Art Can Kill

Art Can Kill offers a window into the lives of celebrity and contemporary art figures including stories of Larry Gagosian Larry Flynt Dr. Armand Hammer Joan Rivers Norton Simon Frank Gehry and many more.As an art handler who moves million-dollar works for a living the author is often mistaken as just a delivery boy giving him an unfiltered peek into some of the strangest and darkest corners of the art world. From vain movie stars and eccentric artists to forgers and scammers this book exposes a subculture far more provocative and corrupt than most realize.Art Can Kill also reveals the dangers of art handling and how carelessness-from a need to rush to be right at all costs to save a buck-is the most common killer of art sometimes even threatening the art movers themselves.Reader beware: you will never see a Dali watch a Disney animation or view certain renowned gallery owners artists and celebrities the same way again.Reader beware: you will never see a Dali watch a Disney animation or view certain renownedgallery owners artists and celebrities the same way again.