![]() ![]() Starting from an analysis of the artists and their background, moving to subject and styles and how these end up influencing taste, continuing with understanding what pushes a buyer to acquire an artwork and concluding with the functioning of auction houses and the roles of the dealers nowadays. ![]() The structure of the book is composed of five parts, each representing a different key factor in determining the price of an artwork. But don’t worry, you don’t need to be studying history of art in order to enjoy this beguiling text. This book is a 350-pages manual for anyone who is interested in discovering the basics of the art market and the process which confers art a financial value. ![]() This is the relevance of “Breakfast at Sotheby’s – An A-Z of the Art World” published by Penguin Books in 2014 and written by Philip Hook, director and Impressionist and Modern art senior paintings specialist at Sotheby’s. The essential art toolkit to understand fluctuations in taste and economics of a dynamic field such as the art market. When you stand in front of a work of art in a museum or exhibition, the first two questions you normally ask yourself are 1) Do I like it? and 2) Who’s it by? When you stand in front of a work of art in an auction room or dealer’s gallery, you ask these two questions followed by others: How much is it worth? How much will it be worth in five or ten years’ time? And what will people think of me if they see it hanging on my wall? ![]()
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