This is a moderately interesting view of many different aspects of the art world, including auctions, dealers, shows, and artists. This is by no means an in-depth examination, but rather a series of unconnected interviews with participants. As someone completely unconnected from the arts scene, I...
I think this book is worth reading as a sampled view of today's art world. But I do have to say that while some of the chapters were both illuminating and entertaining -- the chapters about auctions houses and art fairs and the relatively recent shift in the contemporary art market, in particular...
Conceptually this book works, each chapter addresses an aspect of the art world. Written in a gossipy style, the author reveals the inner workings of the art world and explores the commercialisation of art, name drops big collectors and blockbuster artists eg Murakami and Koons. The Murakami "stu...
I believe in the artist.” —MARCEL DUCHAMP Artists don’t just make art. They create and preserve myths that give their work clout. While nineteenth-century painters faced credibility issues, Marcel Duchamp, the grandfather of contemporary art, made belief a central artistic concern. In 1917, he de...