The Art of the Steal
The Art of the Steal

Author: Christopher Mason

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0425202410

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The Art of the Steal tells the story of several larger-than-life figures - the billionaire tycoon Alfred Taubman; the most powerful woman in the art world, Dede Brooks; and the wily British executive Christopher Davidge - who conspired to cheat their clients out of millions of dollars. It offers an unprecedented look inside this secretive, glamorous, gold-plated industry, describing just how Sotheby's and Christie's grew from clubby, aristocratic businesses into slick international corporations. And it shows how the groundwork for the most recent illegal activities was laid decades before the perpetrators were caught by federal prosecutors.

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne

Author: Claude Lalanne

Publisher: Reed Krakoff/Paul Kasmin/Ben Brown

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13:

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Foreword by Adrian Dannatt. Text by Pierre Berge, Peter Marino, Reed Krakoff.

Manuela Alexejew with Thomas Kausch: It's Not about the Money
Manuela Alexejew with Thomas Kausch: It's Not about the Money

Author: Manuela Alexejew

Publisher: Steidl

Published: 2022-01-20

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9783958298989

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The fascinating life story of collector Manuela Alexejew Berlin-based collector Manuela Alexejew is known for her distinguished art collection, with works by Dix, Piene, Condo and Kusama. This book documents her collection and glamorous life as a former flight attendant and guest of Sophia Loren at Studio 54.

African Textiles
African Textiles

Author: John Gillow

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0811841669

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Traces a boy's journey across India as he searches for a sacred buffalo bell stolen from his tribe.

Seven Days in the Art World
Seven Days in the Art World

Author: Sarah Thornton

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0393071057

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A fly-on-the-wall account of the smart and strange subcultures that make, trade, curate, collect, and hype contemporary art. The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, based on hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton's entertaining ethnography will change the way you look at contemporary culture.

Objects of Desire
Objects of Desire

Author: Thatcher Freund

Publisher: Penguin Mass Market

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780140244809

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Freund explores the high-stakes world of American antiques collecting. He focuses on three of the most highly valued pieces at the prestigious 1991 Americana Week in New York. Tracing their histories and showing how they came to be at the heart of the antiques market, Freund also shares the fascinating history of how the world of antiques evolved.