Boom : mad money, mega dealers, and the rise of contemporary art / Michael Shnayerson

Incluye bibliografía e índice.

Miracle on 57th Street, 1947-1979 -- The Eighties explode, 1979-1990 -- Reinventing the contemporary, 1990-2008 -- Apocalypse not, 2009-2014 -- Vying for supremecy, 2015-2019.

Maestría en Arte contemporáneo, mercados y negocios.

"The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering party. But none of it would happen without the dealers-the tastemakers who back emerging artists and steer them to success, often to see them picked off by a rival. Dealers operate within a private world of handshake agreements, negotiating for the highest commissions. Michael Shnayerson, a longtime contributing editor to Vanity Fair, writes the first ever definitive history of their activities. He has spoken to all of today's so-called mega dealers-Larry Gagosian, David Zwirner, Arne and Marc Glimcher, and Iwan Wirth-along with dozens of other dealers-from Irving Blum to Gavin Brown-who worked with the greatest artists of their times: Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, and more"