Boom. Basy money, megasading and take -off of contemporary art

The market of contemporary art is a special world that develops according to its own laws, and at the same time it is an uncontrollable element that accumulates giant cash flows. Michael Schneerson, an employee of the Vanity Fair magazine, is interested in the hidden mechanisms of this market, its participants and history from the 1940s to the present day-that is, the history of its incredible growth and transformation into industry.
The phenomenon of the 57th street in New York, the heyday of art galleries in Soho and Chelsea, the fair fever of the 21st century, the most significant events in the world of art over the past decades-all this is discussed in the book. However, it is impossible to imagine art market without art dealers-lawmakers of taste, those who financially support novice artists and direct them to success.
The focus of Michael Schneerson is famous art dealers who worked with the greatest artists of their time-Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Saem of your Baskia. The author had a chance to personally meet with the characters of his book - Larry Gagosyan, David Zvirner, Arnie and Mark Glimchers, Ivan Virtu and others. Their experience shows that behind the scenes of the modern world of art, in conditions of strict competition there is a place for everything - honest partnerships and betrayal, pragmatism and philanthropy, painstaking work and adventurism