What is a work of art worth? What gives a work of art its value? How are pictures priced? Who makes money from art? How? Who determines taste in art? Why do some works of art end up in galleries and others not? Who prostitutes their art for commercial gain and who does not? What’s that painting worth? Any other questions?
Author of books on the art world, picture expert on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, and a director of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s in London, Philip Hook knows a thing or two about those who trade in art. In his latest book, Rogues’ Gallery – a history of art and its dealers, he takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the cunning and cleverness of its practitioners, and their influence on the development of and taste in Western art.
Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ
Tel 01793 524481
6.30pm • 9 May • £8 (£7)
