Prologue : Gagosian throws a party -- Auction houses : from dusty booksellers to the art people -- Dealers : the emergence of the mega-gallery -- Art fairs : an event-driven lifestyle -- Clicks vs bricks, selling art online -- Emerging economies: new worlds, new money -- Qatar : desert gold -- Artists : from starving in a garret to founding their own museums -- The new taste-makers : collectors, curators and advisors -- The dark side of the moon : an unregulated and opaque market.
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