Owning art [ Texto impreso] : the contemporary art collector's handbook / Louisa Buck & Judith Greer.

Acknowledgements (p. 8) ; The authors (p. 9) -- Introduction: To have and to hold: a compulsion to collect (p. 10) -- Chapter 1: Creating collectors (p. 18). Why collectors collect (p. 21) ; Why contemporary art? (p. 23) ; The making of a collector: three guiding principles (p. 28) ; Organising a collection: collecting strategies (p. 35) ; Becoming a collector: the practicalities (p. 42) -- Chapter 2: The art. What is contemporary art? (p. 53) ; Art by medium (p. 68) -- Chapter 3: Buying art. Examining the art market (p. 101) ; Entering the art market (p. 103) ; Money matters (p. 108) ; Dealers (p. 114) ; Art fairs (p. 131) ; Auction houses (p. 142) ; Art advisers (p. 159) ; Other sources (p. 164) ; General buying reminders (p. 168) -- Chapter 4: Practicalities of ownership. Caring for art (p. 172) ; Documenting the work (p. 178) ; Insurance (p. 180) ; Transport (p. 185) ; Installation (p. 196) ; Framing (p. 204) ; Conservation and maintenance (p. 206) ; Conservation challenges (p. 211) ; When accidents happen (p. 226) ; Storage (p. 228) ; Institutional loans (p. 230) -- Chapter 5: Museums and non-profit organisations (p. 234). Institutional associations (p. 237) ; The museum (p. 241) ; The museum as modern (p. 245) ; Institutional collecting (p. 248) ; Cast of characters (p. 250) ; Only spaces, or no spaces at all (p. 254) ; Private wealth and the institution (p. 256) ; Forms of patronage (p. 260) ; Other forms of support (p. 264) ; Private foundations and spaces (p. 268) ; Patronage guidelines (p. 271)

"This book does not wish to deny the complexity of contemporary art or to diminish its richness of meaning. It acknowledges that much of the dynamism and appeal of the contemporary art market emanates from the conundrums and contradictions at its core: its ability to encompass the high-minded and the blatantly commercial, to accommodate the superficially fashionable alongside the spiritually profound and to combine the best and the worst of human behaviour. Owning Art intends to assist and to clarify the processes involved both in purchasing and possessing the multifarious forms of contemporary art; and, in doing so, to demonstrate how rewarding, not only in fiscal terms, the owning of art can be" (p. 17)