Philip Hook on the value of art




Waterstones Blog show

Summary: Senior Director of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby's Philip Hook spoke to us this afternoon about how modern art is big money... Hook's new book Breakfast at Sotheby's is part memoir, part guide to the world of art and money. We asked him what the biggest shift in the industry has been during his professional career, what the impact of modern marketing-savvy artists has been, and whether good art still fetches a good price... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPR0YAxIdA&feature=youtu.be You can pre-order Breakfast at Sotheby's: An A-Z of the Art World - which is published on 7th November, from your local Waterstones bookshop (http://bit.ly/Yu5LpV), or online at Waterstones.com (http://bit.ly/15nyzDS)   For more information about the Cheltenham Literature Festival, and to buy tickets, click here (http://bit.ly/GD2KgS)