HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF THE UKRAINIAN ART MARKET

Abstract

The article aims to systematize and critically analyse historiographical and methodological approaches to the study of the Ukrainian art market as a cultural and economic phenomenon shaped by post-Soviet and globalization transformations. The research focuses on tracing the evolution of academic perspectives – from art historical and cultural to economic – in order to outline a theoretical framework for a comprehensive understanding of the structure and dynamics of Ukraine’s art market. Methodology. The study applies an interdisciplinary methodological framework that combines historical-cultural, sociological, economic, and comparative approaches. The principles of historicism, systemic analysis, and structural-functional interpretation are employed to reconstruct the evolution of the Ukrainian art market from the post-Soviet institutional crisis to its gradual integration into the global cultural sphere. Methods of content analysis, typologisation, and historiographical synthesis are used to generalize key scholarly contributions (S. Davymyka, T. Mironova, N. Pavlichenko, I. Abramovych, M. Besaha, among others). Scientific novelty. The article offers the first systematic classification of existing Ukrainian studies on the art market and identifies four leading methodological paradigms: economic, sociological, cultural, and managerial-technological. It substantiates the need for an integrated methodological synthesis that would allow the construction of a coherent theoretical model of the art market within the paradigm of cultural economy and postcolonial modernization. Conclusions. The Ukrainian art market is defined as a complex sociocultural system where material (economic) and symbolic (value, identity-based) dimensions intersect. The research reveals a gradual process of institutionalization through the interaction of public and private initiatives, the expansion of international cooperation, and the growing role of digital technologies. Further studies should aim to develop a unified methodological framework for analysing the Ukrainian art market within the context of global art market studies and cultural economics.