Conference: "Art, Economy, and Power: How Capitalism Has Woven the Artistic Ecosystem"

Carme Casablancas Segura holds a PhD in Business Creation and Management from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and a Master’s Degree in Analysis and Management of Artistic Heritage from the same university. She is a tenured professor in the Department of Business at UAB, where she has held administrative and governance responsibilities and currently coordinates the Bachelor’s Theses of the Faculty of Economics and Business.

Her research has focused on strategic marketing and the analysis of public organizations, with publications in leading international journals. In recent years, she has directed her work towards exploring the relationships between art, economy, and power in contemporary capitalism.

In the field of knowledge transfer, she is a co-author of Biznelis, an educational entrepreneurship project developed in collaboration between the university and the business sector, combining pedagogical innovation with practical application in the business environment.

Her lecture offers a historical overview to understand how the art world ecosystem has been shaped from its origins to the present day.
Through a genealogical perspective, it explores how art, economy, and power have advanced together over the centuries, progressively transforming the forms of artistic production, circulation, and legitimization.
Far from viewing capitalism as a mere external context, the session examines how this logic has been subtly integrated into the very structure of the artistic ecosystem. The result is a complex and tensioned system that challenges the way we think about art today, its value, and its social function.

• Date: May 19, 2026
• Place: Fundació Museu Vallhonrat (Rubí)
• Time: 6:00 PM