Abstract:Almost all art is owned, and this affects how people interact with art and think about it. At the same time, people's beliefs about artwork and artistic creation may affect their thinking about ownership. This paper raises several questions about ways that ownership and art may matter for one another, and reviews recent findings from experiments on adults and young children that suggest preliminary answers to these questions. Issues addressed include whether people's conceptions of ownership contribute to thei… Show more
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