100 Secrets of the Art World: Everything You Always Wanted to Know from Artists, Collectors and Curators, but Were Afraid to Ask

by Magnus Resch (Editor), Thomas Girst (Editor)

What do major artists consider their best-kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market? In 100 Secrets of the Art World , the most powerful international individuals share their insights.
Edited by Thomas Girst and Magnus Resch (author of the bestselling Management of Art Galleries ), this indispensable and fun guide to contemporary art contains exclusive anecdotes, advice and personal stories from artists, museum directors, gallerists, auction house insiders, collectors and many more. Contributors include Jeff Koons, Zaha Hadid, Marina Abramovic, Ólafur Elíasson and John Baldessari, as well as directors and curators from the Centre Pompidou, the Guggenheim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, the Nationalgalerie and elsewhere, including Philip Tinari, Hans Neuendorf, Matthew Slotover, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum, Klaus Biesenbach, Jeffrey Deitch, Larry Gagosian, Alexandra Munroe and others.
Thoughtful and often critical entries make this informative publication an entertaining read for anyone interested in contemporary art.
Thomas Girst is an art historian and the worldwide Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group. His most recent publications include The Duchamp Dictionary (2014) and Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment (2015).
Magnus Resch is an author, art entrepreneur and lecturer. His most recent publications include the Art Collector Report (2015) and the bestseller Management of Art Galleries (2015).

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Business, Design

144 pages, Paperback

Published October 25, 2016

About the author

Magnus Resch is an art-market economist, serial entrepreneur, and bestselling author. Magnus is a Professor for art economics, lecturing at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and studied at Harvard, the LSE, and University of St. Gallen. His career has been portrayed in a Harvard Business School case study and in various articles, in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair and the Financial Times. Magnus lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Kaleigh Weickert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing— I thought this was going to be a book filled with key details and information about the art industry, but it’s more like a collection of quotes about art in weird fonts from people trying to be interesting.

[JessicaLynneLuv · Rating 5 out of 5]

This fascinating short read spills all of the tea on the art world. It clears some of the smoke and mirrors around this captivating culture.

[Jara De Boer · Rating 3 out of 5]

as the title suggests, a very clickbait-y book. Nonetheless entertaining and with a great layout. Good coffee table book.

[Maurice Funken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun but quick read, great design and typo. Though it doesn't deliver as many “secrets“ as one would have wished for, but this couldn't be expected in the first place, could it?

[Flo Gourmel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to start the year. I loved the format, the diversity of fonts, the creativity and the insights.
P.s. Dan Perjovski makes an appearance as well.

[Alexis Marie Chute · Rating 2 out of 5]

The typography is wonderful.

[Rachel Pieters · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was wrapped up tight in a gift shop so I could not riffle through it before purchasing it, which made me even more curious, and the price was right, so I picked it up.

Once inside, it's a paradox of mostly useful, interesting information about the art world from art world "insiders" (artists, curators, collectors, gallery owners, etc.) and the most useless, bizarro crap from "creatives" showing off, which had no place in this book.

I'm still keeping it, for the useful bits, but I feel a bit like my time and money were wasted by the rest of it. Why include things with no relevance to the book's title?

[Avery Legendre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Going through this book was an interesting and fun experience. It was cool to discover new artists, directors, curators, writers, and more, by peeking into bite size chunks of their thoughts and opinions.

When you say no to me, it’s just the beginning. (Abramović)

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. (Goethe)

There is always opportunity to discover a new artist or work of art. (Christine Macel)

Leave the body you know to make great art. (Bharti Kher)

[Moriah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love art. I don’t understand it and I’m not well versed in the art world or really most artistic endeavors. But I love art and it’s stories, history, form, and relationships. Not really a review. But that’s all

[Ricardo Angélico · Rating 1 out of 5]

One star goes for the playful typography.