The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty
Author: Findlay, MichaelBrand: Prestel PublishingColor: CreamEdition: RevisedBinding: PaperbackFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 208Release Date: 25-04-2014Part Number: YES11179807Details: What is art worth? How can a work by Warhol be sold for more than $100,000,000? This critically acclaimed book, newly revised, updated, and generously illustrated throughout, explains the market for art—and art’s value for all of us. In The Value of Art, internationally renowned art dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a lively and authoritative tour of the art world informed by almost a half-century in the business and a passion for great art. With style and wry wit, Findlay explores how art acquires value—both commercial and social—and how these values circulate among the artists, dealers, and collectors that comprise today’s complex and constantly evolving art world. In the process he demystifies how art is bought and sold while also constantly looking beyond sales figures to emphasiz