Market Practice and Market Resistance. Cambridge University Press. Whitaker, A. (2016). Art Thinking. New York: Harper Business. Whitaker, A. (2009). Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art. Tucson, AZ: Hol Art Books. JOURNAL ARTICLES (* = first author; ** = equal contribution) 1. Whitaker, A.* and Kräussl, R. (2020). Fractional Equity, and the Future of Creative Work. Management Science. In press. [impact factor: 4.219] 2. Whitaker, A.,* Bracegirdle, A., De Menil, S., Gitlitz, M.A. and Saltos, L. (2020). Art, Antiquities, and Blockchain: New Approaches to the Restitution of Cultural Heritage. International Journal of Cultural Policy. In press. [impact factor: 1.450] 3. Whitaker, A.* and Grannemann, H. (2019). Artists’ Royalties and Performers’ Equity: A Ground-Up Approach to Social Impact Investment in Creative Fields. Cultural Management, 3(2): 33-51. 4. Whitaker, A. (2019) Art and Blockchain: A Primer, History, and Taxonomy of Use Cases in the Arts. Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, 8(2): 21-46. 5. Whitaker, A. (2019). Economic Provenance: The Financial Analysis of Art Historical Records. Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 6(27). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol6/iss1/27 6. Whitaker, A. (2019). Shared Value over Fair Use: Technology, Added Value, and the Reinvention of Copyright, Cardozo Art and Entertainment Law Journal 37 (3), 635-657. 7. Whitaker, A. (2018). Artist as Owner Not Guarantor: The Art Market from the Artist’s Point of View. Visual Resources, 34(1-2): 48-64. 8. Whitaker, A. (2017). Partnership Strategies for Creative Placemaking in Teaching Entrepreneurial Artists. Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, 6(2): 23-31. ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW 1. Whitaker, A. (2020). Creative Industries and the Mispricing of Risk: Economies of Scope in Artists’ Incubator Projects. Journal of Cultural Economics. 2. Whitaker, A. (2020). Equity, Empathy, and Leadership: Reconsidering People as the Institution. Curator: The Museum Journal. 3. Whitaker, A., Thomson, D., Lu, Y., and Garde, K. (2019). Cultural Festivals in the Age of Blockchain: A New Economic and Social Model for Festival Support and Community Engagement. International Journal of Arts Management. WHITAKER CV – SEPTEMBER 2020 2 4. Whitaker, A. (working paper). The ROI on Creativity: Measuring the Impact of Creativity on the Firm. Journal of Creativity and Innovation Management. ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS IN PROGRESS 1. Whitaker, A. (2020). Is Ownership Real? The Structural Performativity of Property Rights. Working paper for the 12th Annual Critical Finance Studies Conference, Goldsmiths, London (virtual), August 2020. 2. Whitaker, A. and Glick A. (2020). Object Impermanence: Ethics, Endowments, and Museum Deaccessioning. In Mark S. Gold and Sefamie S. Jandl, Eds., Deaccessioning in a Post-Pandemic World (Boston, MA: MuseumsEtc). [book chapter accepted based on abstract.] 3. Goetzmann, W. T.** and Whitaker, A.** (working paper). Blockage Discounts for Artists’ Estates: Best Practice, Policy, and Remodeling the IRS as Equity Investor. 4. Whitaker, A.* and Kräussl, R. (working paper). Museum Donation and Portfolio Strategy: Low and High Value Donations, Diversification and Fractional Equity in the Burton and Emily Hall Tremaine Collection. [accepted based on abstract, Art Market Studies Conference 2020, postponed to 2021.] 5. Whitaker, A.* and Kräussl, R. (working paper). The True Value of Art: Investment Returns Using Costs of Production. [accepted Association of Art History Conference 2020, postponed to 2021.] 6. Whitaker, A.,** Anderson, J.** and Hudson, M.** (working paper). The Cultural Economics of Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Property, Authorship, and Digital Investment Trusts. [submitted Association for Cultural Economics International Conference 2020, postponed without decision to 2021.] 7. Whitaker, A.** and Wolniak, G.** (working paper). From Art to Business and Law: Learning Outcomes of Art Students Who Go on to M.B.A. and J.D. Degrees. [part of SNAAP Fellowship, accessing the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project data] 8. Wolniak, G.** and Whitaker, A.** (working paper). Parental Educational Attainment and the Study of Art: An Analysis of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Arts. [part of SNAAP Fellowship, accessing the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project data] 9. van Haaften-Schick** and Whitaker, A.** (working paper). Novel Funding Sources that Arise from the Seigelaub-Projansky Agreement [in preparation for special issue of Journal of Cultural Economics] 10. Greenland, F.** and Whitaker, A.**. (working paper). Cultural and Economic Frames on the Philbrick Scandal. [in preparation for special issue of American Journal of Cultural Sociology] OTHER PUBLICATIONS TECHNICAL REPORTS AND WHITE PAPERS 1. Whitaker, A. (2018). Expert Rebuttal Report. Donald Graham vs. Richard Prince, Gagosian Gallery, Inc., and Lawrence Gagosian; Eric McNatt vs. Richard Prince, Blum & Poe New York, LLC. Written for Cravath, Swaine, and Moore, LLP, at the invitation of David R. Marriott WHITAKER CV – SEPTEMBER 2020 3 (partner, litigation and intellectual property) and David J. Kappos (partner, former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office). Submitted and notarized for inclusion in court documents on May 23, 2018. 2. Whitaker, A.** and Wolniak, G.** (2017). The Metric Is the Message: Analyzing Methods and Outcomes of the Arts in STEM to STEAM.” Prepared in conjunction with poster presentation, AAC&U, San Francisco, CA, November 4, 2017. Report shared with participating organizations Stanford Honors in the Arts program and with conference participants including Dr. Andrea Nixon, Program Director, National Science Foundation. 3. Alt, C.,* Moss-Pultz, S., Whitaker, A., and Chen, T. (2016). Defining Property in the Digital Environment, DCG Insights and Bitmark. Co-authored as an advisor to the blockchain company Bitmark and published November 29, 2016, on the website of Digital Currency Group, the leading venture-capital investor in cryptocurrency. 4. Whitaker, A. (2002). Changes in the F.D.A. Drug Approval Process During the 1990s: Rise of Biotech. Authored as an Olin Fellow in Economics at Yale, under the advisement of Paul W. MacAvoy, Williams Brothers Professor, Yale School of Management, as part of a broad study of U.S. regulatory agencies. Submitted January 2002. 5. Holleran, J.** and Whitaker, A.** (2001). Strategic Planning Review of the Yale School of Management Internship Fund. Submitted to the Dean of the School and the alumni body, Spring 2001, as co-chairs on behalf of the strategic planning board. 6. Whitaker, A. (2001). Three Options for Revenue Generation Through the Development of Space: Preliminary Analysis of Building a Conference Center at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Submitted to the Director of Mass MoCA, May 15, 2000. 7. Jobson, A.* and Whitaker, A. (2000). Planning 2000: Statement of Ambition for Tate. Institution-wide strategic planning of Tate (Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St. Ives) undertaken the summer Tate Modern opened and submitted to the Directors’ Group and Tate Trustees, fall 2000. ARTISTS’ BOOKS 1. Whitaker, A. (2014). Ownership for Artists. In Pablo Helguera, Michael Mandiberg, William Powhida, Amy Whitaker, and Caroline Woolard (Eds.) The Social Life of Artistic Property (Hudson, NY: Publication Studio), pp. 100-121. 2. Whitaker, A. (2004). Business