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Shnayerson, Michael, Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.

linn press was the primary consultant on this social history of the post-War art market. It concentrates on New York but reaches across the United States and Europe. Beginning with Peggy Guggenheim and ending on the precipice of radical market change triggered by the evolution of Asian markets, BOOM is very much an insider’s view on a complex, often chaotic, industry.