The supermodel and the Brillo box : back stories and peculiar economics from the world of contemporary art / Don Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Donald N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--21st century--Economic aspects.

Art, Modern.

Art--Marketing--History--21st century.

Art.

Art--Collectors and collecting--Psychology.

Art--Collectors and collecting.

Psychology.

Art--Marketing.

History.

Physical Description:

282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Contents:

Stephanie

The colors of contemporary art. The world of contemporary art ; The art market crash of '08 ; What jobs do we hire art for? ; Back story ; Authenticating Warhol

Collecting and investing. Mugrabi, Saatchi, Sandretto, and the Vogels ; Contemporary art as an asset class

The contemporary artists. Cattelan, Murakami, and Ai ; Damien Hirst, Artist and marketer ; Artists lauded, artists disdained ; Jacob Kassay's wild price ride

The auction houses. Behind the gavel ; Christie's Sotheby's, and their competitors ; The scream ; The opaque side of auctions

The art dealers. Gagosian and the evolution of the über dealer ; The artful dealer ; When auction houses and dealers collide

Changing markets. Abu Dhabi and Qatar ; China is number two ; The Estella collection

The market as medium. Art fairs ; The end game: click on a Warhol

Postscript and references.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.

ISBN:

9781137279088

1137279087

OCLC:

861744676