Affairs of the art : love, loss and power in the art world / Katrina Strickland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strickland, Katrina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--Australia--Biography.

Artists.

Decedents' estates--Australia.

Decedents' estates.

Executors and administrators--Australia.

Executors and administrators.

Art--Economic aspects--Australia.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2013.

Summary:

The reputations of artists are curious things, influenced by factors beyond the quality of the work. Affairs of the Art explores the role those left behind play in burnishing an artist's reputation after he or she dies. Through interviews with those handling the estates of artists including Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, John Brack, Howard Arkley, Bronwyn Oliver, George Baldessin and Albert Tucker, as well as a raft of art dealers, academics, curators and auctioneers, Strickland traverses the strange alleyways of the art market, where power resides with those who hold the best stock, and highlights the sometimes heart-wrenching way emotion and duty intersect in the making of decisions by those left behind.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

1 The Power of One

2 Before the Widow Comes the Wife

3 The Crimson Line

4 The F Word

5 Boom Times

6 The Gold Standard

7 Contemporary by Nature

8 Copyright Wars

9 Immortality

Notes

Select Bibliography

Cast of Characters

Interviews

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522864083

0522864082

OCLC:

1088354709