An Untold History of the Art Market

The Art Angle by Artnet News

Jul 30, 202643:37Arts

The art market is a famously opaque place, a world of handshake agreements and big-dollar private deals. How does it actually operate, and how has it changed over the centuries? In a richly researched new book titled Tra...

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