Chapter 20: The Arrival
Martin Butlin portrait
Butlin arrived. The weeklong assessment began. Bob and Graham had prepared for years—but nothing could prepare them for the reality of confronting the art world’s establishment.
“We’re always doing little deals,” Butlin would later confess. “One’s got a monopoly; it’s like incest in a way.”
The insider was about to open up—whether he meant to or not.
This is an excerpt. Read the full chapter in Art World’s Dirty Little Secret.