Table of Contents
Author's Note ix
Prologue The Kings and Their Court 1
Part I Miracle On 57th Street 1947-1979
Chapter 1 Before Downtown 15
Chapter 2 The Elegant Mr. Castelli 35
Chapter 3 Pop, Minimalism, and the Move to SoHo 61
Part II The Eighties Explode 1979-1990
Chapter 4 Young Man in a Hurry 81
Chapter 5 The Start of a Dissolute Decade 99
Chapter 6 SoHo and Beyond 118
Chapter 7 Boom, Then Gloom 136
Part III Reinventing The Contemporary 1990-2008
Chapter 8 Up from the Ashes 151
Chapter 9 The Europeans Swoop In 168
Chapter 10 The Curious Charm of Chelsea 186
Chapter 11 The Mega Dealers 200
Chapter 12 LA Rising 224
Part IV Apocalypse Not 2009-2014
Chapter 13 A Most Astonishing Revival 247
Chapter 14 Lawsuits and London 262
Chapter 15 Larry's Annus Horribilis 275
Chapter 16 A Market for Black Artists at Last 289
Chapter 17 A Colombian Fairy Tale 304
Chapter 18 The Art Farmers 315
Part V Vying For Supremacy 2015-2019
Chapter 19 A Question of Succession 327
Chapter 20 Turbulence at Two Citadels of Art 339
Chapter 21 Art Fairs Forever 356
Chapter 22 Dirty Laundry 366
Chapter 23 The Dealer Is Present 372
Chapter 24 Of Sharks and Suckerfish 382
Acknowledgments 397
Notes 401
Bibliography 431
Index 437