{"product_id":"boom-mad-money-mega-dealers-and-the-rise-of-contemporary-art-paperback","title":"Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Shnayerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey can make and break careers and fortunes. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDealers 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis kaleidoscopic history begins in the mid-1940s in genteel poverty with a scattering of galleries in midtown Manhattan, takes us through the ramshackle 1950s studios of Coenties Slip, the hipster locations in SoHo and Chelsea, London's Bond Street, and across the terraces of Art Basel until today. Now, dealers and auctioneers are seeking the first billion-dollar painting. It hasn't happened yet, but they are confident they can push the price there soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Shnayerson\u003c\/b\u003e is a long-time contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of eight books on a range of nonfiction subjects, from biographies of entertainer Harry Belafonte (\u003ci\u003eMy Song\u003c\/i\u003e) and New York governor Andrew Cuomo (\u003ci\u003eThe Contender\u003c\/i\u003e) to narrative-driven accounts of drug-resistant bacteria (\u003ci\u003eThe Killer Within\u003c\/i\u003e) and mountaintop coal removal (\u003ci\u003eCoal River)\u003c\/i\u003e. Shnayerson is married to Gayfryd Steinberg, and lives in Sag Harbor and Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457847345405,"sku":"9781541758728","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/MkFDdDJCemZySytwcGFzekN6b214dz09.webp?v=1777248532","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/boom-mad-money-mega-dealers-and-the-rise-of-contemporary-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}