Michael Findlay

The Value of Art (New, expanded edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Money. Power. Beauty.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On the tenth anniversary of its publication, this updated edition of a work ARTNews hailed as “one of the best books ever published on the art world” features new material on the latest art deals, reflections on race and culture, the impact of the pandemic on the art world, and more.

Internationally renowned dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a lively and authoritative look at the financial and emotional value of art throughout history. In this newly revised, updated, and generously illustrated edition Findlay draws on a half-century in the business and a passion for great art to question and redefine what we mean by “value,” addressing developments in this conversation since the book was first published in 2012: the rise of NFTs and digital art; the auction house as theatre; the pressing relationship between art and society’s fraught political landscape; and the impact of the pandemic. With style and wry wit, Findlay demystifies how art is bought and sold while also constantly looking beyond sales figures to emphasize the primacy of art’s essential, noncommercial worth. Coloring his account with wise advice, insider anecdotes involving scoundrels and scams, stories of celebrity collectors, and remarkable discoveries, Findlay has distilled a lifetime’s experience in this indispensable guide, now updated for today’s sophisticated and discerning audience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Prestel Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783641301118
• Artikelnr.: 66244860

Autorenporträt

Der Kunstexperte Michael Findlay zählt zu den anerkanntesten Kennern der internationalen Galerieszene. In New York leitet er die Galerie Acquavella, die auf Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts spezialisiert ist. Der geborene Schotte begann seine Karriere 1964 in New York, wo er als Pionier der legendären Galerieszene von SoHo wichtige Einzelausstellungen damals unbekannter Künstler wie Sean Scully, Stephen Mueller, Hannah Wilke und John Baldessari organisierte. Ab 1984 war er bei Christie's für impressionistische und moderne Malerei zuständig und stieg 2000 in die Führungsriege des Auktionshauses auf.