All That Glitters [electronic resource] : A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
Whitfield, Orlando2024
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A 2024 Summer Read in the Economist, Telegraph, Guardian, the i, and the Evening Standard 'An art world Great Gatsby, deliciously withering and dishy.' Patrick Radden Keefe 'Explosive ... the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history' Guardian 'Liar's Poker, but for art' Economist 'A brilliant, devastating exposé' William Boyd DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo - by then the most successful dealer of his generation - disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core. A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.
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Whitfield, Orlando, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Profile, 2024
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Orlando Whitfield graduated from Goldsmiths University in 2009. He started dealing art while still a student, and worked in and around the art market for fifteen years. His writing has appeared in the Paris Review and the White Review. All That Glitters is his first book.
ISBN:
9781782839583
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English
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2910947
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