All That Glitters

Welcome to the contemporary art world: a ruthless and glamorous arena, where the rewards are limitless - if you can pay the price.

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A 2004 Book of the Year pick in the Economist, Independent, Prospect and at Waterstones
A 2024 Summer Read in the Economist, Telegraph, Guardian, New Yorker, i, and the Evening Standard

'An art world Great Gatsby, deliciously withering and dishy.' Patrick Radden Keefe
'A brilliant, devastating exposé' William Boyd
'Explosive... the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history' Guardian
'Liar's Poker, but for art' Economist

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 - suddenly 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.