Collecting Contemporary

Wordsfromthewise:insiders?tipsonhowtonavigatetheartmarketlikeaproArtisaboutlife,theartmarketisaboutmoney.?DamienHirstWhetheryou?reanartfan,aficionado,orcollector,thiscompletelyuniquebookshouldbeonyourrequiredreadinglist.Likeatextbookforaclassgivenbyalloftheworld'sleadingexperts,CollectingContemporaryistheoneandonlybooktoteachyoueverythingyoueverwantedtoknowaboutthecontemporaryartmarket.TheintroductionexplainstheABCsofbuyingartontheprimaryandsecondarymarkets,atauction,andatartfairsandgivesanoverviewoftheworldartsceneanditssocialcircles.Themainbodyofthebookbringstogethertell-allinterviewswiththebiggestplayersintheglobalartmarket:theCritic（Rimanelli）,theDealer（Boesky,Brunnet/Hackert,Coles,Deitch,Fortes,Gagosian,Gladstone,Glimcher,Hetzler,Lybke,Perrotin,Rosen,Shave,Wirth）,theConsultant（Cortez,Fletcher,Heller,Segalot,Westreich）,theCollector（Brant,Broad,Habsburg,Joannou,Lambert,Lehmann,Lopez,Paz,Pinault,RothschildFoundation,Saatchi）,theAuctionHouseExpert（Cappellazzo,dePury,Meyer）,andtheMuseumCurator/Director（Dennison,Eccles,Heiss,Lowry,Peyton-Jones）.Roundingupthebookarechaptersontheyearinartcollecting?givingatimelineofthemostimportantannualauctions,exhibitions,fairs,etc.aroundtheworld?aswellasaglossaryoftermseveryartsavvyplayershouldknow.Thetextisillustratedbytheworkofthehottestartistsintoday'smarket,includingMatthewBarney,Jean-MichelBasquiat,DamienHirst,MikeKelley,MartinKippenberger,JeffKoons,TakashiMurakami,RichardSerra,CindySherman,AndyWarhol,LisaYuskavage,andmanymore.Allinall,theseelementsadduptotheequivalentofaninvaluableandprivilegedreal-worldcollector'seducation?allbetweenthecoversofonebook.Theauthor:AdamLindemannstartedcollectingtribalartaswellasworksofartistsofthe80sbeforeturningtocontemporaryart,whichhasbeenhispassionforthepastseveralyears.Thisbookwasconceivedasashorthandbookofinformationandadvicefornewcollectors,butLindemann'sresearcheventuallyledhimtoaninternationaltouroftheartworldandpersonalinterviewswithsomeofitsleadingfigures.Theresultsaresharedwiththereaderonthesepages?alongwithimagesofoverahundredartworkswhichhelpdefinethecontemporaryartmarkettoday.