Cost: ~2s. Artist career trajectory analysis: milestones, career stage, pattern detection (A–E), and comparable historical artists who followed the same path.
Career stages: PRE_MARKET → REGIONAL → CRITICAL_PHASE → MARKET_ENTRY → ESTABLISHED.
Patterns: A=institutional escalation, B=curator championing, C=movement anchor, D=late market discovery, E=diaspora rediscovery.
Use for: emerging artist discovery, gallery acquisition decisions, curator narrative building.
Do NOT use for purely biographical queries — use get_artist instead.
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