Order, read or download the text of Hans Abbing’s inaugural lecture on the occasion of his appointment as professor of art sociology (the Boekman Chair) at the University of Amsterdam in 2005.

DUTCH: Abbing, Hans Van Hoge naar Nieuwe Kunst. Klik hier voor de NL-versie van de tekst van de INAUGURELE REDE met plaatjes

ENGLISH: Abbing, Hans, From High to New Art, Vossius Press / Amsterdam University Press. It can be ordered online: www.aup.nl  (Price 8 euro.)  ISBN 975 978 5629 433 5 Click here to download the EN version of the text of the INAUGURAL LECTURE

Autumn 2008 an much extended and completely rewritten version in Dutch will become available, published by the Historische Uitgeverij: Groningen: www.histuitg.nl

Please feel free to share these texts with colleagues, friends or students. If you wish you can also use them in readers for students. The same applies to the cost disease article (see below).

In the last paragraphs the inaugural comments on the so-called cost disease of Cultural Economics. Read or download the article 'Let's Forget about the Cost Disease'.