Prices at the high end of the contemporary art market are driven by the intrinsic virtues of the art, but also by demand from the ultra rich, by national wealth funds, by agents, by non-taxed transactions, and by high status art fairs....

Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million? Intriguing and entertaining, The $12...

Subtitled "The Curious Economics Of Contemporary Art". Reissued to coincide with the huge Damien Hirst exhibition at Tate Modern. A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what makes or breaks an artist, and the branding which drives this...