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The Orange Balloon Dog
Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market
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"Really good. Highly recommended." Andrew Marr, Radio 4: Start the Week
From the author of the internationally bestselling The $12 Million Stuffed Shark comes a fresh and provocative look at the high-end art market and whether it is a bubble about to burst. Within forty-eight hours in the autumn of 2014, buyers in the Sotheby's and Christie's New York auction houses spent $1.7 billion on contemporary art. Economist and bestselling author Don Thompson cites this and other fascinating examples to explore the sometimes baffling activities of the high-end contemporary art market, examining what is at play in the exchange of vast amounts of money and what nudges buyers, even on the subconscious level, to imbue a creation with such high commercial value. Thompson analyses the behaviours of buyers and sellers and delves into the competitions that define and alter the value of art in today's international market, from New York to London, Singapore to Beijing. Take heed if your fortunes are tied up in stainless steel balloon dogs - Thompson also warns of a looming bust of the contemporary art price balloon. A fascinating explanation, through the field of behavioural economics, for the phenomena that is behind the incredible value of contemporary art.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"A lucid and brilliant analysis of the international contemporary art world that makes it accessible to non-insiders."
- Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, art patron and founder of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo "How does Don Thompson do it? How does he manage to get all the back stories and art gossip we ordinary mortals never have access to? This book is full of insights and knowledge of the contemporary art world we will never get elsewhere." - Aaron Milrad, art market lawyer Praise for The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: "If you read no other book about art in your life, read the one that's gripped me like a thriller for the past two days." - Richard Morrison, The Times "Really good. Highly recommended." -- Andrew Marr * BBC Radio 4: Start the Week * 'Thought provoking. Offers fascinating insights into the huge art collections being amassed by the rival emirates in the Middle East, in fierce competition with each other, and into the Chinese invasion of the art market.' -- Richard Morrison * The Times * 'In this head-spinning book, packed with insider information...Don Thompson shines a light on the wheeler-dealing that drives today's global art market.' -- Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday * 'Thought-provoking.' -- Melanie Gerlis * Financial Times * 'Excellent account. Don Thompson's book is about greed, acquisitiveness and infantile selfishness; it is about a section of society that is so rich, some of them must be half-mad.' -- Roger Lewis * Daily Mail * 'Fascinating, eye-opening survey.' -- Violet Hudson * Spectator * 'For a fascinating peek behind the curtain of this lunatic world, i'd recommend Thompson's latest book.' -- Ros Drinkwater * Sunday Business Post *