Synopsis
‘A pacy legal thriller, packed with a colourful cast of characters’ – Telegraph
Long-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world and its mystifying authentication process.
One winter afternoon in 2003, art critic Richard Dorment answered a telephone call from Joe Simon, an American film producer and art collector, ringing at the suggestion of his neighbour,...
Details
07 November 2024288 pages
9781529081510Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Art critic Richard Dorment brings to vivid and fearsome life the characters in a protracted and hugely expensive legal battle over the authenticity of a Warhol printThe Observer
A pacy legal thriller, packed with a colourful cast of charactersThe Telegraph
In lucid prose, Dorment distils ideas that have dominated art theory for decades . . . The tale could easily have been arcane and legalistic in the telling, but Dorment disentangles the thicket of names, emails, off-the-cuff remarks, snatches of gossip and deposition transcripts with masteryThe Spectator
Funny, erudite and knowledgeable, Dorment enlivens what, by his own admission, is “an esoteric dispute on a rarefied subject” . . . This book feels germane to our cultural momentFinancial Times
