UNITED ART RATING
YOUR GUIDE IN THE WORLD
OF ART
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The
reference book “United Art Rating” has been published since 1999 and has already stood 23 printed editions
(before 2012 it was called “United Artists Rating”). Since 2018 the Rating is
comptetely turned into the electronic form, the latest electronic edition is
available. On December 1, 2023 United
Art Rating included the names, dates of life and rating categories of 66138
artists. There are 2 sections in the reference book: Russian
Art Rating (united Rating of artists of Russian Empire, the The reference book is the one of the main
instruments of art market regulations. One of the main tasks of the reference
book is the protection of artists and customers from abusive transactions.
Particularly, it contains pricing recommendations about sale and purchase
of works of art. The reference book has an encyclopedic character.
Rating categories characterize creative and social significance of artists’
works in general and fix the position of each artist in the history of art. The reference book has an exceptionally social
orientation: – all the information in the reference book is
published for free; – none of “commercial offers” with the aim of rating
increase of any artist are regarded or accepted; – no advertising materials are published in the
reference book. Defining of rating categories is made on the basis
of available information about expositions, collections and sales of works,
catalogues and publications in the press and the Internet, artists’ and
art-managers’ biographies, art-critics’ and art-managers’ opinions,
public-opinion polls, any other information, derived from open and accessible
resources. The rating priority is given to the art level
of works, their humanistic significance. Other criterions are
professionalism, exhibition activity, availability of works in museums,
recognition by the public, galleries and art critics in Artists are subdivided into “A” and “B”
categories in the Rating. An artist of “B” category (a conventional
designation of the first letter of the phrase “Be in demand”) is mainly
oriented to the market condition’s needs, while an artist of “A” category (a
conventional designation of the first letter of the word “Author’s) does not
virtually submit to the market’s demand. Each category has its levels from
the 1st (the top of recognition and fame; is referred to the deceased classic
artists, whose works of art are widely recognized in museums) to the 10th one
(amateur artist). Russian Art Rating includes
artists conferred to first 6 levels, International Art Rating –
artists of levels from 1 to 3. United Art Rating is issued in English and Russian
languages. The Rating
Centre of Artists Trade Union of Russia, composed of art-historians and
art-critics, works on the Rating. The Rating Centre has a status of
professional jury, free in its judgments and estimations. The Founder of the
reference book – full member of Russian Academy of Arts Prof. Dr. Sergey V. Zagraevsky
(1964-2020). Editor-in-chief – Dr. Olga V. Ozolina. The
reference book is intended for museum, gallery and
creative people, for all amateurs and connoisseurs of the art of XVIII–XXI
centuries, for a very wide circle of attendants of museums, antique shops, exhibitions.
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