The contemporary art world is perhaps the toughest nut to crack when it comes to the luxury industry. Its various mysteries include its subjectivity and trends, its quality control, the vast amount of output on the market, and the competition for jobs within the business. It has a rampant annual calendar for fairs across the world, and a growing cadre of collectors who are as punctilious as those who have dedicated themselves to working ‘on the inside’. There are also politics involved: who is allowed access to what; who
