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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Affairs of the Art: Love, Death & Money in the Australian Art World
Author: STRICKLAND KATRINA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/05/2013
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNI PRESS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
The reputations of artists are curious things, influenced by factors beyond the quality of the work. Affairs of the Art explores the role those left behind play in burnishing an artist’s reputation after he or she dies. Through interviews with those handling the estates of artists including Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, John Brack, Howard Arkley, Bronwyn Oliver, George Baldessin and Albert Tucker, as well as a raft of art dealers, academics, curators and auctioneers, Strickland traverses the strange alleyways of the art market, where power resides with those who hold the best stock, and highlights the sometimes heart-wrenching way emotion and duty intersect in the making of decisions by those left behind.
ISBN: 9780522858624
Edition: 01