Description:
A sharp-eyed assessment of the negative impact of the excesses at the top of the contemporary-art market in the 21st century, covering forgery, fraud, money-laundering, over-production and tax evasion, and drawing on a series of revealing interviews with artists, lawyers, dealers, law-enforcement agents, tax specialists and collectors.
Review Quotes: "In a nutshell, over a period of 14 years, Rybolovlev coughed up some $2 billion for Bouvier to buy art quietly, then discovered how much profit Bouvier had made and sued him. You should read the book . . . because it is the most detailed account I have read of the affair, down to the mansion in Monaco where Rybolovlev staged his trap for Bouvier's arrest in February 2015." --Colin Gleadell, Daily Telegraph