Sometimes you have to fight dirty to get clean.
Sebastian Rudd takes the cases no one else wants to take: the drug-addled
Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed and daring of its practitioners.
In a richly anecdotal narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women
Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed & daring of its practitioners.
In a richly anecdotal narrative he describes the rise & occasional fall of the extraordinary men & women who over the centuries have made it their business to sell art to kings, merchants, nobles, entrepreneurs & museums.
From its beginnings in Antwerp, where paintings were sometimes sold by weight, to the rich hauteur of the contemporary gallery in London, Paris & New York, art dealing has been about identifying what is intangible but infinitely desirable, & then finding clients for whom it is irresistible.
Philip Hook's history is one of human folly, greed & duplicity, interspersed with ingenuity, inspiration & acts of heroism. Rogues' Gallery is learned, witty & irresistibly readable.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781781255711
• Author: Philip Hook
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm