Responding to my interest in the financial roles played by fine art (e.g. how it is used to launder money and how museum shows are used to maintain or increase the value of art collections), an art historian friend recently lent me Paul Werner’s Museum, Inc.: Inside the Global Art World (Prickly Paradigm Press, 2005). Werner shoots from the hip, at times with dazzling, witty results, and at times leaving a reader (or this reader) scratching his head and wishing Werner […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: art, art museums, democracy, finance