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Biography
A Hedonist's Guide to Art shines a light on the little-known and wilder shores of contemporary art, affording us a peek into the 'Art World'. Here you'll not only learn how to build up a collection of works and spend your money wisely, but how to amass a collection of experiences that would make the most robust of extroverts blush. Under the expert stewardship of 60 people in the know - artists, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, art school tutors, collectors, critics and professional hangers-on - this journey will take you from the art fair to the gallery to the auction house to the studio visit, then right on up to the rooftop swimming pools of the most debauched after-show parties that have ever been
Contributors include: Adam James, Al Murray, Alex Collishaw, Alex Melamid, Alex Wengraf, Allan Scott, Amanda Eliasch, Anita Zabludowicz, Anthony Haden-Guest, Baroness Carrie Reichardt, Barry Miles, Ben Lewis, Brian Sewell, Bridget Nicholls, Carla Borel, Clive Cullerne Bown, Dafydd Jones, Danny Chadwick, Ed Fornieles, Ed Vaizey, Edward Fornieles, Fergus Henderson, Gary Webb, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Gigi Giannuzzi, Gilbert and George, Guy Kennaway, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Henrik Riis, Hugh Allan, Hugo Rifkind, Jake Miller, James Birch, Keith Coventry, Keith Tyson, Kenny Schachter, Kerry Ryan, Laura K Jones, Lynn Barber, Maitreyabandhu, Mark Gisbourne, Mark Hix, Mark Inglefield, Mark Kelner, Martin Creed, Mat Collishaw, Matthew Bown, Medeia Cohan-Petrolino, Michael Holman, Nancy Durrant, Nic Iljine, Nick Reynolds , Norman Rosenthal, ORLAN, Patrick Painter, Paul Fryer, Peter Davies, Polly Morgan, Rachel Howard, Racky - aka Richard La Rue, Rankin, Richard Torry, Richard Wentworth, Richard Wilson, Ross McNicol, Sadie Coles, Sam Leith, Sarah Lucas, Sarah Thornton, Simon de Pury, Stelarc, Sue Webster, Susanne Oberbeck, Tammy Smulders, Theresa Simon, Tobias Meyer, Vanessa Fristedt, Vitaly Komar, Walter Robinson, Will Self, Zinovy Zinik,